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The Mountain Firework Company “The Beggar’s Prayer” (Independent, 2019)

June 5, 2019 Steven Rafferty 0

They say that seven is a lucky number. Well, it’s been seven years since The Mountain Firework Company released their last album and, in this case, we’re the lucky ones. The lengthy gestation has paid off […]

Rich Hopkins and Luminarios “Back to the Garden” (Blue Rose, 2019)

June 5, 2019 Linda Jameson 0

Rich Hopkins and Luminarios latest release ‘Back to the Garden’ is definitely full of guitars. From acoustic to jangly backing to soaring electric solos, there are guitars aplenty. What results is a big sound for the […]

Union Duke “Golden Days” (Independent, 2019)

June 5, 2019 Alan Fitter 0

Union Duke are self-styled “folk quintet” from Toronto made up of Ethan Smith, Jim McDonald, Matt Warry-Smith, Will Staunton and Rob McLaren, five long-time friends who have in their third album ‘Golden Days’, made a very friendly […]

W.C. Beck “First Flight” (Independent, 2019)

June 4, 2019 Tim Martin 0

W.C. Beck describes himself as “an itinerant singer/songwriter from Kansas”. After some years in Portland, he is now based in New York. Having recorded as Chris Beck in the past, ‘First Flight’ is his ninth album, […]

The High Divers “Ride With You” (Independent, 2019)

June 4, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

There will always be a demand for top class Americana rock’n’roll (and if that’s not a thing it should be), and South Carolina’s High Divers can fill that need nicely. They’re already two albums into their […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Americana Tracks by the least likely suspects

July 23, 2026 1

Before you shout at me remember this is supposed to be fun…. I have opened up and bared my soul on a couple of occasions about my past as a teenage rocker in the 1970s, with […]

Ed Askew “The Last Painting”

July 23, 2026 0

Profound, moving and beautiful reveries on posthumous release from ‘Outsider Folk’ poet. Ed Askew was a New York artist, poet, songwriter and genuine underground legend. Having first broken through with his self-titled album in 1968 (subsequently […]

artwork for Conway Savage album "Too Dark To See"

Conway Savage “Too Dark To See”