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Yankee Gaucho “Rock ‘n’ Roll ConFusion”

September 4, 2023 Helen Jones 0
An ambitious and complex album that feels transportative, although not everyone might be up for the journey. The band Yankee Gaucho got their name from a moniker once given to band leader Ronjon Datta, and while […]
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Cordovas “The Rose Of Aces”

September 1, 2023 Kimberly Bright 0
Cordovas’ fourth album is sunshine-filled, thoughtful, and gritty with touches of golden age ’70s country rock. Cordovas frontman Joe Firstman was born a bit late to soak up the first round of rootsy Southern rock as […]
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Nic Clark “Everybody’s Buddy”

September 1, 2023 Tim Martin 0
Highly personal, intimate songs played with sensitivity and swing, with near-perfect warmth in the production. One name stood out when the email for this release popped up recently. Charlie Hunter is best known in the jazz […]
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Daniel Rodriguez “Vast Nothing”

August 31, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
An album that sounds better the closer it gets to stripped down. Daniel Rodriguez was a founding member of Elephant Revival, and this new solo album was produced by Darren Garvey who played alongside Rodriguez in […]
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Swarme of Beese “Fruits of the Golden Land”

August 31, 2023 Cam Fraser 0
A bewitching journey into the haunted landscapes of gothic Americana. Swarme of Beese describe their music as ‘hillbilly noir’ and ‘Fruits of the Golden Land’, their latest album, as a “Collection of sonic postcards from an […]

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The Texas Headhunters “Rise and Shine”

October 9, 2026 0
A heads-down, no-nonsense, sprightly mess of blues. The Texas Headhunters are a three-headed guitar Methuselah consisting of Jesse Dayton, Ian Moore, and Johnny Moeller; coming from road-hardened backgrounds playing in clubs and bars, the outcome is […]
Nanci Griffith at Cambridge Folk Festival - 29th July 2007
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Classic Clips: Nanci Griffith “The Flyer” – Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, 2002

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In the long and storied career of the late, great Nanci Griffith, a musical legacy has been left behind that will, in years to come, surely stand the test of time just as much as it […]
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Freddy Trujillo “Ave Trujillo”

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The Delines’ bass player watches his fifth solo album fledge and take flight. Freddy Trujillo is, of course, the bassist for Richmond Fontaine and The Delines, but he has his own solo career that sees this, […]

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Interview: Fischer-Z’s John Watts reminisces on 50 years of making heartfelt music

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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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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final track on Maya de Vitry’s 2026 release, but […]

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John Paul White returns to the UK for dates next week

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Grammy Award winner and ex-Civil War-er (er..) John Paul White released his new solo album ‘The Hurting Kind’ earlier this year via Single Lock Records. Our reviewer kind of said “meh” to it but he may […]
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Video: march “45 (I Think About This All The Time)” live from the bedroom

November 14, 2024 0
Here is the latest single from UK singer-songwriter Kitty O’Neal, who has performed under the moniker ‘march’ since 2019, after many years gigging along the south coast.  ’45 (I Think About This all the Time)’ is […]
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For the Sake of the Song: Son Volt “Windfall”

November 25, 2024 2
In 1995 Son Volt released their debut album “Trace”, to almost universal acclaim. This was possibly not unexpected given group leader and songwriter Jay Farrar’s history as one of the two songwriters from the genre-defining Uncle […]

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