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Jeb Loy Nichols “The United States of the Broken Hearted”

December 8, 2022 Viv Fish 0
Calm, creatively soothing songs for cold dark nights. Jeb Loy Nichols is a musician, writer and artist who has lived on a remote smallholding in the Welsh hills for the past twenty years. Born in Wyoming […]
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Jim Keller “Spark and Flame”

December 7, 2022 Andrew Raw 0
Great musicianship with eighties influences. Jim Keller was the guitarist and chief songwriter for the San Francisco group, Tommy Tutone, who had a couple of power-pop hits in the eighties, the most famous being ‘867-5309/ Jenny’. […]
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Live Review: Cowboy Junkies, Royal Festival Hall, London – 27th November 2022

December 7, 2022 Lyndon Bolton 9
If there was an award for the most understated arrival on stage Cowboy Junkies would be strong contenders. For a show of such total immersion into a deep well of genres, whether their own material or […]
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Boulder Fields “Falkirk Attic Demos”

December 7, 2022 Rick Bayles 0
Folkier reinventions of a hard-rocking past. This EP (5 tracks) is the debut release from new Scottish outfit, Boulder Fields, consisting of singer/songwriter Cam Fraser, fiddle player Amy Geddes and mandolin player Iain McCleod. It’s a […]
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Tyler Childers “Can I Take My Hounds To Heaven”

December 6, 2022 Andy Davidson 2
Self-produced project featuring eight tracks performed in three different ways. There can’t be many reading this who don’t know of Tyler Childers. Following his second album ‘Purgatory’, Childers was named emerging artist of the year at […]

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Something for the weekend: Great Lakes “Why Did My Love Go Away?”

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Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a track from the new album by Great Lakes, Fear of the Fear, a band we have been big fans of […]
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Keyside “Keyside”

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A catchy, guitar-led debut where jangly hooks and catchy choruses carry stories of lives lived close to the edge. There is something immediately familiar about Keyside, the debut album from Liverpool four-piece Keyside. Jangly guitars and […]
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Classic Clips: The Monkees “What Am I Doing Hangin’ ‘Round?” – The Monkees TV Series Episode 40, “Monkees Marooned” 1967

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Growing up, I loved to watch the television show The Monkees, though looking back, I figure I wasn’t watching the episodes as they first aired, but re-runs. There were only two series of the show, though […]

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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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Interview: Nora Kelly holds space for the quirky in outlaw country music

August 24, 2026 1
It’s always the ride and not necessarily the destination that makes a trip through a Nora Kelly Band album worthwhile. The songs can be zany, intriguing and melancholic all at once, cavorting to their own primal […]

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Having wound up his band Warm Soda, going out with an excellent final album, Matthew Melton returns with his new band Dream Machine. Gone are the power pop leanings of Warm Soda and in comes a […]
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AMAUK Award nominee Julian Taylor to tour UK and Ireland

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Toronto singer-songwriter, 4x Juno nominee, and UK Americana Music Awards nominee Julian Taylor has announced his return to the UK & Ireland in early 2025 following a year of European shows celebrating the release of his […]
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Luan Parle “Never Say Goodbye” (LPR Records, 2020)

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Luan Parle has had an interesting journey. Her first album was released when she was 12 years old. ‘Never Say Goodbye’ is her fourth album, twenty-five years after that debut and ten years since her last release ‘Full Circle’ in […]

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