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Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters “Good Morning Sunshine”

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Joyfully keeping the faith. It’s one thing to form a band full of talented women, it’s another to create an expansive collective along the Pacific coast of over a dozen women in bluegrass, country, and Americana […]
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Live Review: Hayes Carll and Corb Lund, “Bible on the Dash” tour, Knoxville, Tennessee – 3rd April, 2025

April 14, 2025 Dean Nardi 1
Hayes Carll and Corb Lund hadn’t played a concert together since 2018, but they came to the Bijou Theater in Knoxville, Tennessee for their “Bible on the Dash” tour, which was simply a set of swapping […]
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Hamilton Leithauser “This Side Of The Island”

April 14, 2025 Graeme Tait 0
Former frontman for The Walkmen plays to his strengths on highly energetic third solo album. Almost two years on from the triumphant reunion tour for the legendary indie rock band The Walkmen, lead vocalist Hamilton Leithauser […]
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Songdog “Mirabilla Mundi”

April 11, 2025 Andy Davidson 0
Aging successfully requires the right kind of reminiscing. Welsh songwriter Lyndon Morgans’ ninth album is back to being Songdog and returning to some familiar themes, such as the passing of time, lost love, nostalgia and death. […]
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Live Review: Hattie Whitehead + Tessa Rose Jackson + Edward Randell, St Pancras Old Church, London – 3rd April 2025

April 11, 2025 David Chalfen 0
The venue is always inspiring, with its design and operation as a fully functioning church set in a surprisingly green and peaceful enclave just minutes from St Pancras station and amidst the gritty inner-city locale of […]

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Justin Townes Earle stands tall in the pantheon of singer-songwriters in the americana theatre. The son of one of the most universally acclaimed exponents of the genre (Steve Earle) and named after another (Townes van Zandt), […]
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The Band of Heathens “Country Sides”

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Two decades in, The Band of Heathens deliver 11 songs rooted in Texas americana. Country Sides is the latest album from DIY Austin country rockers Band of Heathens.  It sees them 20 years into their career […]
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Preview: Danny George Wilson launches new album with May tour supporting The Handsome Family

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Interview: Lady Nade on being involved in a Netflix drama, inspiration, identity and mental health in music

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Runner-up in our readers’ poll for Best UK Artist in 2025, Lady Nade has steadily built a reputation as one of the most distinctive and emotionally resonant voices in UK roots music. Blending jazz, Americana, folk, […]
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Interview: Willie Nile keeps the light on for great American rock’n’roll

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I do a lot of my listening to music while out walking in the mornings, with or without a dog. The day after Willie Nile’s The Great American Light arrived in the mailbox, I popped the […]
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Interview: Hal Cannon on cowboy poetry, songs and folklore

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For Hal Cannon, life should be very simple – love the place you live, love the ones you know, if you’re needy, why not give, then see if you’re still low. Words to live by, extracted […]

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