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Michael Hurley + James Yorkston, Summerhall, Edinburgh, 17th June 2018

June 21, 2018 Paul Kerr 0

It’s been a while since Michael Hurley, occasionally known as Snock, has come to the UK and with him now in his 77th year, news of this tour was somewhat unexpected. Mind you it was only […]

Giant Sand + Patsy’s Rats, Oran Mor, Glasgow, 10th June 2018

June 15, 2018 Paul Kerr 0

Never a man to resist a whim, Howe Gelb has resurrected the band title he retired a few years back and re-recorded the first album which came out under the Giant Sand name, 1985’s ‘Valley of […]

Geoff Muldaur, Stables Stage 2, Wavendon, 7th June 2018

June 11, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

This was the final night of Geoff Muldaur’s UK tour – and even on a tour that had taken in mostly small stages like London’s Green Note this gig deserved the sobriquet “intimate“, with a bare […]

Anderson East, Jazz Cafe, London, 30th May 2018

June 7, 2018 David Chalfen 0

London’s Jazz Cafe tonight replicated the steamy humidity of Anderson East’s Athens, Alabama roots on what was a sold out show for this artist who is described as as being an R’nB singer, R’n’B in the […]

Curse Of Lono, Dot To Dot Festival, Mr Wolfs, Bristol, 25th May

June 6, 2018 Tim Merricks 0

Most fans of Americana music should by now be familiar with the works of Felix Bechtolsheimer, whether that be from his groundbreaking British country blues revivalists Hey Negrita or the more recent murky window into his […]

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Ry Cooder - Paradise and Lunch
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RE: The Paper Kites
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The Paper Kites
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Toots & the Maytals - In the DarK
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Drive-By Truckers - Gangstabilly
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
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Megan Mornoney's third full length album Cloud Nine and...
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RE: My Top 10 Favorite Albums of 2025
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Interviews

Interview: Adam Levy on the Honeydogs celebrated return

February 23, 2026 0

Experiencing a rebirth with Algebra for Broken Hearts, the St. Paul, Minnesota band’s twelfth album on Julian Records (2025), is crucial language, one voicing an undersung American existence. Like the novel, I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif […]

Interviews

Interview: Mean Mary answers six of one and half a dozen of the other

February 18, 2026 0

The banjo is a glorious instrument that can do a lot of ill in the wrong hands. It is not easy to proudly, confidently pluck out some hot licks and really hard to play it with […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”

February 17, 2026 0

Alan Gregg is a native Kiwi transplanted to North London with a spotty resumé to his credit. Not intending to be impolite, but prospective employers might be taken aback, curious as to what he has been […]

Album Reviews

Chris Wenner “Not Old Enough”

February 6, 2025 0

Five years after recording his debut album at the age of 64, Wenner continues to bloom with his third offering imbued with the spirit of Laurel Canyon. Chris Wenner is something of an outlier in the […]

Videos

Video : The Great Western Tears “Let it storm”

November 5, 2018 0

The Great Western Tears have their new single ‘Let it Storm‘ scheduled for release soon, it’s taken from their second album ‘Trials of the Apple Isle‘. The video for this booming slice of Americana concentrates, quite […]

Tracks

Track Premiere: Anne Harris “I Feel Alright”

May 8, 2025 0

We can thank Topol for today’s track premiere – as Anne Harris was inspired as a child to take up the violin after watching ‘Fiddler On The Roof‘. We don’t know if she has herself ever […]