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Preeper Rhaye MacKay “Wood & Wire”

October 31, 2024 Andrew Raw 0
Atmospheric traditional Appalachian folk with beautiful harmonies. Vocalist Jessica Rhaye, guitarist Bill Preeper and multi-instrumentalist Sandy MacKay were together in the Canadian folk-rock band The Ramshackle Parade, which has produced two albums “Just Like a Woman […]
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Dawes “Oh Brother”

October 30, 2024 Dean Nardi 1
Where art thou? Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith cling to each other on the band’s ninth album. It was nearly a decade ago when Dawes released their fourth album with the plea so many rock ‘n roll […]
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M G Boulter “Days Of Shaking”

October 30, 2024 Gordon Mackay 0
M G Boulter returns with suburban dramas playing out scenes of hope and wonder. ‘Days Of Shaking’ is the long-anticipated follow-up to M G Boulter’s 2021 ‘Clifftown’. In this new work Boulter continues to develop his […]
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Re-release Review: Arthur Smith and Don Reno “Feudin’ Again!”

October 30, 2024 Gordon Mackay 0
Early country music pioneers 1979 reunion album finally available digitally. ‘Feudin’ Again!‘ was the 1979 album capturing the reunion between two legends of early country and bluegrass music, Arthur ‘Guitar Boogie’ Smith and Don Reno. Legend […]
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Various Artists “The Hell of Helene Songs of Appalachian Relief”

October 29, 2024 Andy Short 2
An exceptional compilation of Appalachian music. On September 26th, 2024, Hurricane Helene made landfall at peak intensity in the Big Bend region of Florida near Perry. Helene was a category four hurricane, bringing winds over 140 […]

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Sorcha Richardson set to release her third album in September

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Dublin-born singer-songwriter Sorcha Richardson has returned with the announcement of her new album Draw The Outline, out 11th September via Faction Records. Alongside the album, Richardson has also shared the single Illinois Again. With just two […]
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For The Sake Of The Song: Rod MacDonald “American Jerusalem”

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When I first started subscribing to Americana UK back in 2016, it was like having all my birthdays and Christmas come at once, as it supplied me with a daily diet of everything happening in the […]
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The Cousins Project “Child of the Hills”

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Artisanal roots music from Vermont’s Green Mountains. Kristina Stykos is a songwriter, musician, recording engineer and producer who has been a torchbearer for the music of the Green Mountain State since the 1980s. Her Pepperbox Studio […]

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Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

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Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]
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Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

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In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]
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Interview: Dirk Powell on “Wake” and bridging modern and age-old roots music

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Dirk Powell is a special kind of musician, someone who, through family connections, knows and understands both Appalachia and Cajun music, and is at the same time comfortable with modern music technology. He has won four […]

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James Dixon is clearly very proud of his heritage. He’s grown up in the South West of England with blues and folk music, found rock music for himself and, since the age of 5 when he […]
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Florry is a band bred in the crackling warmth of the Philadelphia DIY scene and forged with the alloys of community action, queer liberation and bedroom poetry.  Bandleader Francie Medosch and her absolute unit of collaborators […]
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Lynn Miles “We’ll Look For Stars” (Independent, 2020)

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‘We’ll Look For Stars’ is the 15th album from Canadian singer-songwriter Lynn Miles, who featured last month in our ‘Forgotten Artists’ feature. Perhaps overlooked rather than forgotten, as our writer suggested, this album demonstrates again what […]

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