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Long Mama “Poor Pretender”

October 20, 2022 Tim Martin 0
A more than passable debut, but the music needs to catch up with the words and their ambition next time. Long Mama are led by singer songwriter Kat Wodtke, on what they describe as “a haunting […]
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Kyp Harness “Poverty Line”

October 20, 2022 Paul Kerr 0
A songwriter walking in the footsteps of Dylan and Lou Reed. A Canadian who has released 17 previous albums but who remains something of a secret on this side of the Atlantic, Kyp Harness has built […]
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Hal Cannon “Nothin’ Lastin’”

October 20, 2022 Tim Martin 0
Stunning collection of songs that will be one of the lasting classics of the year. The rattling percussion and graveyard choir of opening song ‘Thirty Six Miles’ goes straight to the heart of Cannon’s assertion that: […]
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Caleb Caudle “Forsythia”

October 19, 2022 Ian Kennedy 0
Masterclass in song-writing and delivery of bluegrass-tinged country. Caleb Caudle knows how to make very good music, and deliver it with his rich voice that harks back to the very roots of country music. Being helped […]
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Samuel James Taylor “Wild Tales and Broken Hearts”

October 19, 2022 Martin Johnson 0
A retro seventies classic singer-songwriter sound from Sheffield via 21st Century Nashville. Samuel James Taylor may hail from the Steel City, Sheffield, in God’s own county of Yorkshire, but to record his latest album after over […]

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

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Laura Cortese “Lucky Water”

October 5, 2026 0
Low-key folk with beautiful vocals and evocative, atmospheric, sensuous words. Laura Cortese grew up in San Francisco and discovered folk music through the fiddle camps she attended. She has toured with artists including The Mountain Goats […]
First Aid Kit & the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, live at the Royal Albert Hall, London - 30th September 2026
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Live Review: First Aid Kit and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, The Royal Albert Hall, London – 30th September 2026

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Almost exactly 12 years after First Aid Kit first played the Royal Albert Hall, they’re back at the same venue, this time with the 65-piece Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in tow, conducted by Erik Arvinder. Tickets went […]
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Wynonna “Hear Me Now” – if only we could

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Wynonna Judd has just released her latest album; it came out last Friday, and it is, she says, the most personal album of her career. For example, this single, which is about the complicated love, loss, […]

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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”

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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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Intimate is perhaps an overused adjective for gigs in smaller venues, but it is certainly appropriate for the basement at London’s Green Note. Watching Bridget O’Neill perform two sets, with her son Cian McGrory joining her […]

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