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Michael McDermott “St. Paul’s Boulevard”

June 29, 2022 Martin Johnson 0
Authentic heartland rock by a truly gifted songwriter. Michael McDermott is over thirty years into his career which started just as heartland rock was being overtaken by americana as the home for roots rockers. His music […]
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Franky Perez “Crossing The Great Divide”

June 28, 2022 Kimberly Bright 0
Longtime session and touring vocalist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Franky Perez expands his songwriting and emotional terrain on his fifth solo album. Franky Perez has worked with an impressive array of artists over the past two decades, […]
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Michaela Anne “Oh To Be That Free”

June 28, 2022 Clint West 0
Nashville based songwriter sharpens up the words whilst smoothing down the music. Since releasing ‘Desert Dove’ in 2019 Michaela Anne has been through a great deal. Her new record ‘Oh to Be That Free’ although written […]
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The Black Feathers “Angel Dust & Cyanide”

June 27, 2022 Paul Gibson 1
UK duo embrace the chaos of the last two years on their new album. As America was preparing to head into lockdown in 2020 there was just one flight left out of New York’s JFK airport. […]
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Grant Lee Phillips “All That You Can Dream”

June 27, 2022 Paul Kerr 0
Grant Lee Phillips tries to find some sense in a world turned upside down Given that life is getting back to something like normality, one would expect the wave of so-called “lockdown” albums to gradually subside […]

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Americana 25 festival comes to Liverpool in November with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more!

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Something for the weekend: Mary Chapin Carpenter & the Mountain Goats “Put the Message in the Box”

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Abigail Lapell announces new album “Shadow Child” out in May

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Americana 25 festival comes to Liverpool in November with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more!

March 27, 2026 7
We are mightily delighted to announce today full details for Americana 25, our celebration of 25 years of Americana UK which comes to two stages across Liverpool’s Rough Trade venue and Quaker Meeting House on Saturday […]
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Something for the weekend: Mary Chapin Carpenter & the Mountain Goats “Put the Message in the Box”

March 27, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week, an exciting day for us as we announce full details for our 25 year event which takes place in Liverpool later this year – you can find more […]
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Abigail Lapell announces new album “Shadow Child” out in May

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Award-winning Toronto singer-songwriter Abigail Lapell has announced her upcoming new album Shadow Child, an album about motherhood whose nine songs each represent a month of gestation, will be released May 8th via Outside Music. Lapell has […]

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Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

March 25, 2026 1
A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]
Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0
Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 2
While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

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Bert Wills “The Storm” – Listen

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Kentucky born, Texas living singer Bert Wills brings us a history lesson to finish our week.  On ‘The Storm‘ Bert Wills capture a steady beat of anticipation leading up to a description of the great hurricane […]
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Ryan Adams plays “Come Pick Me Up” with John Mayer – Watch

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A better surprise than say Steps crashing your wedding do (as zeitgeist as they are these days, it could be Ryan’s next big covers project). NME reported over the weekend: “Ryan Adams joined John Mayer on […]
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Pick of the Political Pops: Drive By Truckers “Surrender Under Protest”

February 7, 2020 0
This week – once again – we are riffing on the broad theme of ‘democracy’ and how it manifests itself. We thought that this time around we’d look at how it’s done in America since we […]

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