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Simon Linsteadt “February” (Stormy Deep Records 2018)

February 23, 2018 Michael Farley 0
This album exudes relaxed California cool, which is just as well really as the artist is a native of that State. Without the knowledge that this was a new release it is likley that you would […]
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Steve Lowis “Chapters” (Independent, 2017)

February 22, 2018 Rick Bayles 0
Albums capture your imagination in different ways. Some grab you by the throat and demand that you listen, some come with a reputation to live up to, some come with expectation and curiosity; every so often […]
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Reg Meuross “Faraway People” (Hatsongs, 2017)

February 22, 2018 David Cowling 1
What’s the function of Folk music these days – does it have any place at all?  If its function was to hold a mirror up to society, then Meuross would have a place in this world. […]
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The Dead South “Illusion & Doubt” (DevilDuck, 2018)

February 21, 2018 Mark Johnson 0
Canada is a major home of Americana, but not perhaps where you would look to find bluegrass. The Dead South are firmly established as a self described folk-bluegrass outfit, and are finally bringing their second album […]
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Brother Roy “Last Man Standing” (Independent, 2017)

February 21, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0
Remember when intense singer-songwriter J. Tillman, still working the day shift as drummer with Fleet Foxes, had a musical and emotional epiphany and transformed into Father John Misty? After serving time in Phoebe Hunt’s band The […]

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The songs on Thin Lear’s sophomore album Many Disappeared are tied to each other not in their locale or their cast of characters, but instead in strange tragedies that have taken place, some many years ago. Current […]
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Yarn “Saturday Night Sermon”

May 13, 2026 0
Enjoyable southern rock release with lyrics that focus on the positive. Formed in Brooklyn at the end of 2006, but now based in North Carolina, Yarn tend to lean towards the southern rock element of americana. […]
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Live Review: Merry McCloud & Bruce Welch, The Bread and Roses, London – 3rd May 2026

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The Bread and Roses is located in the heart of Clapham, London. Owned by The Battersea and Wandsworth Trade Union Council, it consists of the ground-floor pub and a theatre space above. It’s a community-oriented establishment […]

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Behind the Songs: Thin Lear

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Interview: Judy Collins doesn’t look back, she looks forward

May 12, 2026 0
“My home is in New York City, on the Upper West Side,” Judy Collins said, proudly holding up a painting by her sister of cats and dogs that resembles a Monet. When I mentioned travelling up […]
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Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

May 5, 2026 0
Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]

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The Strange Blue Dreams “The Strange Blue Dreams” (Holy Smokes Records, 2017)

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Amongst the many strands of American inspired revivalist music – whether it be Appalachian folk or pre-war Blues, the sounds of the sixties folk boom or the reclaiming of minstrelsy and old-time music one musical thread […]
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Video Premiere: The Bean Pickers Union “Warrior”

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Since 2006, Chuck Melchin has been putting out great Americana with a fluid, ever-changing collective called The Bean Picker’s Union, a cast of fine musicians.  The band’s music reflects a range of roots influences and they […]
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Video Premiere: Chris Murphy “Early Grave”

November 23, 2022 0
Now, this is how to play the violin.  Brilliantly-talented multi-instrumentalist Chris Murphy works his fiddle with freedom and fluency against the backing of a stomping beat that makes the listener want to dance and sway.  Despite the […]

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