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Sean Thompson’s Weird Ears “Head In The Sand”

February 6, 2025 Chas Lacey 0
Eclectic mix of genres and self-critical reflections following traumatic times. Nashville’s celebrated guitarist and singer-songwriter Sean Thompson released his first album ‘Weird Ears’ in 2022. That was very much a country record in which he demonstrated […]
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Chris Wenner “Not Old Enough”

February 6, 2025 Graeme Tait 0
Five years after recording his debut album at the age of 64, Wenner continues to bloom with his third offering imbued with the spirit of Laurel Canyon. Chris Wenner is something of an outlier in the […]
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Crys Matthews “Reclamation”

February 5, 2025 Rick Thorn 0
A harsh bright light shone into America’s darkest corners. ‘Reclamation’ has the potential to become an exceptionally powerful album coming as it has in the current political environment. Matthews identifies as a black, butch lesbian who […]
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Morganway “Kill The Silence”

February 5, 2025 Andrew Raw 0
Vigorous, good-time, catchy soft rock, Morganway are a six-piece band from Norfolk and Cambridge, founded by twins Callum and Kieran Morgan on bass and guitar respectively, with Ed Bullinger on drums. This is their third studio […]
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The Ocelots “Everything, When Said Slowly”

February 5, 2025 Martin Johnson 0
Pop-infused indie folk with a touch of literature and blarney. As well as being a wild cat from the Americas, the Ocelots are also twin brothers Ashley and Brandon Watson who hail originally from Wexford, Ireland, […]

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Prinz Grizzley “Tilda”

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Prinz Grizzley “Tilda”

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Memorable collection of songs as rugged and raw as the mountains and people who inspired them. Behind every family lies a multitude of stories passed down through the generations, some more intriguing than others, but made […]
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Live Review: Emilia Quinn + Sophie-Rose + Finola, Thornton Hough Village Club, Wirral – 25th September 2026

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Upstairs in the green room at Thornton Hough Village Club, a men-only club until 2005, three women rehearse a collaboration that will later blow the audience away. They are Finola, Sophie-Rose, and the headline act Emilia […]
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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: Wesley Stace “I’m never satisfied with my artistic output”

October 13, 2026 0
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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Live Review: Tift Merritt, The Lower Third, London – 28th June 2026

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And, at last, the temperature had begun to dip, so the only concern could be would the three record days in a row of June heat have caused the rail line any trouble; maybe there’d be […]
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Classic Americana Albums: Greg Brown “Covenant”

May 3, 2023 1
Back in the year 2000, prolific folk singer-songwriter Greg Brown released two excellent records: ‘Over and Under’ and, a few months later, ‘Covenant’.  Over the years, Brown has released a huge amount of material and if […]
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Hubert Murray “Shorten The Road EP” (Independent, 2016)

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Galway born Hubert Murray is already acclaimed for his flatpicking and slide guitar skills through his work with The Hot Rock Pilgrims and “bluegrass fusion” band Lands End. On Shorten The Road, his six track debut […]

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