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Matt North “Bullies in the Backyard”

February 15, 2022 David Jarman 0
Eclectic mix with A-team backing from Nashville-based drummer, lyricist and vocalist North. ‘Bullies into the Backyard‘ is the second solo album from Nashville-based Matt North, following his 2021 solo debut ‘Above Ground Fools’. However North is […]
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Society of Rockets “Unearthed”

February 15, 2022 Russell Murphy 0
A fine stop on the musical journey for this society They have ploughed their own furrow, San Francisco based Society of Rockets, criss-crossing a number of different genres since blossoming out from the Shimmer Kids Underpop […]
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Dean Owens “Sinner’s Shrine”

February 14, 2022 Gordon Sharpe 0
Leith meets Tucson in a propitious if sometimes lyrically obscure combination. Dean Owens is no stranger to these pages and no stranger to being highly praised within them. His live shows have been praised as, ‘sunshine […]
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Jane Bruce “My Bed”

February 14, 2022 Alan Fitter 0
A raw and emotional debut album from singer/songwriter and Broadway actress Jane Bruce. It’s been a couple of turbulent years for singer/songwriter Jane Bruce. She moved to the east coast where she was due to start […]
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Ian Prowse “One Hand On The Starry Plough”

February 14, 2022 Lyndon Bolton 0
An uncompromisingly bleak take on today’s world but not without hope. In an interview with AUK last November, the ‘Scouse Springsteen/Strummer’ Ian Prowse revealed how lockdown had re-energised his musical career. The evidence is there for […]

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The Top Ten Americana Songs of All Time: 5th – Gillian Welch “Revelator” (2001)

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Revelator appeared six times in our writers’ lists, so claims the No 5 slot (although equal on points with three other songs). Dave Rawlings took over sole production duties for Time (Thee Revelator), the third album […]
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Essentials: The Top 10 Railroad Earth Songs

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Named for a Jack Kerouac poem, it’s been twenty-five years and counting since New Jersey’s Railroad Earth emerged on the scene with their unique genre-spanning blend of americana combining elements of bluegrass, folk, rock, country, jazz […]

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Interview: Michael Weston King on why “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

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How the worst kind of family tragedy can lead to a career high British americana stalwart and music award winner Michael Weston King is releasing a new solo album, Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore. On the […]
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Interview: Foy Vance on his seven-album project culminating in “The Wake”

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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”

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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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Heather Anne Lomax “All This Time” (Independent, 2020)

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Los Angeles based Heather Anne Lomax has released ‘All This Time’, an album inspired by Elvis Presley’s ‘The Sun Sessions’, songs recorded in 1954 and 1955 at Sun Studios, but not actually released as a compilation […]
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Christy Moore has new Album on the way – listen now to “Hurt”

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Fifty years is no short time in music, and yet that’s what Christy Moore is notching up this year.  By way of celebration of a life in music he’ll be releasing a new album ‘Magic Nights‘ […]

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