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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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Jayne Pomplas “This Is How The World Ends”

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Folk-americana duo Rosine announce debut album due Spring 2027

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Nicole Mish “Hope is Restless”

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Julie Christensen “Don’t You Push” – no names, no id, and that’s the cops

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Video Premiere and Q&A: Lady Nade “Identity”

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Album Reviews

Jayne Pomplas “This Is How The World Ends”

October 1, 2026 0
First solo release shows Jayne Pomplas has much to offer. Jayne Pomplas is a Dublin-based American singer, songwriter and fiddle player who has spent years in Ireland performing and recording with artists including The Chieftains, Frankie […]
News

Folk-americana duo Rosine announce debut album due Spring 2027

October 1, 2026 0
The Nashville-based duo Rosine featuring GRAMMY Award winner Forrest O’Connor and rising vocalist Meredith Lane O’Connor have announced the release of their self-titled debut album, Rosine, due Spring 2027 on Compass Records.  The announcement comes with […]
artwork for Nicole Mish album Hope is Restless
Album Reviews

Nicole Mish “Hope is Restless”

October 1, 2026 0
Songs of hope and resilience, both of which were needed to see this earnest album completed. Hope is Restless is Nicole Mish’s follow-up to her 2024 debut album, Whole Damn Sky. The focus of this album is finding […]

  • Jayne Pomplas “This Is How The World Ends”
  • Folk-americana duo Rosine announce debut album due Spring 2027
  • Nicole Mish “Hope is Restless”
  • Julie Christensen “Don’t You Push” – no names, no id, and that’s the cops
  • Video Premiere and Q&A: Lady Nade “Identity”
  • Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Sufjan Stevens
  • Nive Nielsen and The Deer Children “My Mother’s Name”
  • David Banks “All The Dreams We Left Behind”
  • Stephanie Sammons “Head Noise”
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Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

September 29, 2026 2
Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]
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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
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 […]
Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
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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AmericanaFest 2024 – it’s coming

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We’re getting pretty close now to that much anticipated annual event – the Americana Music Association UK’s annual conference including the ever popular showcase evenings and Awards Show.  It all kicks-off on Monday  22nd with a […]
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The Danberrys “The Mountain” – Listen

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Husband and wife duo, Dorothy Daniel and Ben DeBerry go back a long way – they were high school sweethearts,  but split and followed their own paths for five years.  Dorothy Daniel wrote her own music, […]
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Trials of Cato and Brìghde Chaimbeul are winners at Radio 2’s Folk Awards

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The winners of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2019 were announced last night in a ceremony presented by Mark Radcliffe at Bridgewater Hall, Manchester as part of the Manchester Folk Festival, the whole thing being […]

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