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Good Reads is a great place to talk about books. And as everyone loves a list, they have one for Christmas books. When we talked about the great American novel a few months back, we found […]
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Out there experimentalism from ‘Alien Cowboy’… it’s a trip. This is way out there. A cosmic, lo-fi postcard from the edge perhaps. What edge is probably the question? We never find out. There’s strummed guitars, echoey […]
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Oliver James Brooks “In A Little Long While”

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Lo-fi alternative folk on Canadian songwriter’s fourth album. This is Toronto-based Oliver James Brooks’ fourth studio album. Two years in the making, the recording was done with friends in Oliver’s living room using seventies gear for […]
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Re-release Review: Lesley Gore “Ever Since [Deluxe Edition]”

December 21, 2023 Peter Thompson 1
Reissue of mature, sophisticated 2005 release given Deluxe Edition tag with inclusion of a previously unheard recording. Lesley Gore shot to prominence in 1963 with the #1 (US) hit ‘It’s My Party‘ which she recorded when […]
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Andrew Weiss and Friends “Beverly Hills, Thanksgiving Day”

December 20, 2023 Lyndon Bolton 0
Deep thoughts with deft turns of phrase all to a warm West Coast sound. Amid the gloom under relentlessly grey skies as the year draws to a close a glimmer of sunshine appears from Long Island […]

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Seasick Steve “The Last Season of America”

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The Man from Another Time tackles modern-day America with hope and fury. Veteran producer and singer-songwriter Seasick Steve requires no real introduction. A journeying musician for over five decades, a producer for bands like Modest Mouse […]
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Live Review: Carson McHone, The Chapel, The Angel Microbrewery, Nottingham – 3rd September 2026

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The excitement was almost tangible amidst the rather irregular queue that had formed early outside the entrance to The Chapel, upstairs at The Angel Microbrewery in Nottingham, for the return to the city of possibly Austin, […]
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Josh Rouse has signed to New West Records and will release his label debut, Museums and Women, on October 23rd. The 10-song set was produced by Brad Jones, who also produced Rouse’s critically acclaimed 2003 album […]

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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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Live Review: Bennett & Wilson + Dropkick, Glasgow Americana Festival @Room 2, Glasgow – 6th October 2023

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Classic album ‘In My Time‘ by folk legend Karen Dalton will be rereleased in March 2022 by reissue specialists Light in the Attic Records. The album features Dalton’s covers, including ‘Take Me‘ by George Jones and […]

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