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For The Sake Of The Song: Amy Speace “The Sea & The Shore”

May 28, 2024 Graeme Tait 2

“Amy Speace is on a roll. Each new release has brought an expansion of her voice and art, and she has reached the level of absolute mastery. Folk music doesn’t get any better than this”. Sadly […]

Classic Clips: Tom Russell “Who’s Gonna Build Your Wall?” – Late Night with David Letterman, 2007

May 24, 2024 Graeme Tait 4

What can you say about Tom Russell that hasn’t already been said either by critics, fellow musicians and songwriters, along with some of the most esteemed wordsmiths of our generation: “Best songwriter of my generation” (Mike […]

Essentials: The Top 10 William Topley Songs

May 23, 2024 Paul Russell 0

Here’s a guy who’s got 15 albums to his name, whether solo or in his celebrated band The Blessing, and he’s barely known in his home country – but revered in America – particularly Colorado. And […]

More People Should Really Know About: Daniel Tashian

May 21, 2024 Paul Russell 0

If ever there’s an artist who fits the bill for this feature it’s Daniel Tashian. He’s the go-to songwriter, he’s a top producer, a multi-award winner, as well as being a brilliant solo artist and band […]

Folk Tracks Roundup, May 2024

May 21, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

It’s time to dip the glass once more into the rich punchbowl of folk and swig deep on the varied content to be found therein. Ah, folk, it contains multitudes. And to prove that we’ve got […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Americana Tracks by the least likely suspects

July 23, 2026 2

Before you shout at me remember this is supposed to be fun…. I have opened up and bared my soul on a couple of occasions about my past as a teenage rocker in the 1970s, with […]

Ed Askew “The Final Painting”

July 23, 2026 0

Profound, moving and beautiful reveries on posthumous release from ‘Outsider Folk’ poet. Ed Askew was a New York artist, poet, songwriter and genuine underground legend. Having first broken through with his self-titled album in 1968 (subsequently […]

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Conway Savage “Too Dark To See”