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Preview: Wesley Stace aka John Wesley Harding heads to the UK for May dates

March 27, 2024 Mark Whitfield 2
Born in Hastings in 1965, Wesley Stace (aka John Wesley Harding), took the name of the famous American outlaw, celebrated and misspelt by Bob Dylan, when he began performing in 1988. He adopted the alias while […]
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New Ruth Moody album “Wanderer” out May

March 26, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
Ruth Moody has announced the release of her latest solo album ‘Wanderer’, on 17th May 2024 via Blue Muse Records. Originally from Winnipeg, Moody now splits her time between Nashville and  Vancouver Island. The award-winning singer-songwriter […]
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Cambridge Folk Festival announces second list of acts for 2024

March 25, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
The  Cambridge Folk Festival has announced its second tranche of acts for the 2024 event, including several names to whet the appetite of fans of Americana. Following their shows with the 2024 Transatlantic Sessions, banjo/ fiddle […]
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New Kim Richey album out May plus UK tour dates

March 22, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
Ohio born but long time Nashville based singer songwriter Kim Richey has announced the release of her latest album ‘Every New Beginning’ which lands on 24th May on Yep Roc. A respected artist and performer, Richey […]
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SXSW Festival suffers backlash as artists protest at US Army sponsorship of event

March 22, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0
This year’s SXSW festival was marked by dozens of speakers and performers cancelling their appearances in protest of the event’s sponsorship by the U.S. Army amidst the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Incredibly, but this is the world […]

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Well that’s it from us for this week. If you haven’t bought your tickets yet to Americana 25, our festival taking place in Liverpool at the end of November, we have sold out around half of […]
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A searing display of grief through ten bare songs. How we all cope with grief is complex and individual, though the ability of energising one’s sadness through music is a powerful and positive one. Belfast’s Joshua […]
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As Graeme Tait takes an enforced break he kindly asked me to step in this month to produce our monthly EP Roundup. I think he knows he has no fears about my contributions matching his excellent […]

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Interview: Charlie Musselwhite knows the highway and it knows him

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At age 82, Charlie Musselwhite continues to put out relevant and meaningful albums. Sweet. While his body of work may not conjure memories for some of our younger readers, it’s great to see him continuing his […]
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Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

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Matt Hill has combined his career as a singer-songwriter with his work as a campaigner in the charity sector and currently as a community songwriter. He has tasted success as an americana singer-songwriter and played in […]
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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

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Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]

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This is quite exciting news late in the day (literally).  The Jayhawks have announced the release of a new album, ‘Back Roads and Abandoned Motels’, which arrives in the UK on July 13th (which is a Friday, […]
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Video: Cat Clyde “Everywhere I Go”

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Cat Clyde is the real deal.  The Canadian singer-songwriter, who recently performed at Celtic Connections alongside Bonny Light Horseman, has a wonderful voice for any roots genre she turns her attention to.  Her songs are varied, […]
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The First Time: Kimberly Bright – Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark and The Thompson Twins, Indianapolis Convention Center, 3rd December 1985

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I remember more about the circumstances around the Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark/Thompson Twins Tour for Future Days concert I attended in 1985 than the performances themselves, even though I was there as a die-hard OMD […]

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