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Americana slacker hipsters Flypaper announce debut album and tour dates too

August 21, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
Seemingly emerging from his bedroom, Flypaper mainman Rory Sear has announced that the debut album “Forget The Rush” will be released on 7th November via PNKSLM, and the lead single ‘Oh Well‘ is out now. Sear […]
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Laura Veirs to release live album with French children’s choir in October

August 20, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
Laura Veirs will put out a new live album, “Laura Veirs And The Choir Who Couldn’t Say (Live In Angoulême)”, digitally on 10th October via her own label Raven Marching Band. The recording documents Veirs’ May […]
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AMERICANAFEST Reveals Full Schedule + Lineup with 2025 Mobile App

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For any and all Americana music fans, it’s high time you checked airline fares for bargains, especially should you be heading to Nashvegas …. er, Nashville for the 2025 edition of AMERICANAFEST from points where crossing […]
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Independent Oregon singer-songwriter Alice Di Micele to release eighteenth record in October

August 18, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
The Oregon-based artist Alice Di Micele will be releasing her eighteenth album, “Reverse The Flow” on 10th October 2025 via Alice Otter Music. Di Micele aims to create music “to help others heal and feel”. She […]
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New York songwriter Jim Keller announces new album “End Of The World”

August 14, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
Hopefully out before life reflects art. New York City “songwriter’s songwriter” Jim Keller has announced that his new album, “End Of The World”, will be released on 24th October 2025 via Continental Song City Records. “The […]

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A poetic sophomore album showing future promise. Loss is never an easy experience, though it can elicit very different responses. As rising alternative folk artist Luke James Williams explains, “Grief is universal, but it often feels […]
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Live Review: Tyler Ramsey, The Social, London – 29th March 2026

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We still, I guess, have to say that Tyler Ramsey used to be in Band of Horses as lead guitarist and a notable songwriter for that band, but he’s been ploughing his own furrow for nearly […]
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The Song Remains: Andy Kershaw (1959-2026)

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The current UK roots and world music scenes owe a significant debt to broadcaster Andy Kershaw. Anyone in the UK who enjoyed world music and became a fan of roots-influenced rock from the ‘80s owes a […]

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Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

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Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]
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Interview: Thomas Ådland, of Thomas & The Angry Hearts, on Language, Love and Identity

April 13, 2026 0
Two days before I heard them fill Martin’s Bar in Lillestrøm, I watched Thomas & The Angry Hearts make music in a wooden house surrounded by trees. In that studio, sound was built patiently: a harmony […]
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Interview: The Breath’s Stuart McCallum and Ríoghnach Connolly on collaborating with the Paraorchestra

April 7, 2026 0
How to achieve true musical Symbiosis. The Breath are guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer Ríoghnach Connolly, and they ensure that the song is always at the centre of their alt-folk sound. That sound is rich, reflecting […]

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For The Sake Of The Song: Joan Armatrading “All The Way From America”

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Kittitian-British singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading’s ‘All The Way From America’ was the second single from her 1980 album ‘Me Myself I.’ The album, like the artist, was difficult to classify and may have come along too early […]
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Video Premiere: Josh Phillips “Already Gone” (ft. Asheville Symphony)

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Here’s the latest single from Asheville, NC singer-songwriter Josh Phillips.  This gorgeous collaboration with the Asheville Symphony will be raising money for local charity, BeLoved Asheville.  At times playful, at times swelling in cinematic fashion, the […]
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Jason Isbell is the kind of artist who can always be relied on to draw from experience and speak the truth exactly as he sees it, so it’s good to see he’s sticking to what makes […]

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