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Chance Meyer and the Bloody 98s “Ashdown” (Independent, 2019)

October 10, 2019 Keith Hargreaves 4

Coming from a classic Americana standpoint the Bloody 98s’ album ‘Ashdown’ is a thing of beauty. This is hewn from the same tree as The Rustlanders, Whiskeytown and Bruntnell circa ‘Shot from a Spring’ or ‘Here Comes the […]

Andrew Combs “Ideal Man” (New West Records, 2019)

October 10, 2019 Rick Bayles 0

This is a very interesting album – not least because it’s asking you to expand the concept of what you consider “Americana”; and we’re not just talking about a bit of pop sensibility or some string […]

Bill Scorzari “Now I’m Free” (Independent, 2019)

October 9, 2019 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

Once or twice a year, an album rolls onto the scene that is quickly and widely hailed as a game-changer. But if ‘Now I’m Free’ scores a few remarkable goals, it doesn’t, at least for this […]

The Gina Furtado Project “I Hope You Have A Good Life” (Independent, 2019)

October 9, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

You may already know Gina Furtado as Gina Clowes, banjo player for Chris Jones & The Night Drivers – and even a cursory listen to ‘I Hope You Have a Good Life‘ will explain why she […]

Jesse Malin “Sunset Kids” (Wicked Cool Records, 2019)

October 8, 2019 Steven Howlett 1

Next time you feel the need to reach for a ‘what-you-see-is-what-you-get does-exactly-what-is-says-on-the-tin’ record you could, in all honesty not do a lot better than Jesse Malin’s new album ‘Sunset Kids’. Don’t come knocking if you want […]

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John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee
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Ashley McBryde - Wild (vinyl)
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@paul-villers Those versions keep coming
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Just binged "Legends" - a British drama on Netflix abou...
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Radio Paradise's Mellow Mix whilst on a bit of a drive
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The Lone Bellow - The Lone Bellow (vinyl)
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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Little Feat after Lowell George

May 20, 2026 4

I’ve gone on record as proclaiming Waiting For Columbus one of the best live albums in the universe, so I took a long time to reconcile myself to the fact that the band had a life […]

Steep Canyon Rangers “Next Act”

May 20, 2026 0

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 […]

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

May 20, 2026 0

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 […]

Interviews

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

May 20, 2026 0

Interviews

Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

May 19, 2026 2

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 […]

Interviews

Interview: John Oates can’t stop the music and is still making his dreams come true

May 18, 2026 1

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 […]

Videos

Video Premiere: Solak “Different Timing”

September 24, 2024 0

Check out the latest single from Belgian artist Lukas Somers, also-known-as Solak. ‘Different Timing’ is an engaging introduction to his lo-fi indie-folk. Alongside a string arrangement from Joppe Bestevaar, the multi-instrumentalist Somers delivers guitar, piano, bass and […]

Tracks

Track Premiere: Barrel Flash “Between The Lines”

January 3, 2023 0

We’re starting a new year of Tracks with a premiere from Barrel Flash who are a Minneapolis/St. Paul-based trio consisting of Julia Brown on vocals and piano, Ross Johnson on vocals, acoustic/electric guitar, harmonica and Priscilla […]

Tracks

Track Premiere: Devin Sinha “If You Can”

October 15, 2020 0

Devin Sinha is a singer/songwriter living in Seattle, hailing from Midwestern roots as he spent his formative years around Kansas City. His music is a sophisticated folk blend which is grounded in finger-picked guitar enriched with […]