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Catherine MacLellan “Coyote” (Independent, 2019)

November 26, 2019 Russell Murphy 0
Not everyone will be aware that Prince Edward Island (PEI) sits on the Atlantic coast, a Marine province of Canada, the smallest in fact in terms of land and population – yet the most densely populated […]
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Various Artists “Come On Up To The House: Women Sing Waits” (Dualtone Music, 2019)

November 26, 2019 Tim Martin 0
Tom Waits is an oft covered songwriter, perhaps surprisingly so for such an individual artist. Everyone from The Ramones to the Carolina Chocolate Drops have taken on Waits songs at one time or another. This new […]
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Gabriel Birnbaum “Not Alone” (Arrowhawk Records, 2019)

November 25, 2019 Linda Jameson 0
Gabriel Birnbaum takes us down a mellow path on his first solo record: ‘Not Alone’. This is a stripped back and low key album when compared to Birnbaum’s indie-rock style as part of band Wilder Maker […]
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American Pleasure Dome “American Pleasure Dome” (Independent, 2019)

November 25, 2019 Richard Phillips 0
There is a Buddhist saying that, ‘The body ages, the mind doesn’t age’. At 53 years of age, Hans Schumacha, American Pleasure Dome’s leader and songwriter may have reflected on this saying when releasing this eponymous […]
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Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds “Ghosteen” (Ghosteen Ltd, 2019)

November 22, 2019 Martin Johnson 0
Some readers may be a little surprised to see a Nick Cave review on the Americana UK website. After all, he is recognised as one of the leading post-punk artists renowned for his dark and brooding […]

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Award-winning Toronto singer-songwriter Abigail Lapell has announced her upcoming new album Shadow Child, an album about motherhood whose nine songs each represent a month of gestation, will be released May 8th via Outside Music. Lapell has […]
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Michael Weston King “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

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Tragedy turned into thoughtful, considered, often uplifting songwriting. At the end of 2024, Michael Weston King and Lou Dalgleish shared their first artistic reactions to the loss of their granddaughter Bebe King, at Southport with a […]
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Preview: Joe Martin to release new record and play spring and autumn UK tours

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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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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

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While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

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