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David James Allen “The Architect”

March 10, 2022 Martin Johnson 0
A ten-year meditation on Imposter Syndrome with the music of the last 60 years. ‘The Architect’ is 32-year-old Canadian David James Allen’s third album and is based around a ten-year-old idea of writing about the challenges […]
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Max Allard “Odes / Codes”

March 9, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
An album showing, once more, just what the banjo can do. When Bela Fleck says he has found “a new mature and poetic voice on the 5 string banjo. Beautiful compositions and a very nice touch” then […]
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The HawtThorns “Tarot Cards and Shooting Stars”

March 8, 2022 Gordon Sharpe 0
Smooth sounds and a great voice for a summer’s day – if we ever get one! The press release for the second album by husband and wife duo KP and Johnny Hawthorn, The HawtThorns’ describes their work […]
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Ceretana “Failing East'”

March 7, 2022 Emily Dongray 0
Clear musical promise abounds in this second album of friendship and nostalgia. Flying under the radar until now, Ceretana is Marty Moran and Chris Mignanelli, a music teacher and a poet who met while studying overseas […]
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Dan Weber “The Way the River Goes”

March 7, 2022 Clint West 0
On his third album Dan Weber establishes himself as a songwriter of considerable talent. It’s been seven years since Weber’s second album ‘What I’m Lookin’ For’ was released in 2015. Why such a long gap? Weber […]

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The Top Ten Americana Songs of All Time: 7th = Jason Isbell “If We Were Vampires” (2017)

April 1, 2026 1
Four songs obtained the same number of points but have been split by the number of writers who voted for it. The same number of people (5) voted for this song as one other, but by […]
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Maximiano “Rokeby”

April 1, 2026 0
Maximiano’s second release is an open-hearted, intimate reflection on suffering and change in a divided nation. Out of a ten-day dog-sitting stint in the countryside came Milwaukee-based singer-songwriter Maximiano’s second release: Rokeby. Rokeby is the name […]
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Live Review: Jonny Morgan & The Moral Support + Vic Allen, The Grace, London – 25th March 2026

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A minute’s walk from the Highbury and Islington station is a two-storey venue where concerts take place almost daily. In front is a rambunctious queue, whose comments in Italian identify those awaiting as fans of the […]

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Interview: Foy Vance on his seven-album project culminating in “The Wake”

April 1, 2026 0
Few artists write with the kind of raw honesty and emotional depth that Foy Vance brings to his music. Across a career that has steadily unfolded over the last two decades, Vance has crafted songs that […]
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Behind the Songs: Natalie Del Carmen “Pastures”

March 30, 2026 0
When it comes right down to it, the heart of americana music has always been about connecting listeners to real experiences and emotions, and Natalie Del Carmen is currently one of the best examples of what […]
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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 […]

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Gold Light & Snakemusk “Shadows in the Shallows” (Bailey Park, 2019)

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Americana often produces some great voice combinations, especially with male/female duos – think of Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge, Johnny & June Cash, The Civil Wars and many more; it’s a […]
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The Southbound Attic Band “The Best of the Southbound Attic Band 2009-2019”

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Rachel Sermanni “So It Turns” (Independent, 2019)

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Breaking out of Scotland, Rachel Sermanni gifts us her 3rd full length release ‘So It Turns’. Sermanni opted to release this record independently after previously working alongside Rough Trade Records and Middle of the Road Recordings. […]

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