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Emma Guzman “Something Less Than Alone”

July 29, 2022 Sean Hannam 0
Powerful, dark imagery and intimate tales from this promising teenage singer-songwriter, who’s definitely one to watch. Listening to 19-year-old, Detroit-based, indie-folk artist Emma Guzman’s new album, ‘Something Less Than Alone’, during the recent UK heatwave provided […]
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Yvonne Lyon/Gareth Davies-Jones/David Lyon “Trace The Line”

July 28, 2022 Alan Fitter 0
A delightful album with British folk roots. Yvonne Lyon and her husband David Lyon, have teamed up again with Gareth Davies-Jones and ‘Trace The Line’ is the follow-up to their 2016 album ‘The Space Between’. The […]
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The Sheepdogs “Outta Sight”

July 28, 2022 Michael Macy 0
As the pandemic recedes, a Canadian rock band gets people up and on their feet. The Sheepdogs’ ‘Outta Sight’ is the album you kinda hope would be leading the way out of the pandemic era.  It […]
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Josh Rouse “Going Places”

July 28, 2022 Helen Jones 1
A pleasant if undemanding album that asks little of the listener and gives little in return. Josh Rouse spent the throes of the Covid-19 lockdowns in Spain where he, like so many during that time, conceived […]
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Noah Reid “Adjustments”

July 27, 2022 Ian Kennedy 0
Well-observed reflections on life delivered with a powerful musical ease. Have you noticed how music and album reviews can often head off down some side track focussing, or even fixating, on what the ‘other thing’ is […]

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Jack Barksdale “The Scam Song” – seem’s ok and above board…

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Dom Glynn and His Sunday Best “This Fast Life Is Killing Me”

September 2, 2026 0
Vintage country music at its very best. One of the joys of good music of any genre is its ability to transport you to another time and another place. The new album by Dom Glynn and […]
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Nick Mitchell Maiato “Naquera”

September 2, 2026 0
One Eleven Heavy’s Mitchell Maiato delivers a healthy dose of cosmic psychedelia for the 21st century. Four years have passed since we last heard from Nick Mitchell Maiato, at which time One Eleven Heavy, his sometime […]
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Jack Barksdale “The Scam Song” – seem’s ok and above board…

September 2, 2026 0
Jack Barksdale takes a satirical look at the way economics appears to work for the already wealthy, or well-connected. On The Scam Song, he compares the well-known money transfer request scam to the equally well-known situation […]

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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

August 26, 2026 0
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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