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Reece Sullivan “Arkansas”

August 4, 2022 FredArnold 0
A folksy album of loves lost, opportunities missed and the call to home. Reece Sullivan is a road-tripping folk-singing troubadour whose poetic songs are embellished here with horns and vocal choruses to give his songs a […]
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Mariel Buckley “Everywhere I Used To Be”

August 3, 2022 Darren Lumbroso 1
Exceptional and sincere record from Canadian singer songwriter aimed at underdogs everywhere. Mariel Buckley hails from Calgary which sits in a vast, often brown coloured plain, in southern Alberta in Canada. Her excellent third album is […]
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Gretchen Peters “The Show – Live From The UK”

August 3, 2022 Peter Churchill 1
A live album to savour from one of the great singer-songwriters of her generation. Gretchen Peters has always had a great affinity with UK audiences and 2022 marks 25 years since this outstanding singer-songwriter first stepped […]
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Dan Tyminski “One More Time Before You Go”

August 3, 2022 Martin Johnson 0
Tony Rice covers that will make listeners want to revisit the original recordings. Tribute albums should generally be approached with a degree of caution, with very few albums, and even individual tribute tracks, improving or even […]
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Parker Twomey “All This Life”

August 2, 2022 Graeme Tait 0
New generation of Texan singer songwriter delivers debut album that suggests promise for the future. Parker Twomey is a graduate of the Booker T Washington School for the Performing Arts who, in 2019, at just eighteen […]

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John Prine August 2016
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The Top Ten Americana Song of All Time: 2nd – John Prine “Angel From Montgomery” (1971)

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Almost there! There was never much doubt that John Prine would be represented in this list, and, although a number of his songs appeared in the original writers’ lists, the iconic and most covered song of […]
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Cut Worms “Transmitter”

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This guitar-based pop, produced by Jeff Tweedy, is a departure from previous work. Cut Worms is singer-songwriter Max Clarke, originally from Ohio, but now living in New York. This is his fourth full-length album after Cut […]
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Essentials: The Top 10 Madi Diaz Songs

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Madi Diaz has always known she wanted to be a musician. Growing up in a Quaker household in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, her parents rejected a mainstream education for her and her brother, instead home schooling them, […]

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Interview: The Breath’s Stuart McCallum and Ríoghnach Connolly on collaborating with the Paraorchestra

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How to achieve true musical Symbiosis. The Breath are guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer Ríoghnach Connolly, and they ensure that the song is always at the centre of their alt-folk sound. That sound is rich, reflecting […]
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Interview: Cynthia Marchant on the Ozarks, fast cars and the passing of time

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In 2022, with her second studio album, Flesh and Bone, Cynthia Marchant explored spiritual truth and depth, and the magic of connecting with self and others in the many stages of life. Three years later, she’s […]
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Interview: Michael Weston King on why “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

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How the worst kind of family tragedy can lead to a career high British americana stalwart and music award winner Michael Weston King is releasing a new solo album, Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore. On the […]

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When offered the opportunity to hear Finnish musicians Tuomo & Markus and their band in the intimate surroundings of Soho’s Borderline club it seems plain stupid not to turn up, if only out of curiosity – […]
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Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats “Tearing at the Seams” (Stax Records, 2018)

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When you think of the good ol’ USA and start to muse on the hotbeds of music over the years, the names of the famous music cities start to drift through the psyche as a misty-eyed […]
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Jangling and smouldering in the way you might associate with The Sadies, Nikki & The Phantom Callers play country-rock with a hint of classic mid-sixties production.  ‘Mamas Should Know‘ is the B-side of their new single […]

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