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Joy Clark “Tell it to the Wind”

October 10, 2024 Peter Thompson 0
Impressive debut offering demonstrates that americana’s got soul. “Tell it to the Wind” is Louisiana singer-songwriter and guitarist Joy Clark’s debut full-length LP. It appears on (singer-songwriter and Broadway actor) Ani Di Franco’s label, Righteous Babe […]
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Erisy Watt “not either or but everything”

October 10, 2024 Paul Russell 0
Album number 3 for LA environmental scientist indie folk singer. So many artists have experienced major upheavals in recent years – many linked to Covid. For Watt, she had to cope with the challenges of losing […]
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Teddy and the Rough Riders “Down Home”

October 9, 2024 FredArnold 0
Teddy and the Rough Riders on a roll with another solid psychedelic country/bluegrass/cosmic rock/swing/honky tonk offering. Teddy and the Rough Riders (T&RR) are Jack Quiggins (vocals and guitar) and Ryan Jennings (vocals and bass – and […]
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Sam Palladio “The Perfect Summer’s Day, Before We Lost The Light”

October 9, 2024 Andy Short 0
Nashville, this is something completely different. Sam Palladio could have played it safe and produced an album of the TV series “Nashville”-inspired country songs. Almost certainly, it would have been a massive hit with the show’s […]
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Gemma Hayes “Blind Faith”

October 8, 2024 Darren Lumbroso 0
A reflective, maudlin, mixture of folk, analogue synth and old-school indie. ‘Blind Faith’ is Gemma Hayes’ first album in 10 years, following a hiatus to spend time with her two children. The cover shows a figure […]

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The Milk Carton Kids to tour UK and Ireland in January 2027

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The Milk Carton Kids will return to the UK and Ireland for a run of headline dates in January 2027, including London’s Barbican Centre, Bristol Beacon, Manchester’s Albert Hall, Glasgow’s Pavilion Theatre and Dublin’s 3Olympia Theatre. […]
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Little Sparta “The Telling of the Truth”

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The new release by Little Sparta takes Mekons collaboration in directions old and new. After 26 years at work and 20 years since their first release, veteran Alan D. Boyd’s project Little Sparta just put out […]
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David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

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Interview: Charlie Musselwhite knows the highway and it knows him

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At age 82, Charlie Musselwhite continues to put out relevant and meaningful albums. Sweet. While his body of work may not conjure memories for some of our younger readers, it’s great to see him continuing his […]
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Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

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Matt Hill has combined his career as a singer-songwriter with his work as a campaigner in the charity sector and currently as a community songwriter. He has tasted success as an americana singer-songwriter and played in […]

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Fine picking, fine listening and great songs. John R. Miller sounds much older than his years on ‘Heat Comes Down’, his second album for Rounder Records. He comes across as the seasoned front porch idler who […]
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Just to show that it’s never too late to hear a contender for the song of the year, VanWyck’s Listen to you Breathe is, ironically, a breath taking piece of music.  An artist that has tried […]
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Bonnie “Prince” Billy aka Will Oldham, Matt Sweeney, Joan Shelley and Nathan Salsburg have decided to cover each other’s songs and release them as a digital single. Will and Matt have covered Joan Shelley’s ‘Stay on […]

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