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Live Review: I’m With Her + Keenan O’Meara, Barbican, London – 29th May 2025

June 10, 2025 David Chalfen 2

This trio – Sarah Jarosz, Sarah Watkins and Aoife O’Donovan – always create a buzz ahead of their appearances. The supergroup descriptor is overused, but it is undeniably true in this case from whatever angle you […]

Live Review: The Black Feathers, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 30th May 2025

June 9, 2025 Graeme Tait 2

For many years, three large banners have hung across the back of the stage at Lincolnshire’s premier Americana music venue, each proudly proclaiming the following: “The Town Hall Live. Bringing the best folk, roots, and americana […]

Live Review: Bess Atwell + Sophie May + Pem, Koko, Camden – 22nd May 2025

June 4, 2025 John Lee 0

Second time lucky. Bess Atwell’s long-awaited show at Koko, postponed from February due to illness, proved well worth the wait. Judging by the warmth of the crowd, no one seemed to mind the delay. Atwell herself […]

Live Review: Catherine MacLellan and Lucy Farrell, Backroads House Concert, Hertford – 20th May 2025

June 2, 2025 FredArnold 1

Well, what pleasant surprises – to find that there are Americana fans in Hertford was one, and that one such fan had created a House Concert venue just a couple of miles away. And then there […]

Live Review: An Audience With Mary Chapin Carpenter, Amazing Grace, London – 19th May 2025

May 30, 2025 David Chalfen 1

Amazing Grace is a very new venue for a long-established icon of Americana. A finely converted 19th-century church situated at one side of a quadrangle that covers London Bridge station, The Shard, and Guy’s Hospital, it […]

Hollow Hand announces new album for September and UK Tour

July 14, 2026 0

Hollow Hand, the project of Brighton’s Max Kinghorn-Mills, steps out of the bedroom on Wish Road South, recorded live as a trio after touring with MJ Lenderman and Caitlin Rose. The album comes out on the […]

Hudson NY duo Babehoven to release third album in the autumn

July 14, 2026 0

Babehoven, the Hudson, NY-based project of singer/songwriter Maya Bon and producer and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Albert, have announced their new album, I See Them, I See Me, due 18th September 2026 via Double Double Whammy. I See […]

Brennan Gilmore “My Name Is Daniel Leek”

July 14, 2026 0

Majestic debut from Virginia songwriter with a fascinating true backstory. When it comes to musical inspiration, a musician’s life is integral to what music he or she makes. For Brennan Gilmore, that inspiration comes from a […]

Live Review: I’m With Her + Keenan O’Meara, Barbican, London – 29th May 2025

Live Review: The Black Feathers, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 30th May 2025

Live Review: Bess Atwell + Sophie May + Pem, Koko, Camden – 22nd May 2025

Live Review: Catherine MacLellan and Lucy Farrell, Backroads House Concert, Hertford – 20th May 2025

Live Review: An Audience With Mary Chapin Carpenter, Amazing Grace, London – 19th May 2025

Hollow Hand announces new album for September and UK Tour

Hudson NY duo Babehoven to release third album in the autumn

Brennan Gilmore “My Name Is Daniel Leek”

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