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A Night To Remember: Bluegrass heaven in a North East pub in 1983 with Peter Rowan

September 14, 2021 Martin Johnson 4
A night of North East best bitter and bluegrass with Bill Monroe and Jerry Garcia alumnus Peter Rowan. It may seem strange that a gig in the backroom of a North East pub in the early […]
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AUK’s Chain Gang: Joe Brown “I’ll See You In My Dreams”

September 13, 2021 Jonathan Smith 0
Last week’s chain featured the considerably talented if unlikely pairing of Eddie Vedder and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Vedder is an artist who clearly likes to occasionally stretch his wings away from his rock base with […]
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Essentials: The top 10 Jon Langford related albums

September 9, 2021 Peter Tomkins 4
Jon Langford has lived in Chicago for the last thirty or so years, but is originally from Newport in South Wales. When I interviewed Jon over the phone – that’s a bit like Zoom but without […]
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Classic Americana Albums: Aimee Mann “Magnolia (Music from the Motion Picture)”

September 8, 2021 Helen Jones 0
In my humble opinion, ‘Magnolia’ has just about one of the best opening sequences of a film ever; the story in those first five minutes is instantly engaging, but it’s when you hear the opening bars […]
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Whatever Happened to… The Kennedys/The Strangelings

September 7, 2021 Rick Bayles 0
We’re back from our summer recess with a new round of “Whatever Happened to…” and we kick off with a name that resonates loudly in American folk circles without registering a great deal of awareness on […]

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Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

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Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]
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Nick Costa “Eddie”

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The artist from Minnesota is in reflective mood, providing much-needed feedback to the powers that be on how well it’s all going, whilst paying tribute to his ‘best boy’. The nine albums of Costa’s solo career […]
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Live Review: Cat Clyde, The Lower Third, London – 30th April 2026

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Cat Clyde returned to a London stage towards the end of a short set of dates in Europe and the UK. The venue was The Lower Third, nominally on Denmark Street and operating in the same […]

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Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

May 5, 2026 0
Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]
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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

April 28, 2026 0
Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
Interviews

Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

April 27, 2026 0
David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

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Video: Sean Harrison “Good Cover Story”

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The latest single from singer-songwriter Sean Harrison has a fabulous groove that makes you want to move.  Renowned guitarist Earl Cate (Cate Brothers) supplies the compelling backing over Matt Nelson’s piano and retro-sounding Hammond B3 keys, […]
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Jim Basnight “Summertime Again” – well, we can dream

January 5, 2024 0
This latest single from Power Pop obsessive Jim Basnight is not exactly timely as we head into the coldest weekend of the year (well, so far) but it does offer a promise that there will be […]
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Silver Lining “Heart and Mind Alike” (Independent, 2018)

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Norwegian Americana? Reviewed in the UK? Why not, Americana is a broad and growing church, and all are welcome. Silver Lining are from Oslo, and have a very gentle approach, producing beautiful music with space and […]

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