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Amy Speace “The American Dream”

October 29, 2024 Chas Lacey 1

Songs of innocence and experience form a poetic musical memoir. Amy Speace will be familiar to many as the winner of the UK Americana Music Association’s 2020 International Song of the Year Award for ‘Me and […]

Folk Roundup – Rakish, Hannah O’Brian and Grant Flick, Mairearad Green and Rachel Newton, River Drivers, Nuala Kennedy and Eamon O’ Leary, June Tabor & The Oysterband

October 28, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Welcome – or should that be fáilte? – to another edition of the folk roundup column. You may notice that there is a bit of an Irish theme this time around, not planned ’tis just the […]

Malachy Tallack's That Beautiful Atlantic Waltz

Malachy Tallack “That Beautiful Atlantic Waltz”

October 28, 2024 Declan Colley 0

High-concept Shetland Americana. It’s a tricky one to pull off: a multi-media concept album/novel with potential for a film whose soundtrack has already been established. Such high-concept projects are a relative rarity in the Americana realm […]

Amanda Rheaume live at the Newbald Village Hall, North Newbald, Yorkshire, - 19th October 2024

Live Review: Amanda Rheaume + Sharon Maher, Newbald Village Hall, North Newbald, Yorkshire – 19th October 2024

October 28, 2024 Graeme Tait 0

The ‘Super-Moon’ hovered majestically above the Village Hall in North Newbald, shining its light like a beacon for tonight’s congregation made up of both locals and travellers, all full of anticipation and excitement for the pending […]

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Various Artists “Tonight I’ll Go Down Swingin’: A Tribute to Don Heffington”

October 28, 2024 David Jarman 0

Legendary drummer and songwriter Don Heffington receives a fitting tribute from the cream of Americana artists. When drummer and songwriter Don Heffington passed away in March 2021 he left a remarkable musical legacy. A founding member […]

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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 0

While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

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The Wave Pictures “Gained/Lost”

March 11, 2026 2

Ambitious, dream-soaked pop that reaches high but rarely quite lands. There’s something immediately intriguing about Gained/Lost. On paper, the ingredients are enticing: the literate jangle of The Smiths, the wide-eyed psych-pop glow of The Flaming Lips, […]

artwork for Lynn Miles album "A Bouquet of Black Flowers"

Lynn Miles “A Bouquet of Black Flowers”