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Book Review: Michael Streissguth “Highways & Heartaches”

August 18, 2023 Rick Bayles 0
Two for the road. What an excellent read this is. The full title of the book is ‘Highways & Heartaches: How Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, and Children of the New South Saved the Soul of Country […]
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Rab Noakes & Brooks Williams “Should We Tell Him”

August 18, 2023 Graeme Tait 0
An album of Don Everly songs proves a fitting tribute to the legend of the Scottish Folk scene, Rab Noakes. Rab Noakes, who died last October after a short illness, was a touchstone of the Scottish […]
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Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway “City of Gold”

August 17, 2023 FredArnold 0
Molly Tuttle does it again with a very high-quality modern bluegrass album. OK, so how do you follow an award-winning album that set new standards in bluegrass playing and writing? If you are Molly Tuttle, you […]
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Nora Kelly Band “Rodeo Clown”

August 17, 2023 Helen Jones 0
With their debut album, the Nora Kelly Band show they are ones to watch, Kelly proving Americana is a natural fit for her. For Montreal-based, queer, country quintet the Nora Kelly Band’s Nora Kelly, music is […]
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Sam Burton “Dearly Departed”

August 16, 2023 Guy Lincoln 0
Gentle reimagining of classic 70s Canyon sound, shaped by producer ‘du jour’. It’s a story we’ve heard many times before and it ought to be getting just a little wearisome by now. Artist faces existential challenges […]

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

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Charles Wesley Godwin to release new collaborative album in July

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Charles Wesley Godwin has announced his new album, Christian Name, which is out on 24th July 2026, via Big Loud Records. In 2024, Godwin and his wife, Samantha, suffered an awful tragedy when their third child, […]
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Midwestern Mrs “I’m Still Here”

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A strong debut album with a range of folk-based songs with lyrical depth and style. This is the first full-length album from Ohio-based Midwestern Mrs, better known as Georgia Evans to her family, following a string […]

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

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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 […]
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Interview: Daniel Tashian on being a reluctant band leader and the joys of songwriting collaborations

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Daniel Tashian is a legend in Nashville. He’s a deeply respected songwriter, he’s a solo artist with six albums to his name, he’s been in two superb bands, and he’s the go-to guy when you want […]
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Behind the Songs: Thin Lear

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The songs on Thin Lear’s sophomore album Many Disappeared are tied to each other not in their locale or their cast of characters, but instead in strange tragedies that have taken place, some many years ago. Current […]

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Juanita Stein “I’ll Cry” – Listen

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I’ll Cry is the latest single to be taken from “America”, the debut solo album by Brighton based Juanita Stein, available on the Nude label from the 28th July. Already well known as the singer-songwriter with Howling […]
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Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters + Adriana Spina , The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen, 12th September 2018

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The venerable Blue Lamp in Aberdeen is something of a hidden gem, its unassuming frontage concealing not just one of the city’s oldest bars but also an adjoining, intimate and atmospheric music venue. It’s been the […]
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Essentials: The Top 10 Chris Hillman Songs since 1982

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Chris Hillman is now recognised as one of the founding fathers of country rock, and subsequently americana, and has a mantlepiece of awards, including his induction into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a […]

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