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Reg Meuross “Fire and Dust”

March 24, 2025 Jonathan Smith 3
Stunning song cycle for Woody Guthrie. Commissioned by Pete Townsend (yes, that one), who also produces and plays on the record, ‘Fire and Dust’ is a song cycle by folk luminary Reg Meuross. It is a […]
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Chris Eckman “The Land We Knew The Best”

March 21, 2025 Lyndon Bolton 0
Total absorbtion from the mountains of Slovenia. For this, his seventh solo album, Chris Eckman introduces a more layered, richer feel than its predecessor. The languid vocals that alone generate so much atmosphere remain but he […]
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Addison Lea Thompson “Vita”

March 21, 2025 Chas Lacey 0
An existential journey through the former cowboy’s troubled times. Redolent of The Byrds ‘Sweetheart of The Rodeo’, ‘Vita’ is the new release from Addison Lea Thompson on Cowpuncher Records, the album title giving a clue as […]
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Rees Shad “Porcelain Angel”

March 20, 2025 Jonny Brick 0
Twelve tracks that run the full gamut of American music. In case you are unaware of Rees Shad, whose biography can be summed up as “polymath”, this is his 17th album in a 30-year career which […]
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Liz Overs “Nightjar”

March 20, 2025 Darren Lumbroso 0
Debut album which captures the essence of English folk traditions in old and new compositions. ‘Nightjar’ is Liz Overs’ debut solo album. It’s an album comprising a beautiful blend of traditional folk songs and new ones […]

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Great Lakes “Fear of the Fear”

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Great Lakes “Fear of the Fear”

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A deeply personal album, Ben Crum’s Memphis Record hits the spot. The band Great Lakes was formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1996 with members Ben Crum, Dan Donahue, and Jamey Huggins, and from there, the numbers […]
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Bruce Cockburn “The Blood of Others”

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An homage to the songs that shaped his long life, award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter and acoustic guitar maestro releases his 39th album. If you were asked to vote in a poll of the most activist artists in […]
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Anniversary Cheers: Dave Alvin “Blackjack David” celebrates 28 years

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Dave Alvin’s Blackjack David, one of the great americana albums and now with added tracks, gets the Craft Recordings treatment. Hightone Records and Craft Recordings, celebrating its 40th anniversary, are in the process of re-releasing iconic […]

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Interview: Wesley Stace “I’m never satisfied with my artistic output”

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Since his birth in Sussex in 1965, Wesley Stace has become a man of all colours, releasing 21 albums (17 under the nom de auteur-interprète John Wesley Harding), writing four books, organising the Cabinet of Wonders […]
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Interview: Fischer-Z’s John Watts reminisces on 50 years of making heartfelt music

October 1, 2026 0
The songs of John Watts, whether in his band Fischer-Z, in his other bands or as a solo artist, aren’t technically Americana, but everything in their construction and recording has the feel of exactly what Americana […]
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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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The Song Remains: David Crosby (1941 – 2023)

January 23, 2023 4
The death of David Crosby, who passed on the 19th of January, was hardly unanticipated – it’s not just that he was 81, but he had been saying in interviews “how am I still alive?” as […]
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Book Review – Tim Newby “Leftover Salmon: 30 Years of Festival!” (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019)

October 22, 2019 2
There are few better mediums than a book for opening our eyes to new information, for helping us to become a little more knowledgeable about the world around us. I have to put my hand up […]
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Video: Murphykid “Wolf”

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This is a wonderful video for the new single from the debut album Skeleton, out on October 12th, from Yorkshire man Murphykid. Originally recorded in 2004, the reel to reel tapes they were put down on […]

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