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Edith Frost “In Space”

February 27, 2025 Peter Thompson 0
Back after a break of almost 20 years, Edith Frost returns with an atmospheric album of great songs. Noted tunesmith Edith Frost describes her music as “pensive countrified psychedelia“. Throughout her career, Frost has never been […]
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Luke Sital-Singh “Fool’s Spring”

February 26, 2025 Guy Lincoln 0
Gentle upbeat reflection of life’s ups and downs from returning singer-songwriter. A ‘Fool’s Spring’ is essentially a quixotic false dawn. We are lulled into believing that the worst of winter is done for another year, discarding […]
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Red Sky July “Misty Morning”

February 26, 2025 Andy Short 0
Husband and wife duo Shelly Poole and Ally McErlaine are joined by vocalist Haley Glennie-Smith to produce something special. Red Sky July are a husband-and-wife duo consisting of Ally McErlaine, Shelly Poole, and Haley Glennie-Smith on […]
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Sunny War “Armageddon In A Summer Dress”

February 25, 2025 Graeme Tait 0
A hauntingly majestic follow-up to her 2023 breakthrough album. Having released one of the best albums of 2023 with “Anarchist Gospel”, Sunny War (a.k.a. Sydney Ward) spent much of the following year on the road, opening […]
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Book Review: Alan Tyler “How To Never Have A Hit: The Confessions of an Unsuccessful Singer-Songwriter”

February 24, 2025 Mark Underwood 2
The epiphany for writing this book occurred while Alan Tyler was listening to random recordings of the Complete Hank Williams on the Bakerloo Line on the London Underground. Chancing upon the audio of ‘How To Write […]

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David Coller “Blue Water”

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David Coller “Blue Water”

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Stunning traditional songwriting on instant folk classic. This is the second full-length release by singer-songwriter David Coller this year. His first, When Summer Comes, was given a glowing write-up in these pages, and now comes Blue […]
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Bruce Springsteen releases film of “Land of Hope and Dreams” Tour – watch it all here!

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Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band’s Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour, called by Time Magazine –  “one of the most unflinching acts of musical resistance in the nation’s history”, has released an official […]
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MF Tomlinson “Now, I Am Free” – the reward of aging?

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MF Tomlinson’s new EP would place him at odds with Ben Rumson, who famously claimed to be born beneath a planet, and asked the rhetorical question “Do you know where hell is ?”  By comparison Tomlinson […]

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Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]
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Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

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Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]
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Interview: Nora Kelly holds space for the quirky in outlaw country music

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It’s always the ride and not necessarily the destination that makes a trip through a Nora Kelly Band album worthwhile. The songs can be zany, intriguing and melancholic all at once, cavorting to their own primal […]

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Well, I think we can all agree that ‘The Holiday‘ is probably the worst Rom-Com of the last decade, and it’s good to know that Alicia Stockman is not so desperate for company that she’s willing […]
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Classic Clips: Buffalo Springfield “For What It’s Worth” & “Mr. Soul” – The Hollywood Palace, 8th April 1967

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The Hollywood Palace was an hour-long American Television variety show which broadcast from January 1964 until February 1970. Unlike the Ed Sullivan Show, this one had a different presenter each week. This classic clip from 1967 […]
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