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Shirley Collins, The Barbican, London, 18th February 2017

February 22, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

Shirley Collins holds a unique place in the pantheon of English folk music – her 1959 song collecting journey in the USA, assisting Alan Lomax, is legendary enough but she also shook up the folk scene […]

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Mary Chapin Carpenter, Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridge, 5th February 2017

February 16, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

This gig was the last of Mary Chapin Carpenter’s UK tour, and was also a first weekend highlight for the inaugural City Roots festival running across many venues in Cambridge as a week-long winter spin-off from […]

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Transatlantic Sessions, Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridge, 7th February 2017

February 10, 2017 Jonathan Aird 1

The Transatlantic Sessions have become an eagerly awaited annual event which sees Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham joined by an ever changing array of talents from the folk and Americana scenes on both sides of the […]

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3hattrio with Lizabett Russo @Celtic Connections. The Mackintosh Church, Glasgow: 4th February 2017

February 7, 2017 Paul Kerr 0

The last weekend of Celtic Connections and we’re excited to see, at long last, the strange three headed creature born in the Utah desert, the weird aggregation of old time Americana, chamber music and jazz that […]

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Tift Merritt, The Lexington, London, 31st January 2017

February 6, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

The weather outside was frightful but in the bijou performance space upstairs at The Lexington things were positively steaming and swamp like – to the extent that Tift Merritt offered to share her backstage beers if […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

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‘We’ll Look For Stars’ is the 15th album from Canadian singer-songwriter Lynn Miles, who featured last month in our ‘Forgotten Artists’ feature. Perhaps overlooked rather than forgotten, as our writer suggested, this album demonstrates again what […]

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