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Review – Black Deer Festival 2024: Guaranteed musical brilliance

July 8, 2024 Andrew Frolish 3
In June, Black Deer Festival returned for its fifth edition although it feels as though it has been around forever.  It has quickly become synonymous with the very best of Americana, finding an enticing balance between […]
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Live Review: Aoife O’Donovan with the Guildhall Session Orchestra, The Barbican, London – 18th June 2024

July 8, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
One cannot but reflect that Aoife O’Donovan likes to do things at either end of a musical spectrum – having recently been performing her version of Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska‘ in a solo acoustic show –  she has […]
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Live Review: Rain Parade, Brudenell Social Club, Leeds – 15th June 2024

July 1, 2024 Guy Lincoln 1
We all know the Paisley Underground (let’s get ‘that’ out of the way upfront!) is a moment in time of great significance for those of us who were there first go round and this applies to […]
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Live Review: Richard Hawley, Eventim Apollo, London – 8th June 2024

June 28, 2024 David Jarman 1
Touring to promote his new album, “In the City They Call You Love” Richard Hawley opened his set at London’s Eventim Apollo in fine style with ‘She Brings the Sunlight’, from “Standing at the Skies Edge”, […]
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Live Review: The Delines + Freddy Trujillo, Junction 2 Cambridge – 12th June 2024

June 24, 2024 Jonathan Aird 2
The Delines are, of course, widely popular with the readership (and writers!) of Americana UK so it should come as little or no surprise to hear that the band’s appearance at Cambridge’s Junction 2 venue was […]

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