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Briscoe “West Of It All”

September 22, 2023 Graeme Tait 2
Excellent debut album from Texan duo stuffed full of songs with catchy melodies and strong harmonies. Hailing from Texas, Briscoe are made up of Truett Heintzelman and Philip Lupton who first met as fourteen-year-olds at a […]
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Viv & Riley “Imaginary People”

September 21, 2023 Tom Harding 0
Viv & Riley sing sweet songs of reflection from the front seat. The latest album, ‘Imaginary People,’ by Vivian Leva and Riley Calcagno—now going by Viv and Riley—is an easygoing set of folk-pop reflections, warm as […]
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Live Review: The Unthanks Alldayer, The Barbican, London – 10th September 2023

September 21, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
It’s been a busy weekend for The Unthanks as they celebrate the reissue of three of their early albums, ‘The Bairns’, ‘Here’s The Tender Coming‘ and ‘Last.‘  It’s quite the undertaking – to play all three […]
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Charlie Kaplan “Country Life in America”

September 21, 2023 Jonathan Smith 0
Jangle with an angle from New York City. One definition of an argument that never ends would be, what constitutes ‘good’ music? Maybe a 10-year-old might be enthralled by whatever teen icon was currently making waves, […]
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Live Review: Tommy Prine + Old Man Boom, The Portland Arms, Cambridge – 3rd September 2023

September 21, 2023 Andrew Frolish 1
Released in June, ‘This Far South’, Tommy Prine’s debut, has been one of my albums of the summer.  It’s been a constant soundtrack to my lazy days and long evenings.  Co-produced by Gena Johnson and Ruston […]

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Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 0
Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]
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George Mann and Si Kahn “Mayday!”

July 7, 2026 0
An old-styled folk protest album from two past masters of the genre which skewers the current administration with acerbic lyrics. This is George Mann and Si Kahn’s second album working together following the release of Labor […]
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JP Harris is “Shaving A Dead Man” with his new album

July 7, 2026 0
JP Harris, known across the americana world as a craftsman of outlaw country and old-time music, has announced his sixth full-length album. Shaving A Dead Man, produced by and featuring GRAMMY-winning musician Chance McCoy (Old Crow […]

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Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 0
Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]
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Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Roots Music Festival

July 6, 2026 3
Americana UK’s Rick Bayles’ monthly column, Vox Continental, shines a light on what is happening on the americana front in Europe. In his most recent column, Rick gave the nod to the Static Roots Festival, which […]
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Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

July 2, 2026 0
It is sometimes forgotten that Gram Parsons did not enjoy commercial success as a solo artist during his short life, and that it was Emmylou Harris who took his sound to a wider audience with the […]

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An interesting story which went up on Stereogum last week although is the Pope a Catholic, etc. They report:”Neil Young is no fan of multinational corporations. And in a lengthy new post on his Neil Young Archives site entitled Google […]
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Video: Jaywalkers “This Time”

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Always good to feature a great new UK band and Jaywalkers are definitely that.  This is from their new album Time To Save the World, out on November 5th, and has a lovely video too.  They’re […]
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Ten to One: Cooper Kenward collects memories, good and bad

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L.A.-based singer/songwriter Cooper Kenward’s third album is called “haha, now I’m sad” (Soggy Anvil Records, 2025), and you could say its emotions are all over the place. The title hints at the intertwined duality of happy […]

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