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Jason Isbell previews album with new track – Listen

March 24, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
A nice way to go into the weekend and you can squeeze your red nose (or something else, your choice) while listening to it – Rolling Stone Country reports: “”Last year was a son of a […]
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John Murry announces UK dates, new album

March 24, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
John Murry was raised in Tupelo, Mississippi and had a bit of a hairy time in life as a younger man but his journey led him to his last album “The Graceless Age” which was praised […]
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Rebecca Pronsky announces UK dates

March 23, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Brooklynite singer-songwriter Rebecca Pronsky has announced an April UK tour in support of her most recent album “Known Objects” and new non-album single Where Are You Now? The latest album was apparently “originally conceived as a […]
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Aimee Mann releases new video from “Mental Illness” album – Watch

March 23, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Aimee Mann’s new album “Mental Illness” (with a fantastic cover) is out next week, the follow up to 2012’s “Charmer” where she returns to a more musically soft-spoken but still lyrically barbed approach, exemplified by her current single, Patient […]
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Emmylou Harris to play anniversary show at the Ryman

March 23, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
News from Rolling Stone Country this morning: “Emmylou Harris is set to kick off a year-long celebration of the 125th anniversary of Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium with a special show there on May 2nd. The Grand […]

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Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music

September 21, 2026 2
If a music writer opens ten press releases this month, they’ll spot something odd. They all sound like the same person wrote them. Not because the artists share a publicist, or because there’s a house style […]
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Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”

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A cycle of Appalachian folk songs from writer and activist Si Kahn, subtitled Songs for Strong Kentucky Women The subtitle for this album is “Si Kahn’s Songs for Strong Kentucky Women”. Si Kahn is one of […]
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For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”

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“You told me goodbye, how was I to know/You didn’t mean goodbye, you meant please don’t let me go?” Well. It’s the age of nostalgia, so it feels just about right to reminisce about an old […]

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  • Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”
  • For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”
  • Genre changing Buena Vista Social Club album 30th Anniversary Edition out now
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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]
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Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

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As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]
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Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

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Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

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