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Interview: Esther Rose talks about her New Orleans indie-infused country

March 29, 2021 Martin Johnson 0
There is much more to New Orleans music than second line parades according to singer songwriter Esther Rose and Jack White agrees Though she was born in Detroit, Esther Rose has spent the last 10 years […]
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Interview: Champ Paul Lush on Araluen and his own musical journey

March 25, 2021 Martin Johnson 0
Musical omnivore and guitar for hire Champ on his own songwriting and influences. It may just be a case of the best of three when Danny and the Champions of the World guitarist Paul Lush finally […]
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Interview: Canadian Justin Rutledge on revisiting and simplifying his greatest songs

March 16, 2021 Martin Johnson 2
Despite a literary background songwriter Justin Rutledge now believes simple songs work best. Justin Rutledge owes the UK a lot in that it was the UK success of his debut album ‘No Never Alone’ that really […]
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How I Write A Song: Ray Wylie Hubbard

March 5, 2021 Alasdair Fotheringham 0
Did you know a songwriter is like a shark that never sleeps? When asked to describe the process of creating a song, some writers, as we’ve already seen in this series, talk about their music first […]
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Interview: Americana UK favourite Robert Vincent reflects on his recent multiple awards

March 3, 2021 Martin Johnson 0
Americana UK favourite Robert Vincent on a UK view of americana and his appreciation of his UK fans. Robert Vincent is a great favourite of Americana UK, and if anyone had any doubts about this statement […]

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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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Lord Huron, Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 23rd January 2018

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Having attended Lord Huron’s first gig of their first proper UK tour back in 2013 this reviewer suggested that the masses should get out and see them at the moderate sized venues they’d been booked into, […]
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Video Premiere: Beans on Toast “Back Out on the Road”

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We’re delighted to premiere the latest single from the brilliant Beans on Toast.  Typically for Beans, it’s an immediately likeable and uplifting folky anthem that soon has you moving and singing along.  Beans is known for […]

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