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Evan Uhlmann “Tea Lady” (Dog Legs Records, 2020)

March 26, 2020 David Jarman 0
‘Tea Lady‘ is the first album for 9 years by Evan Uhlmann, a 28-year-old Chicago based singer-songwriter. This self-penned record sits squarely in Bill Callahan ‘Smog‘ era territory, characterised by deadpan vocals, and mid-tempo arrangements, creating […]
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The Lowest Pair “The Perfect Plan” (Delicata Records, 2020)

March 25, 2020 Richard Phillips 0
Lovers of Americana trivia may take delight in the link between The Lowest Pair and Glen Campbell. It is the fact that ‘The Lowest Pair’ is a poem written by country and bluegrass artist John Hartford […]
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Alpha Mule “Blue Sky Blue” (Giant Meteor Records, 2020)

March 25, 2020 Guy Lincoln 0
So, is it possible to ‘do music’ as a side-line? Alpha-Mule are a self-identifying “Californian Americana band” – essentially the duo of Joe Forkan on guitars and vocals, and Eric Stoner on banjo and guitar. They […]
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Classic Americana Albums: Lyle Lovett “Pontiac” (MCA/Curb, 1987)

March 24, 2020 Gordon Sharpe 2
I am sure it is an apocryphal and familiar story, but it does have a point regarding Lovett’s surprising union with Julia Roberts. There was speculation about how the one might manage to live with the […]
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C.M. Talkington “Not Exactly Nashville” (Independent, 2020)

March 24, 2020 Mark Nenadic 0
Where does Rock meet Americana? And where does Americana become just Country? Do any of these lines exist? Are they simply in the ear of the beholder (behearer?) This writer can’t really offer any answers to […]

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Steep Canyon Rangers “Next Act”

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Time to secure your first-class ticket to a bluegrass celebration. Steep Canyon Rangers have been around a long time and continue to produce fine music, and their live performances are legendary. Next Act is their fifteenth […]
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Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

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Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

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There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]
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Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

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Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]
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Interview: John Oates can’t stop the music and is still making his dreams come true

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At 77 years young, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame vocalist is as active as ever, having released two albums: 2024’s stripped-down, acoustic Reunion and 2025’s groovy Oates, in the past two years, while regularly […]

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Video: Abbie Gardner “Only All the Time”

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As ever, watching Abbie Gardner play the Dobro is mesmerising.  Greatly skilled, she makes it look effortless and she also plays with a delightful sense of joy, taking pleasure in the performance and sharing her infectious […]
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Various Artists “Songs for Suzy”

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Benefit album of rural blues and mountain folk for rustic folk artist Suzy Smith. An album raising funds for Georgia based folk artist Suzy Smith, who is currently fighting cancer and autoimmune disorder. Her art, using […]

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