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Our new supporters playlist comes out today with our best giveaway yet – win a pair of weekend tickets to the Cambridge Folk Festival 2026!

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If you’re not subscribing to our monthly supporters newsletter you’ll be missing out on our exclusive supporters playlist of the best new Americana we’ve heard over the last month which this month includes new tracks by […]

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This week’s podcast is a very Loose affair, featuring as it does four acts that are signed by those London connoisseurs of fine art, Loose Music. We have the new songs from Danny George Wilson, Brown […]

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Jesca Hoop returns with self produced album and UK tour

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Jesca Hoop has announced her new album Long Wave Home, and it’s due out on 1st May via Last Laugh / Republic Of Music. To accompany the announcement, Hoop has shared the album’s first single, Designer […]

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Here are the americana and country winners from the 2026 GRAMMYS

February 3, 2026 Mark Whitfield 1

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last 48 hours you’ll have seen the extensive coverage of this year’s GRAMMYS which featured the usual array of costumes, curveballs and a healthy-dose of ICE bashing […]

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Soulful Joyann Parker to release her fourth album at the end of March

February 2, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0

Midwest singer-songwriter Joyann Parker will be releasing her latest album “Life Lines” on 27th March 2026.  Blessed with a strong expressive voice in a blues / R&B vein, Parker’s previous albums have achieved some success reaching […]

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