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Cowboy Junkies reckoning scheduled for July

May 3, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0
Cowboy Junkies will release their new album ‘All That Reckoning’, the band’s first new recording since 2012’s ‘The Wilderness’ on July 13 via Proper Records, and they’ve also announced 3 UK dates to support it in […]
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Ray Davies continues his journey through Americana

May 3, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0
The quintessential English songwriter Ray Davies has had a long fascination with America, and the USA in particular.  His 2013 autobiography was entitled “Americana,” and he went on to release an album of the same name […]
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Carter Sampson to tour the UK with two album releases

May 2, 2018 Paul Kerr 0
Carter Sampson burst onto the European Americana scene in 2016 with the release of her album ‘Wilder Side.’ It created such a stir here and in Europe that as a result, in the first year after […]
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Israel Nash announces more European/UK dates

May 2, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0
Israel Nash, no relation to Graham or the Middle Eastern country, and his band are set to return to London this November with their biggest headline show to date at the Scala on 22nd November. The […]
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Bob Dylan does not recommend a bottle of wine

May 2, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0
Yes, it may be as Tom Paxton has it “the fruit of the vine”, but that does not shake the resolve of his erstwhile Greenwich Village compadre.  Dylan himself – and this should come as no […]

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Essentials: The Top 10 James McMurtry Songs

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It was the legendary American author Stephen King who said, “James McMurtry may be the truest, fiercest songwriter of his generation”. At the same time, much closer to home, BBC Radio 2’s Bob Harris called him “the […]
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Bedouine “Neon Summer Skin”

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A beautiful reflection on family, and the search for home and belonging, with a new depth to the music. Bedouine is the project of Azniv Korkejian. Her family has migrated between Armenia, Syria and Saudi Arabia […]
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Laura Veirs to release an August album before touring the UK in September

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Esteemed Portland, Oregon-based artist Laura Veirs has announced that her new album, Temple Songs, will come out on 14th August via her label Raven Marching Band Records. Veirs has also shared her lead single Flying Into […]

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Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

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There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]
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Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

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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 […]
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Interview: John Oates can’t stop the music and is still making his dreams come true

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The Grahams announce new album, UK dates

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Nashville-based Americana duo The Grahams have announced the release of The Grahams and Friends (Live in Studio), a combined collection of songs from Rattle the Hocks (the soundtrack from the film), and the deluxe edition of […]
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Video Premiere: Craig Gould & the Noble Thieves “Red River”

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Check out the latest single from folk and americana songwriter Craig Gould and his band The Noble Thieves. ‘Red River’ is an aching ballad about the strength that love gives us and the heartbreak of war. […]
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For The Sake Of The Song: The Mastersons “Birds Fly South”

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Rather than the usual sources of record collection, shows or something recently read it was just by taking in the turn of the season that provided the inspiration for this week’s piece. From The Mastersons’s eponymous […]

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