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Jinnwoo “Strangers Bring Me No Light” (GFM Records, 2016)

September 14, 2016 David Cowling 0
Jinnwoo (Ben Webb) dabbles in the kind of outsider folk that at one time would have been snared by the anti-folk brigade; it’s a mix of Lou Barlow (in Sebadoh and Sentridoh low-fi obscured by the […]
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Johnny Dowd “Execute American Folklore” (Mother Jinx Records, 2016)

September 12, 2016 Paul Kerr 2
By now you either get or don’t get Johnny Dowd. Ten albums in this Ithaca NY resident continues to move further into the outfield with each release. Execute American Folklore features Dowd’s darkly humorous and idiosyncratic […]

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Ed Askew “The Last Painting”

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Ed Askew “The Last Painting”

July 23, 2026 0
Profound, moving and beautiful reveries on posthumous release from ‘Outsider Folk’ poet. Ed Askew was a New York artist, poet, songwriter and genuine underground legend. Having first broken through with his self-titled album in 1968 (subsequently […]
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Conway Savage “Too Dark To See”

July 23, 2026 0
Posthumous tribute to impressive solo career of former Bad Seeds member. For Nick Cave’s many devoted followers, this anthology of the solo work of Conway Savage is likely to be a must-have addition to their collection. […]
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Star studded Felice Brothers tribute album to arrive in October

July 23, 2026 0
As the band themselves announce 2027 UK dates. The Felice Brothers are to be celebrated in the album Felice County Fair, a tribute album exploring and reimagining the band’s back catalogue, which will be released Oct 16th […]

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Interview: Have Gun, Will Travel is constantly evolving – What a concept!

July 22, 2026 0
Have Gun, Will Travel is the name of the band with the emphasis on travel. Not so much touring all over the world, but exploration, whether in their three concept albums or the songs written for […]
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Video Interview: Alex Amen on “Sun Of Amen” as he comes of age as a songwriter

July 21, 2026 4
Alex Amen is making waves as one of the new breed of songwriters to keep a very close eye on. Born in Texas, he has lived in communes on the West Coast, formed and played in […]
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Interview: What Taylor Bickett is shooting for

July 16, 2026 0
Nothing I Can’t Undo is such a deeply earnest, empathetic and personal album that captures exactly what a solo debut is supposed to be by introducing us, in full, to Taylor Bickett, a 20-something singer/songwriter from […]

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Interview: Ian Prowse on Attitunes and the holy River Mersey

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The Scouse Springsteen and Strummer explains his musical convictions and inspirations. Ian Prowse is that rare commodity, a conviction musician, following in the footsteps of his first musical heroes Joe Strummer, Elvis Costello and Paul Weller. […]
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Del Amitri, Manchester Apollo, 22nd July 2018

July 26, 2018 3
It’s funny how some artists who don’t ever label themselves as americana have a certain resonance with americana audiences – Del Amitri are one of those bands and notwithstanding the fact that they sometimes tend to […]
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Luke Tuchscherer “Shadows – Touring EP” (Clubhouse Records, 2018)

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Ever since seeing Tuchscherer performing with the band The Whybirds in a small Bedford pub this reviewer has been quite partial to their (and his) take on the classic Americana driving song style of most of […]

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