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Justin Timberlake: “My new album is modern americana with 808s” – Listen

January 17, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

As Stereogum conclude with this article, let the hoedown begin! They report: “Many hands have been wrung about whether Justin Timberlake is going country on Man Of The Woods and what that means. The album’s initial trailer suggested that it […]

Michelle Shocked returns to UK for dates

January 17, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

Described in the press release as the “Godmother of Americana”, the sometimes excellent Michelle Shocked returns to our shores next month, hopefully in a less biblical mood than 2013, for a series of dates. The tour […]

Fairport Convention launch a massive UK tour

January 17, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

If we used blatantly ageist terms like The Grand Old Men of Folk then doubtless we’d wheel out that creaking line somewhere in this news item. But we don’t – so we won’t. Suffice it to […]

Son of Town Hall announce UK dates (not in Town Halls)

January 16, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

Son Of Town Hall are the unusual union of London’s Ben Parker and New Mexico’s David Berkeley. “Born when the two found themselves side by side aboard a junk raft (“The Son Of Town Hall”) crossing the mighty Atlantic […]

Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires cover John Prine – Watch

January 16, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

Well this from RS will cheer up your dreary Tuesday morning: “The sight of Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires sharing the mic together became a familiar one throughout 2017, as the husband-and-wife Americana power couple solidified […]