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Jerry Joseph “Baby, You’re The Man Who Would Be King”

November 9, 2023 Chas Lacey 0

An authentic New York record from the Oregon Hall of Fame inductee. Jerry Joseph’s prolific output of over 400 songs and his extensive touring tell their own tale – this is a troubadour who loves to […]

Christian Kjellvander “Hold Your Love Still”

November 8, 2023 Lyndon Bolton 0

Searching for a better world through layers of sound. There can be no more suitable music to accompany the wave upon wave of cloud, rain and storm of recent days. Our weather’s relentless cycle of melancholic […]

Live Review: Kathryn Tickell and the Darkening, Cecil Sharp House, London – 26th October 2023

November 8, 2023 David Chalfen 0

Kathryn Tickell has, down the decades of a 30-year career – her first album released at just 16 years old – been given cultural thumbs up by all the heavyweight Fleet Street broadsheets (younger readers, ask […]

The Lowlies “The Lowlies”

November 8, 2023 Kimberly Bright 0

Western New York acoustic folk duo The Lowlies’ debut album features masterful songwriting. The Lowlies are the husband and wife duo of Caleb and Carolyn Spaulding. They have been making music together since the mid-2010s, at […]

Jon Dee Graham “Only Dead For A Little While”

November 7, 2023 Richard Parkinson 0

Four years in the making, Jon Dee Graham’s latest reflects on death experience. The title of Jon Dee Graham’s latest ‘Only Dead For A Little While’ refers to his experience in 2019 when, after suffering a […]

Sorrel Nation will release sophomore album next month

September 8, 2026 0

Following a breakthrough period that saw major festival appearances, BBC Radio support and the release of her debut album Lost En Route, singer-songwriter Sorrel Nation returns with her second album, Creeping Thyme. The record will be […]

Blaine Todd “Angle of Repose”

September 8, 2026 0

Quirky, gentle release from San Francisco Bay area songwriter and musician. Angle of Repose is the fifth album from Bay area Blaine Todd, a newcomer to our site, but a release with a resonance with many […]

More People Really Should Know About: Liz Stringer

September 8, 2026 0

There are, of course, countless reasons why we love attending gigs and feeding on the buzz that only live music can give. On the Americana circuit that we inhabit in these pages, often at smaller and […]

Jerry Joseph “Baby, You’re The Man Who Would Be King”

Christian Kjellvander “Hold Your Love Still”

Live Review: Kathryn Tickell and the Darkening, Cecil Sharp House, London – 26th October 2023

The Lowlies “The Lowlies”

Jon Dee Graham “Only Dead For A Little While”

Sorrel Nation will release sophomore album next month

Blaine Todd “Angle of Repose”

More People Really Should Know About: Liz Stringer

Live Review: The Felice Brothers, 100 Club, London – 2nd September 2026

Bloodkin “Flowers & Ash”