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Man The Lifeboats “Soul Of Albion”

October 28, 2022 Graeme Tait 0
Excellent sophomore album from London Celtic / Punk band, full of high-octane Folk and dark rumination. Six years on from their formation and with a cannon of work that already includes an EP and live album […]
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Angela Easterling “Witness”

October 27, 2022 Paul Russell 0
Hook-laden, poetic and masterful collection of highly personal songs. So often, listening to the songs penned by good singer-songwriters, it shines an honoured light into the lives and experiences of people we don’t know and have […]
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Native Harrow “Old Kind Of Magic”

October 27, 2022 Michael Macy 0
The title fits an album that conjures up rock’s old kind of magic. Native Harrow is primarily Stephen Harms and Devin Tuel, who emigrated together from Pennsylvania to the U.K. in 2021. They produced their fifth […]
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Ella Ruby “Baby Blue”

October 26, 2022 Jonathan Smith 0
Debut filled with the subtle beauty of love, pain and hope. ‘baby blue’ is the first collection from ella ruby (in lower case), a singer-songwriter from Seattle. Comprising five tracks of acoustic music with softly whispered, […]
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Will Sheff “Nothing Special”

October 26, 2022 Kimberly Bright 0
A weighty first solo endeavor that confronts loss, life’s meaning, and the deceit of nostalgic longing. Will Sheff, the singer, songwriter, guitarist, and founder of Okkervil River, has been hinting at it for a while: his […]

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Laura Cortese “Lucky Water”

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First Aid Kit & the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, live at the Royal Albert Hall, London - 30th September 2026

Live Review: First Aid Kit and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, The Royal Albert Hall, London – 30th September 2026

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This is Lorelei “The Singer in My Band”

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Deeply human songs with indie sensibilities and shades of bluegrass. This is Lorelei is the moniker used by singer-songwriter Nate Amos. He’s also in the experimental, indie pop band Water from Your Eyes, where he plays […]
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Anniversary Cheers: Levellers “Levelling The Land” celebrates 35 years

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Warner Music UK/Rhino release a 35th-Anniversary version of the classic sophomore album from the Levellers. Originally released in 1991 with that iconic opening “There’s only one way of life / And that’s your own”, the Levellers […]
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Dom Flemons to release new album using Smithsonian’s collection of musical instruments

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Dom Flemons, the GRAMMY Award-winning musician and music scholar, will release his new album Making American Music: The Smithsonian Sessions on 22nd January 2027 via Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Recorded in the Nicholas and Eugenia Taubman Hall […]

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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 Murry announces UK dates, new album

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John Murry was raised in Tupelo, Mississippi and had a bit of a hairy time in life as a younger man but his journey led him to his last album “The Graceless Age” which was praised […]
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Video: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band “Sherry Darling” – from No Nukes

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The date – 1979, the place – Madison Square Garden.  On-stage it’s Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.  The footage is part of the No Nukes concerts/record/film and captures The Boss in full flow at […]
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Gill Landry announces UK tour dates

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Two-time Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Gill Landry, has ten UK dates in the new year in support of his new album out on the Loose record label, ‘Skeleton At The Banquet’. Landry is one of […]

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