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Interview: Trapper Schoepp on refreshing his folk credentials at Johnny Cash’s Cash Cabin

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From Paul Brady to The Clancy Brothers Irish folk music is a very obvious influence. Trapper Schoepp is over ten years into his career which got a boost in 2019 when he gained a co-write for […]
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Interview: Tom Ovans on why 4-track recording can still deliver music relevant to 2023

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If you are born to be a musician and singer-songwriter you just keep doing what you do. Integrity is a rare thing in music, and it is something that artists who have it can easily lose […]
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Interview: The Davisson Brothers’ Chris Davisson on celebrating Appalachia with some Nashville jam

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Mixing jamband creativity and electricity with country and bluegrass to make mountain rock. Regular visitors to Americana UK will be aware of the ongoing debate about what is and isn’t americana. The Davisson Brothers Band, a […]
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Interview: Eric Bibb on ridin’ to a career-high

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Following in the footsteps of Taj Mahal making the blues a relevant contemporary art form. Contemporary bluesman Eric Bibb may be 72 this year but this is not reflected in his recent work rate, releasing an […]
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Interview: Cam on why a song will take as long as it takes to write

April 14, 2023 Martin Johnson 0
Why music is better than psychology at exploring what is really happening with people. West Coast native Cam has taken her time releasing her two major label albums with each one having a gestation period of […]

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Interview: Adam Levy on the Honeydogs celebrated return

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Experiencing a rebirth with Algebra for Broken Hearts, the St. Paul, Minnesota band’s twelfth album on Julian Records (2025), is crucial language, one voicing an undersung American existence. Like the novel, I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif […]
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Interview: Mean Mary answers six of one and half a dozen of the other

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The banjo is a glorious instrument that can do a lot of ill in the wrong hands. It is not easy to proudly, confidently pluck out some hot licks and really hard to play it with […]
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Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”

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Alan Gregg is a native Kiwi transplanted to North London with a spotty resumé to his credit. Not intending to be impolite, but prospective employers might be taken aback, curious as to what he has been […]

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