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Ruth Moody “Wanderer”

May 14, 2024 Viv Fish 2
For the listeners, the lovers, the dreamers, and all those who wander. It’s not every day that an album sweeps you off your feet and hits the spot on first listening. Nor does every album have […]
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Music These Days “Big Wide States”

May 14, 2024 Dean Nardi 0
Tucson, Arizona band revisits familiar territory on their second album. Anyone who thinks Music These Days is a Jackson Browne tribute band, raise your hand. Even as they mainly count the time in quarter notes except […]
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Phil Odgers and John Kettle “Far Rockaway – The Songs of Phil Ochs”

May 13, 2024 Graeme Tait 0
Two stalwarts of the UK folk scene pay homage to one of America’s finest songsmiths of the sixties protest movement. Like so many releases of recent years the seeds to this project by Phil ‘Swill’ Odgers, […]
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Lawrence Rothman “The Plow That Broke The Plains”

May 13, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
A powerful confessional record which is layered musically and lyrically to reveal more on each listen. Lawrence Rothman’s career covers a lot of areas of the music and arts world – songwriter and performer, producer and […]
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Katie Pruitt “Mantras”

May 10, 2024 Lyndon Bolton 0
Power pop and rock as a lesson in self-help. A songwriter and musician who shot to instant acclaim for her 2020 debut album ‘Expectations’, Katie Pruitt could not have chosen a more fitting title for her […]

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Essentials: The top 10 Essential Americana Live Albums

June 25, 2026 1
We experience music typically either at a show or on record.  The live album is the device by which artists and labels attempt to bridge the two.  The types of live album vary.  There are shows […]
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Dallas Good, Richard Reed Parry “Were “The Watchtowers””

June 25, 2026 2
A poignant final act from Dallas Good in collaboration with Richard Reed Parry, leaving us with a melancholic album, beautiful, sad and thought-provoking. There’s something quietly arresting about this new record by Dallas Good and Richard […]
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Preview: Everywhere At Once festival at 400+ grass roots venues this weekend

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More than 2,000 artists performing across 400+ grassroots venues nationwide, spanning indie, folk, country/ americana, dance, pop, rock, grime, electronic, jazz, folk, punk, soul and more. The event is sponsored by the Music Venue Trust and […]

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Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

June 24, 2026 1
As an animal lover and caretaker of horses, dogs and cats, the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Patershuk certainly caught my attention. Dog Tiger Horses on Red Hen Records (2025) is green as grass, country-folk […]
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Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

June 18, 2026 0
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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Video: LOVE BY NUMB3RS “Can’t Lie Like This”

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The Portland-based indie trio release a clever, beautiful and wonderfully uplifting song and video inspired by Dan Connor’s chemo treatments and his battle against cancer. LOVE BY NUMB3RS are based around the impressively creative writing and […]
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Martin Simpson has a new album and a big tour

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The new Martin Simpson album ‘Rooted‘ emerges on Topic Records on August 30th (the deluxe 2CD version of the album will include a companion disc ‘Seeded‘).  And if that title conjures up images of zipping up […]
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