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Iron and Wine announces return with new album the first for seven years – it’s been too long!

February 26, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

Iron & Wine’s “Light Verse”, his seventh album, comes out on Sub Pop On Friday, April 26th The ten-track collection was produced by the band’s principal singer-songwriter Sam Beam and mixed and engineered by Dave Way […]

Folk Alliance International Awards Results

February 23, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

The International Folk Music Awards – presented by Folk Alliance International (FAI) – were announced on the 21st of February during a starry night of music and speeches (more of that anon) that opened the conference […]

Finally! The Covid delayed “Never Work” by Ariel Sharatt & Mathias Kom makes it to UK shores

February 23, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

Working hard or hardly working? The last few years have been a bit of both. In the spring of 2020 Ariel Sharratt & Mathias Kom released an album of contemporary labour songs and were just getting […]

Pokey LaFarge returns to the fray after some time… ahem… “getting his head together in the country” working on a farm

February 22, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 1

Pokey LaFarge will return with new album “Rhumba Country” on 10th May 2024 via New West Records. The 10–song set was co-produced by Chris Seefried, Elliot Bergman, and LaFarge and was recorded in Los Angeles, CA & […]

Red Rooster Festival returns for 10th Anniversary

February 16, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

As spring filters into summer, it’s time for 2024’s Red Rooster Festival in Suffolk over the 30th May to 1st June weekend. The festival celebrates its 10th anniversary this year and features an impressive list of […]

Sorrel Nation will release sophomore album next month

September 8, 2026 0

Following a breakthrough period that saw major festival appearances, BBC Radio support and the release of her debut album Lost En Route, singer-songwriter Sorrel Nation returns with her second album, Creeping Thyme. The record will be […]

Blaine Todd “Angle of Repose”

September 8, 2026 0

Quirky, gentle release from San Francisco Bay area songwriter and musician. Angle of Repose is the fifth album from Bay area Blaine Todd, a newcomer to our site, but a release with a resonance with many […]

More People Really Should Know About: Liz Stringer

September 8, 2026 0

There are, of course, countless reasons why we love attending gigs and feeding on the buzz that only live music can give. On the Americana circuit that we inhabit in these pages, often at smaller and […]

Iron and Wine announces return with new album the first for seven years – it’s been too long!

Folk Alliance International Awards Results

Finally! The Covid delayed “Never Work” by Ariel Sharatt & Mathias Kom makes it to UK shores

Pokey LaFarge returns to the fray after some time… ahem… “getting his head together in the country” working on a farm

Red Rooster Festival returns for 10th Anniversary

Sorrel Nation will release sophomore album next month

Blaine Todd “Angle of Repose”

More People Really Should Know About: Liz Stringer

Live Review: The Felice Brothers, 100 Club, London – 2nd September 2026

Bloodkin “Flowers & Ash”