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The Fugitives “Trench Songs”

December 23, 2020 Kimberly Bright 0
The Fugitives rework soldiers’ songs from the First World War for a modern audience Vancouver, Canada’s folk band The Fugitives have taken on an ambitious project: reimagining war songs from World War I for a modern […]
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Here are the results of 2020’s Americana UK readers poll

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There are 2 days until the weirdest Christmas on record, the votes have been counted and there are no legal challenges we’re aware of (yet) – so we can now announce the results of this year’s […]
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Forgotten Artists – Over the Rhine

December 23, 2020 Rick Bayles 0
It’s our last FORGOTTEN ARTISTS feature of the year and it’s another fine one from regular contributor to this series, Tim Martin. This duo aren’t so much forgotten as criminally neglected on this side of the […]
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Americana UK writers choose their albums of 2020

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We’ve reached the end of perhaps the most unconventional year in most of our lifetimes, but music has been that constant companion, even though our capacity to cope with acoustic covers albums has perhaps been pushed […]
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Cum on feel the Noiz – Jon Aird’s Review of 2020

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  It goes without saying that this has been a terrible year in many ways – trade you a pandemic against the bizarre play out of politics in the USA. And then conflate them – now […]

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Ryan O’Reilly “Native Companion”

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Contemporary and traditional blend from homegrown and widely travelled teacher of song. Native Companion is the fourth collection of contemporary Celticana from the peregrine musician, that is, Ryan O’Reilly. Alongside his English roots, the Oxford-born and […]
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Jerry Joseph And The Jackmormons “I Think I’m Here” – glorious life affirming music

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Jerry Joseph, we are happy to tell you, returns – not that he’s been away exactly, but we have an insatiable appetite for the kind of music that Jerry Joseph makes, and so the news that […]
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Video Premiere: Madam Radar “The Show Must Go On”

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Madam Radar’s The Show Must Go On is an anthem for performing, celebrating the lifestyle of the touring musician. In the accompanying video premiere, directed by Garrett Jay Brown, we get to see the band on […]

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Interview: Daniel Tashian on being a reluctant band leader and the joys of songwriting collaborations

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Daniel Tashian is a legend in Nashville. He’s a deeply respected songwriter, he’s a solo artist with six albums to his name, he’s been in two superb bands, and he’s the go-to guy when you want […]
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Behind the Songs: Thin Lear

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The songs on Thin Lear’s sophomore album Many Disappeared are tied to each other not in their locale or their cast of characters, but instead in strange tragedies that have taken place, some many years ago. Current […]
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Interview: Judy Collins doesn’t look back, she looks forward

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“My home is in New York City, on the Upper West Side,” Judy Collins said, proudly holding up a painting by her sister of cats and dogs that resembles a Monet. When I mentioned travelling up […]

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