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Owen Williams “Standing Still Will Kill You” (Independent 2018)

February 28, 2018 Keith Hargreaves 0
Opening with the Gospel-tinged ‘Else The Devil Try’ and then dragging the choir into the far more country rocky ‘The Man Who Ate The Hurricane’ sets Williams’s stall out as a purveyor of the gothic country […]
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All The Luck In The World “A Blind Arcade” (Independent 2018)

February 27, 2018 Mark Underwood 0
All The Luck in the World are three young Irish songwriters from County Wicklow who gained a degree of attention when a home recorded song of theirs titled ‘Never’ gained a large following on YouTube back […]
Album Reviews

3hattrio “Lord Of The Desert” (Okehdokee Records, 2018)

February 26, 2018 Rick Bayles 0
Great music is often connected to the landscape it springs from and, listening to it, your imagination will immediately take you to that land. ‘Lord of the Desert’, from US folk group 3hattrio, immediately transports you […]
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Christina Martin “Impossible To Hold” (Come Undone Records, 2018)

February 26, 2018 Martyn Ingham 0
It’s always a quandary when reviewing whether comparing your subject to other acts is a good thing or a bad thing. Sometimes you just end up listing a load of the artist’s obvious influences rather than […]
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Hunter Muskett “Unafraid and Sober” (Independent 2018)

February 23, 2018 Keith Hargreaves 0
Now reformed for longer than their original incarnation (1968-1974) Hunter Muskett reconvened in 2010 in the the excellent Aspinall Arms near Clitheroe after a Cherry Red re-release of one of their originals garnered more than a […]

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For The Sake Of The Song: Dean Owens “Sally’s Song (I Dreamed Of Michael Marra)”

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Mick Flannery “The House Must Win”

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Robert Plany Savking Grace

Robert Plant to receive Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award

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Tucker Zimmerman “Dream Me A Dream”

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Sounds from beyond the Shed 241 “Back in the swim”

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Features

For The Sake Of The Song: Dean Owens “Sally’s Song (I Dreamed Of Michael Marra)”

July 27, 2026 0
Dean Owens is, of course, no stranger to these pages. With twelve albums and numerous AUK awards behind him, a search on this site will provide pages of reviews, interviews and videos. Typing the name Michael […]
Album Reviews

Mick Flannery “The House Must Win”

July 27, 2026 0
A labour of love, twenty years in the making from renowned Irish singer-songwriter. It is more than twenty years since Mick Flannery released his debut album Evening Train, but the tale it told of (as he puts […]
Robert Plany Savking Grace
News

Robert Plant to receive Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award

July 27, 2026 0
The Americana Music Association has announced that singer, songwriter and musical trailblazer Robert Plant will receive the Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award during the 25th Annual Americana Honours & Awards, taking place on 16th September 2026, at […]

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  • Mick Flannery “The House Must Win”
  • Robert Plant to receive Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award
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  • Sounds from beyond the Shed 241 “Back in the swim”
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Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward

July 24, 2026 0
End Times Elevator Music is a special record to behold. From the Link Wray fuzz guitar rumbles on opener No Alarm to the title track closer, which arrives like Ben Schneider and Brendan Urie collaborated, there […]
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Interview: Have Gun, Will Travel is constantly evolving – What a concept!

July 22, 2026 0
Have Gun, Will Travel is the name of the band with the emphasis on travel. Not so much touring all over the world, but exploration, whether in their three concept albums or the songs written for […]
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Video Interview: Alex Amen on “Sun Of Amen” as he comes of age as a songwriter

July 21, 2026 4
Alex Amen is making waves as one of the new breed of songwriters to keep a very close eye on. Born in Texas, he has lived in communes on the West Coast, formed and played in […]

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Eliza Carthy “The Snow It Melts The Soonest” – from new album

August 8, 2022 0
There’s no-one like Eliza Carthy, what a singer and musician and what an innovative reshaper of traditional songs.  Is it fair to say the reigning queen of English folk?  Yeah, why not.  Celebrating thirty years as […]
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Deer Tick “Deer Tick Volume 1/Volume 2” (Partisan Records 2017)

September 13, 2017 0
In what is a slightly unusual move, Deer Tick have simultaneously released two albums of contrasting styles, their first for four years. Whilst being massively diverse in sound, both records actually do sit together very well […]
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Matt Waldon ”Grow Up” (Independent, 2017)

August 11, 2017 0
In many ways beginning a record with an instrumental track is a big risk in the days of instant gratification and snap judgements on an artist. However, if you have stumbled across Matt’s music you are […]

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