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Sam Salmon & the Grand Manan Bandits “Down for Life”

December 8, 2025 Sebastian Reyes Turner 0
An unexpected foray into americana yields classic sounds with a fresh twist. Music’s winding road sometimes takes unforeseen turns. Sam Salmon & the Grand Manan Bandits is one of those projects that seemingly appear out of […]
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Sam Shackleton “Scottish Cowboy Ballads and Early American Folk Songs”

December 5, 2025 Paul Kerr 0
An excellent reclamation of far-scattered folk songs. On his second album, Edinburgh’s Sam Shackleton continues to display his love of and mastery of American folk music while infusing it with an unmistakable Scottish presence. His debut […]
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Beans On Toast “Kill Them With Kindness”

December 4, 2025 Andy Short 0
Yearly offering from Essex-born folk troubadour has something for everyone. If you have never listened to or heard of Beans On Toast before, thinking of it as only an absolutely delicious evening snack, then you are […]
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Marlene Oak “Welcome To Oak Land”

December 3, 2025 Helen Jones 0
A difficult and emotional subject is expressed with the kind of beauty and hopefulness that only someone who has lived it can convey. It’s fair to say the past decade has brought some challenges for Swedish […]
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Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons “Panther Tracks – Volume 1”

December 2, 2025 Tim Martin 2
A masterclass in taking powerful performances into the studio without losing the raw energy of one of the great live singers. Jerry Joseph is one of the most explosive live performers you’ll see. Armed with just […]

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Teddy Thompson “Never Be The Same”

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Guitar-based pop, done skilfully, with words reflecting life’s imperfections. Teddy Thompson, the son of British folk icons Richard and Linda Thompson, was born in the UK but now lives in Brooklyn. This is his tenth self-penned […]
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Americana Stories – Dean Owens “The Motel And The Highway”

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In March, we put out a request for short fiction written around the subject of americana. The first to answer our call was one of our favourite singer/songwriters, Dean Owens. He also appeared on our Podcast […]

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Interview: Greg Loftus – As both musician and carpenter, he would like to knock on wood

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Greg Loftus comes from the town of Bourne, not far from the bridge that connects Massachusetts to Cape Cod. It is there that he practices woodworking, operates a club in nearby Falmouth and makes rock music […]
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Interview: Ben Vaughn on being true to yourself and the joys of recording an album in your car

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To say Ben Vaughn has had an eclectic musical career would be a gross understatement. He grew up in the Philadelphia area, and his journey into music began when a kind uncle gave him a Duane […]
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Interview: Beau Jennings – In Tribute to Will Rogers and the Verdigris

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If History was your favourite class in school, raise your digital hand. Only two? Come on, the subject is not that dull. Now pay attention. Today, we are going to learn about a river called the […]

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There are many reasons to suggest an album has classic status, sometimes it’s an album with iconic status, by an internationally acclaimed artist, sometimes it’s an album that seems to encapsulate much of what we love […]
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A voyage around his father from a soulful singer. Foy Vance’s seventh album is pitched as the end of a voyage commenced when he learned of the death of his father 26 years ago. As such, […]
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Indie-folk veteran, Damien Jurado, releases a stunningly beautiful album of hazy, dreamy, melancholic songs poking around the fringes of TV-land’s backlots. With a career spanning a quarter of a century and eighteen albums that never dip […]

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