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Interview: Peter Bruntnell on the bouzouki, Vancouver, Ringo, The Cousins, NFB and Houdini

December 12, 2024 Dean Nardi 2
It must be noted that the word “sublime” can never be used enough.  If there were any justice in the music world, Peter Bruntnell would be selling records by the pound, although the so-called cult hero’s […]
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Interview: Eric Devries on “Traveler’s Heart”

December 10, 2024 Martin Johnson 0
Dutch americana is alive and well with the help of the Song and Dance Band. The Dutch music scene has always been heavily influenced by the music of the UK and America and has produced artists […]
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Interview: All Oliver Wood requires to start writing is an armchair, a notebook and a coffee

December 5, 2024 Dean Nardi 0
An important truth: Life was meant to be lived; songs were meant to be experienced. Oliver Wood continues to earn his reputation as a committed songwriter. Never mind the fact that he’s been refining his craft […]
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Video Interview: Ian Prowse celebrates 20 years of ‘Does This Train Stop On Merseyside’

December 3, 2024 Martin Johnson 2
Experiencing your greatest musical success when you are 60. The old adage “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again” could have been written for Liverpool’s own Ian Prowse. The singer-songwriter has been in two […]
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Video Interview: Mike Montrey on “Love, Time & Mortality”

November 26, 2024 Martin Johnson 0
Americana from New Jersey that speaks to the human experience. The Mike Montrey Band are one of the most popular roots rock bands in New Jersey who have worked hard over the years touring the highways […]

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Something for the weekend: This is Lorelie “Where’s Your Love Now (Waxahatchee Version)”

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Well that’s it from us for this week. Regular readers will no doubt be sick to death now of me plugging this guy but his stuff is so good and as if any more proof was […]
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Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

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Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]
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Remedy Motel “Counting Sand”

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Utah band on a roll with their second ‘comeback’ album after a 15-year hiatus. You feel as though you should showcase this band in our Feature article More People Really Should Know About..…because, despite the fact […]

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Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

April 17, 2026 0
Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]
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Interview: Thomas Ådland, of Thomas & The Angry Hearts, on Language, Love and Identity

April 13, 2026 0
Two days before I heard them fill Martin’s Bar in Lillestrøm, I watched Thomas & The Angry Hearts make music in a wooden house surrounded by trees. In that studio, sound was built patiently: a harmony […]
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Interview: The Breath’s Stuart McCallum and Ríoghnach Connolly on collaborating with the Paraorchestra

April 7, 2026 0
How to achieve true musical Symbiosis. The Breath are guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer Ríoghnach Connolly, and they ensure that the song is always at the centre of their alt-folk sound. That sound is rich, reflecting […]

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Classic Clips: Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young & Jones

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The Sixties were a strange time.  A time when popular chart artists might be given their own television variety show on which they could showcase their own talents and have musical guests brighten up proceedings.  Sometimes […]
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John Alexander “Of These Lands” (Independent, 2017)

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John Alexander is a Scottish singer-songwriter with a ton of influences and a load of natural talent. With people like John Martyn, Greg Brown, Bob Dylan and Muddy Waters on his list, as one would expect […]
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Lachlan Bryan and the Wildes “The Road” – Listen

June 19, 2019 0
You may feel that you’ve heard every song about life on the road, that there’s nothing more to hear.  Well, there are a lot of songs about the touring life but Australia’s Lachlan Bryan brings enough […]

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