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Fruit Bats to release new album “Baby Man”

June 26, 2025 Richard Parkinson 1
Fruit Bats has announced the forthcoming release of the new album “Baby Man” on 12th September 2025 via Merge Records. “Baby Man” is the follow-up to 2023’s release “A River Running to Your Heart” (Merge). Johnson […]
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Manchester Folk Festival lists first wave of acts for Spring 2026

June 25, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
Manchester Folk Festival has announced the first acts for the 2026 festival, which runs from Thursday, 19th to Saturday, 21st March 2026. The three-day festival will once again aspire to bring together the best contemporary and […]
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The Dreaming Spires announce new single, album and UK tour dates

June 24, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
The Oxfordshire five-piece The Dreaming Spires have announced their return with the release of new single, ‘Normal Town’, on 27th June 2025 via Clubhouse Records. The track heralds the band’s first new material in nearly a […]
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Deep Dark Woods will release new album “The Circle Remains” in autumn 2025

June 23, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
Saskatchewan folk-rockers, Deep Dark Woods, will release their new album, “The Circle Remains”, on 3rd October 2025 via Victory Pool Records. Deep Dark Woods’ music exists in a continuum of songwriting, but this is a band […]
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Oregon’s Anna Tivel releases new record “Animal Poem” late summer 2025

June 20, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
Portland, Oregon singer-songwriter Anna Tivel has announced the release of her new album “Animal Poem” on 29th August 2025 via Fluff & Gravy Records. “Animal Poem” is Tivel’s seventh studio full-length of all new, original material. […]

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Americana music has such a wide range. That is one of the most appealing things about the genre. The definition is so difficult, and even as writers, we have had long discussions, mainly in a convenient […]
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Interview: John Oates can’t stop the music and is still making his dreams come true

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At 77 years young, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame vocalist is as active as ever, having released two albums: 2024’s stripped-down, acoustic Reunion and 2025’s groovy Oates, in the past two years, while regularly […]
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Interview: Daniel Tashian on being a reluctant band leader and the joys of songwriting collaborations

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Daniel Tashian is a legend in Nashville. He’s a deeply respected songwriter, he’s a solo artist with six albums to his name, he’s been in two superb bands, and he’s the go-to guy when you want […]
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Behind the Songs: Thin Lear

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The songs on Thin Lear’s sophomore album Many Disappeared are tied to each other not in their locale or their cast of characters, but instead in strange tragedies that have taken place, some many years ago. Current […]

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