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Neal Casal to reissue another classic album on vinyl

August 30, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Neal Casal’s second studio album, ‘Rain, Wind and Speed‘, has been announced for December 2nd reissue on limited edition vinyl via the Neal Casal Music Foundation (NCMF). The 11-song collection initially released in 1996 will be […]

Matt Owens announces third solo album, begins UK tour

August 26, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Having kicked off the summer at his curated stages at Glastonbury and Americana Fest in Bath, singer-songwriter Matt Owens and his band The Delusional Vanity Project have announced the “Pretending That Nothing Has Changed At All” […]

Anna Ash to tour UK in September

August 25, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Anna Ash has announced an eleven-date tour of the UK which starts on September 6th in High Wycombe. The tour promotes her most recent album ‘Sleeper’ which came out on Black Mesa Records in January 2021 […]

Todd Snider to release compilation of live music

August 22, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Todd Snider has announced the release of his latest album, ‘Live: The Return of the Storyteller’, which will be released in September on his label (Aimless Records) and Thirty Tigers. This, his nineteenth album comes after […]

Manchester Folk Festival to take place this October

August 19, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Established in 2017 as the development of the Homegrown festival in Bury, Manchester Folk Festival takes place over four days in venues around the festival hub venue, Home Manchester. Running from October 13th headliners include Treetop […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Ashley McBryde - Wild (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 4 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Liz stringer ‘ first time really feeling’Melbourne song...
By fredhead , 5 days ago
RE: Versions!
@paul-villers Those versions keep coming
By Martin Johnson , 6 days ago
RE: What are you watching at the moment?
Just binged "Legends" - a British drama on Netflix abou...
By Paul Villers , 7 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Radio Paradise's Mellow Mix whilst on a bit of a drive
By Peter Thompson , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Amy Grant The 6th of January (Yasgur’s Farm): time for ...
By Jonathan Hincks , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
The Lone Bellow - The Lone Bellow (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
XTC - A Coat of Many Cupboards (excerpts...it's a 4 CD ...
By Peter Thompson , 2 weeks ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
@andyshort Yes, it makes a refreshing change from artis...
By Peter Thompson , 2 weeks ago

Something for the weekend: Keyside “Lemon and Lime”

May 15, 2026 1

Well that’s it from us for this week, and bear with me dear reader with the track we’re leaving you with for the weekend which despite starting off sounding like we’ve veered into covering 90s-era Britpop, […]

Cowboy Junkies “Open to Beauty”

May 15, 2026 0

Americana legends celebrate 21st-century releases on latest career retrospective. Forty years in, the Cowboy Junkies remain one of the great under-the-surface bands in Americana: despite having a million-selling classic to their name, they rarely make best-of […]

Book Review: Patrick Joseph O’Connor “Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community”

May 15, 2026 0

Patrick Joseph O’Connor’s Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community reclaims an overlooked part in American musicology. While places like Chicago, Memphis, and the Mississippi Delta often dominate the story of Blues, O’Connor suggests that […]