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Ralph McTell re-releases “Streets of London” for Crisis

December 5, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Singer-songwriter Ralph McTell has re-recorded his classic song ‘Streets of London’ with a choir made up of clients from Crisis – the national charity for homeless people – and guest vocalist Annie Lennox, to raise money […]
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Mary Gauthier to Lead AMA-UK songwriting workshop 2018

December 4, 2017 Mark Whitfield 2
Mary Gauthier has been announced as leading the AMA-UK Conference Songwriting Workshop 2018 in Hackney in January. Held on the second day of the conference, the Songwriting Workshop is described as “an opportunity to delve in to […]
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John Oates announces new album “Arkansas”

December 4, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
John Oates, one part of the duo Hall & Oates, has teamed up with a group of rising stars in the Americana music world for his new solo album “Arkansas” which sees its worldwide release date set for February 2nd […]
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Pick of the Political Pops: Graham Nash “Military Madness”

December 1, 2017 Paul Villers 1
This week at Americana-UK Towers we have mostly been thanking our lucky stars. Thankful that we have The Bunker to repair to in times of extremis, thankful that the code to get into the bunker is […]
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Bob Cheevers announces UK dates for 2018

December 1, 2017 Mark Whitfield 1
Bob Cheevers has announced a UK tour for 2018 for the 13th time – hopefully a piano won’t fall on his head as he steps off the plane. He will be promoting his epic boxed-set retrospective […]

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