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William the Conqueror’s new album lands in March

January 15, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
William the Conqueror return this March with a new album called ‘Maverick Thinker‘ which will be released via Chrysalis Records.  Well known for their bravura performances and ability to give it all in the service of […]
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Fruit Bats announce new album “The Pet Parade” – Listen

January 13, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0
The Chicago based folk-rockers release 8th studio album. Eric D. Johnson’s Fruit Bats (who five years ago released one of the greatest songs ever recorded) have announced their return on March 5th with ‘The Pet Parade’, […]
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New album from Amy Speace in April

January 12, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
The remarkable Amy Speace has announced a new album, hot on the heels of the success of ‘Me and the Ghost of Charlemagne.‘    The new album will be released on April 30th on Proper Records/Wind […]
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Steve Earle covers Justin Townes’ “Harlem River Blues” on ‘Kimmel’ – Watch

January 11, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0
Steve Earle and his band the Dukes performed a cover of his son Justin Townes Earle’s ‘Harlem River Blues’ last week on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the recorded version of which appears on the newly released album […]
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Happy new year and welcome to the new look Americana UK

January 6, 2021 Mark Whitfield 8
Apologies for the longer than anticipated pause, Gremlins is a Christmas movie after all. Happy new year dear reader, hope you had a good one despite the unusualness of it all. While you’ve been watching repeats […]

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Gary Marks “Sky High” – How could water catch fire?

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Live Review: Seasick Steve, Folk by the Oak – 19th July 2026

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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Matraca Berg

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Yes I know I am picking two albums from a catalogue of only 8, two of which are compilations and one that was never released. For some reason the label didn’t like it, though two of […]
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Gary Marks “Sky High” – How could water catch fire?

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This new song is a relatively old song; it comes from Gary Marks’ unreleased album A Whisper Can Change The World, recorded in 2007. So, why unreleased? Gary Marks had started out on his singer-songwriter path […]
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Amy Speace to release debut poetry collection and new single

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Award-winning singer-songwriter and poet Amy Speace will release her debut collection of poetry titled The Cardinals on Tuesday 1st September 2026.  It will be published by Red Hen Press.  Speace will also be releasing an accompanying […]

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Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

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American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]
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Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0
“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]
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Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward

July 24, 2026 0
End Times Elevator Music is a special record to behold. From the Link Wray fuzz guitar rumbles on opener No Alarm to the title track closer, which arrives like Ben Schneider and Brendan Urie collaborated, there […]

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Songs for the apocalypse: Kasey Chambers “On a Bad Day”

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Last week’s choice in this column was an Aussie and in no way attempting to replicate our americana chain, this week’s is coincidentally too (I say coincidentally like this is something happening to me). Kasey Chambers’ […]
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