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Can’t Live With it, Can’t Live Without it: John Mellencamp

November 27, 2024 Peter Thompson 11
Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, John Cougar Mellencamp, John Mellencamp; the professional name has varied over the years, but whatever you call him, John Mellencamp (birth name) has had a long, varied and very successful career, reputedly […]
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More People Really Should Know About: The Greatest Endangered Thing

November 26, 2024 Lyndon Bolton 0
The Greatest Endangered Thing is a British-American indie folk band formed by Samuel James Taylor and Rebecca Van Cleave. While not strangers to these pages, having had both their EPs reviewed as well as Taylor’s solo […]
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For the Sake of the Song: Son Volt “Windfall”

November 25, 2024 FredArnold 2
In 1995 Son Volt released their debut album “Trace”, to almost universal acclaim. This was possibly not unexpected given group leader and songwriter Jay Farrar’s history as one of the two songwriters from the genre-defining Uncle […]
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Let’s Unpack The Haul… Once More…

November 25, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
Another dull day another chance to re-run the trope of showing off the shiny bangles that one has purchased as we make an almost analogue model of the YouTube influencer video.  Here, though, the sales pitch […]
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Classic Clips: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss “Rock and Roll” – Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Manchester, Tennessee 2022

November 22, 2024 Peter Thompson 0
Way back in 2007 Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, two singers from completely different musical backgrounds, found some common ground while evidently having lots of fun. The combination of the two voices which work so well […]

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Jake Bugg returns with new album and UK & Ireland tour dates

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Jake Bugg is back with his seventh album, Alamo, on 13th November 2026 via Thirty Tigers. Produced by the multi-Grammy-winning duo of longtime friend and producer Jimmy Hogarth (Anohni, Amy Winehouse, Paolo Nutini) and Steve McKewan […]
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A. Lee Edwards “Interpreting Heart Sounds, Vol. 2”

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A. Lee Edwards slows it all down and goes a layer deeper in his second interpretation of the sounds of his heart, with beautiful strings complementing the spacious production and bringing listeners to their knees through […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 251 “Life….”

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Been a tough couple of weeks as we buried our father last week and adjusted to life without him (and crippling care costs!). My mother is handling things well, stating that she “lost him years ago,” […]

  • Jake Bugg returns with new album and UK & Ireland tour dates
  • A. Lee Edwards “Interpreting Heart Sounds, Vol. 2”
  • Sounds from beyond the Shed 251 “Life….”
  • Icarus Phoenix “The Oligarchy” – prepare for a shock
  • Video Premiere: Grey DeLisle “There’s The Door”
  • Something for the weekend: Great Lakes “Why Did My Love Go Away?”
  • Keyside “Keyside”
  • Classic Clips: The Monkees “What Am I Doing Hangin’ ‘Round?” – The Monkees TV Series Episode 40, “Monkees Marooned” 1967
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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

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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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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 71

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Forgive me please … Half terms come and go at speed but this one has been a memorable one for many things. Walks with friends, recording a Mixcast broadcast and driving a battlefields tour to Ypres […]
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Mike Gale “Beachhead Galaxy” (Farm Music, 2018)

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‘Beachhead Galaxy’ is the latest solo album from Mike Gale (Co-Pilgrim).  It’s a dreamy, ethereal sounding piece which is fitting for the subject matter. Set in space, in the year 2412 where harmony across all lifeforms […]
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Pick of the Political Pops: Bob Dylan “Masters of War”

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“Come you masters of war you that build the big guns, You that build the death planes, You that build all the bombs, You that hide behind walls, You that hide behind desks. I just want […]

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