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Chatham County Line “Hiyo”

February 6, 2024 Jonathan Smith 0

Bluegrass traditionalists suddenly not so traditional. ‘Hiyo’ is the tenth studio album by Chatham County Line, but the first without banjo player Chandler Holt. Rather than directly replace him, the rest of the band chose instead […]

Live Review: Allison Russell @Celtic Connections, Oran Mor, Glasgow, 28th January 2024

February 5, 2024 KC Vines 1

The long sleeves of Allison Russell’s sequinned mesh crop top are caught in the workings of her banjo. She doubles up in laughter as bassist Caoimhe Hopkinson tries to unwind her. This is something Russell does […]

artwork for Jack Cade album "Bewilderland"

Jack Cade “Bewilderland”

February 5, 2024 Viv Fish 0

Raw on the outside, soft & tender in the middle. ‘Bewilderland‘ is Jack Cade’s fourth album. It follows from where his 2021 album ‘The Death Throes of a Jaded Empire‘ left off and is a result […]

Live Review: The Goddamsels + Holly Henderson, The Betsey Trotwood London – 24th Jan 2024

February 2, 2024 David Chalfen 0

This is the first UK visit from the Alberta based duo The Goddamsels. Does anyone else notice how Canadian musician visits to Europe are often timetabled to take them away from their own harsh winter rigours? […]

Album cover artwork for "Heavy on the Vine" by Hannah Kaminer

Hannah Kaminer “Heavy on the Vine”

February 2, 2024 Andrew Raw 1

Sweet melodies and moving words on this very satisfying third album. The weather in the UK has either been chillier than normal or biblical rainfall but then along comes this wonderful new third album from Hannah […]

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John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee
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Ashley McBryde - Wild (vinyl)
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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Little Feat after Lowell George

May 20, 2026 3

I’ve gone on record as proclaiming Waiting For Columbus one of the best live albums in the universe, so I took a long time to reconcile myself to the fact that the band had a life […]

Steep Canyon Rangers “Next Act”

May 20, 2026 0

Time to secure your first-class ticket to a bluegrass celebration. Steep Canyon Rangers have been around a long time and continue to produce fine music, and their live performances are legendary. Next Act is their fifteenth […]

Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

May 20, 2026 0

There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]

Interviews

Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

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Interviews

Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

May 19, 2026 2

Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]

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Interview: John Oates can’t stop the music and is still making his dreams come true

May 18, 2026 1

At 77 years young, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame vocalist is as active as ever, having released two albums: 2024’s stripped-down, acoustic Reunion and 2025’s groovy Oates, in the past two years, while regularly […]

Album Reviews

Ciara O’Neill “Arrow” (Independent, 2018)

May 29, 2018 0

‘Arrow,’ the second album from the Ciara O’Neill, a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Portadown, Northern Ireland really is quite a special record. There’s no doubting Ciara’s origins; her voice has that Celtic folk inflexion that […]

Videos

Video: Afton Wolfe “Titanic”

January 9, 2025 0

Afton Wolfe’s latest single is wonderfully atmospheric rendition of the David Olney song “Titanic”. With pounding drums and searing, grinding electric guitar, the tone is set for this powerful, moody song. Over the compelling instrumentation, Wolfe’s […]

Videos

Video: Richard Thompson “Beeswing”

May 11, 2018 0

This week’s retro slot includes a rare sighting of the top of Richard Thompson’s head. The winner of the UK Americana Association Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017 here plays a stunning live version of one of […]