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More People Really Should Know About: Big in Iowa

September 9, 2025 Tim Martin 5
Update 17/10/2025 Since this article was published we have had messages to let us know that both Bob Burns and David “Rick” House have passed away. The latter just a few days ago. So this piece […]
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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: J.J Cale

August 6, 2025 Graeme Tait 4
By the time Oklahoma-born singer-songwriter and guitarist J.J. Cale released his debut album in 1971, he was rapidly approaching his 33rd birthday. Along with several other young Tulsa musicians, Cale had moved to Los Angeles in […]
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More People Really Should Know About: Hollow Hand

July 22, 2025 Dean Nardi 0
Brighton is south of London, and a quick train in and out gets you there. Max Kinghorn-Mills remembers moving there, mentally prepared for leaving home after finishing his second album as Hollow Hand in a flat […]
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More People Really Should Know About: Noelie McDonnell

July 15, 2025 Jonathan Smith 0
It’s always a thrill when you get in on an artist right at the start of their career, and are able to follow their progress over years. One such (for your writer) is Ireland’s Noelie McDonnell, […]
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More People Should Really Know About: Rachel Harrington

July 8, 2025 Graeme Tait 6
When this feature first appeared in these hallowed pages, it aimed to allow us writers the opportunity to advocate for an artist who we felt deserved to be more widely recognised, the only caveat being that […]

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Classic Clip: Pieta Brown with Bo Ramsey “Bad News” – venue unknown, 2010

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Anniversary Cheers: case/lang/veirs celebrates 10 years

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News

Unearthed 1968 recording of Buck Owen and the Buckaroos to be released next month

September 3, 2026 0
More than half a century after Buck Owens and the Buckaroos took the stage at Las Vegas’ Mint Hotel and Casino, a remarkable document of the band at the height of its powers is finally seeing […]
Album Reviews

My Girl The River “Manifest Good Things”

September 3, 2026 0
Melody and heartfelt ruminations on family, life and love combine to winning effect on a timeless album. My Girl The River sees Kris Wilkinson Hughes collaborating with husband Joe and daughter Rue, and this wonderfully honest […]
Pieta Brown and Bo Ramsey Temecula March 2010
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Classic Clip: Pieta Brown with Bo Ramsey “Bad News” – venue unknown, 2010

September 3, 2026 0
Pieta Brown (53) is the daughter of beloved folk singer-songwriter Greg Brown with whom she reunited after a rather bohemian lifestyle following her parents’ separation when she was 2 years old. At the time she was […]

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  • My Girl The River “Manifest Good Things”
  • Classic Clip: Pieta Brown with Bo Ramsey “Bad News” – venue unknown, 2010
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  • Alex Dupree “Talking To The Dog”
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Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]
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Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0
Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]
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Interview: Nora Kelly holds space for the quirky in outlaw country music

August 24, 2026 1
It’s always the ride and not necessarily the destination that makes a trip through a Nora Kelly Band album worthwhile. The songs can be zany, intriguing and melancholic all at once, cavorting to their own primal […]

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Neil Bob Herd & The Dirty Little Acoustic Band “Every Soul A Story” (Cattlecall Music 2020)

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