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Watch the video to John Prine’s final song

June 12, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

John Prine’s family have posted a video of his final recorded song called ‘I Remember Everything’ which follows on from a livestream tribute to the man himself which streamed last night and featured Jason Isbell, Brandi […]

Ruston Kelly is back with new album and single – Listen

June 10, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

The lovely Mr Ruston Kelly has announced the release of his third album ‘Shape & Destroy’ which is due out on 28th August via Rounder Records, and to accompany the news he’s today released a new […]

Final Josh Ritter Silo Sessions stream tonight

June 9, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

There are still plenty of live-streams happening at the moment – Steve Earle is live later on today (7pm UK time) via his Instagram account, and Josh Ritter has announced the last (for now) in the […]

RS Country looks at the genre’s racist history

June 8, 2020 Mark Whitfield 4

RS Country has posted a really timely piece about country music’s relationship with race entitled Rewriting Country Music’s Racist History which interviews among others Yola and Rhiannon Giddens, the latter challenging what she calls a “manufactured […]

Something for the weekend: Mark Olson and Ingunn Ringvold “Pipestone I Won’t Be Back”

June 5, 2020 Mark Whitfield 2

We leave you this week dear reader with the opening track from the new record by sometime Jayhawker Mark Olson who’s collaborated with Norwegian roots singer Ingunn Ringvold for a third time on the album ‘Magdalen […]

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Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

May 19, 2026 0

Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]

The Fugitives “The Fugitives”

May 19, 2026 0

Highly regarded Canadian folkies continue to impress with album number seven. Formed in 2005, Canadian folkies The Fugitives have, over the subsequent eleven years, garnered themselves quite a reputation for delivering memorable live shows full of […]

Old Crow Medicine Show will release latest record Union Made in early June

May 19, 2026 0

Old Crow Medicine Show will release their new record Union Made on 5th June 2026 with Hartland Records via Firebird Music. The album finds the two-time Grammy-winning string band reflecting upon the people, places, and stories […]

Watch the video to John Prine’s final song

Ruston Kelly is back with new album and single – Listen

Final Josh Ritter Silo Sessions stream tonight

RS Country looks at the genre’s racist history

Something for the weekend: Mark Olson and Ingunn Ringvold “Pipestone I Won’t Be Back”

Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

The Fugitives “The Fugitives”

Old Crow Medicine Show will release latest record Union Made in early June

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