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The Twang Factor 3 Presents: Rob Clamp

January 27, 2023 Clint West 2
Welcome to the penultimate performance of The Twang Factor 3. The final act will perform next week before an AUK panel then convenes to choose our winner. This week’s guest is Rob Clamp, a singer, songwriter […]
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The Twang Factor 3 Presents: Chris Reddy

January 20, 2023 Clint West 0
Welcome to another edition of The Twang Factor 3. This week we feature the beautiful laid-back sound of Chris Reddy. Chris Reddy lives in Shaftsbury, Dorset and is currently working on his ambition of making a […]
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The Twang Factor 3 Presents: The Holy Fools

January 13, 2023 Clint West 0
Welcome to another episode of The Twang Factor 3. We hope you’ve been enjoying it as much as we have. We’ve still a few more great acts to bring you including our guests this week The […]
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The Twang Factor 3 Presents: Greenhorses

January 6, 2023 Clint West 0
It may be Week 1 of the new year, but more importantly it’s Week 5 of The Twang Factor 3. Our guests this week are Greenhorses, a new six-piece americana band from the North-West of England. […]
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The Twang Factor 3 presents: Joe Martin

December 22, 2022 Clint West 1
The fourth entry for our Twang Factor 3 showcase is Joe Martin. This will be the last one until we resume again in the new year. Born in Lancashire, Joe Martin grew up singing along to […]

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Ismay “Half Truth”

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Quietly adventurous songs that reward patient listening with emotional depth and subtle musical invention. For listeners drawn to the quietly adventurous music of Aldous Harding, Cate Le Bon or Jessica Pratt, Half Truth, by California songwriter […]
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Jenny Gillespie Mason “Medicine Of Light” – a healing balm

July 14, 2026 0
On her new album In the Safety of the Light, Jenny Gillespie Mason is turning back to her musical roots. After a decade pursuing psychedelic pop, jazz, and electronic textures through her project Sis (and most […]
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Video: Alex Southey “Green Sunday” – a constant giving-in

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Vancouver-born, Toronto-based singer-songwriter Alex Southey has released an absorbing new single. Green Sunday opens with gently insistent guitar before lush layers are introduced and, halfway through, percussion is ushered in, giving the song a greater urgency. […]

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  • Jenny Gillespie Mason “Medicine Of Light” – a healing balm
  • Video: Alex Southey “Green Sunday” – a constant giving-in
  • For The Sake Of The Song: Roger McGuinn “Car Phone”
  • Ed Snodderly “ES Pearl Presents Baggage Flies Free”
  • Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers
  • Mary Gauthier announces new album “Reckoning”
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Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0
Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]
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Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 1
Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]
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Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Roots Music Festival

July 6, 2026 3
Americana UK’s Rick Bayles’ monthly column, Vox Continental, shines a light on what is happening on the americana front in Europe. In his most recent column, Rick gave the nod to the Static Roots Festival, which […]

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Michael Weston King “Sally Sparkles” / Lou Dalgleish “The Empty Swing”

December 23, 2024 0
The americana community in the UK is fairly close-knit so many of you will know already that one of the little girls who died in Southport over the summer was Bebe King, the granddaughter of Michael […]
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Dillon Warnek “Fruit From Crooked Trees” (Independent, 2020)

November 4, 2020 0
This EP is Dillon Warnek’s first solo release. According to the bio on his Bandcamp page: “He assembled his friends and they came up with a plan to record it safely. The plan was write it […]
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Wilco play 2 full albums at festival

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News today from JamBase (where you can find all your jam related news) who report: “Yesterday the fifth installment of Wilco‘s Solid Sound Festival got underway at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts. In advance of the […]

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