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John Jenkins “If You Can’t Forgive You Can’t Love”

July 28, 2021 Tim Martin 0
A varied collection of strong songs that repays repeated plays. After being involved with Liverpool bands The Persuaders and Come in Tokio in the 80s, John Jenkins reappeared in 2015. He says of the shift from […]
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Seafoam Green “Martin’s Garden”

July 27, 2021 Ben Roberts 0
Some of the coolest and gnarliest riffs in Americana today. The press release for this album contains the words “featuring some of the world’s gnarliest players”. If that phrase isn’t going to draw you to an […]
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Paperback Riders: Michael Herr “Dispatches”

July 27, 2021 Gordon Sharpe 0
A classic account of a defining American nightmare. The Vietnam war was a watershed event in recent American history and one that is beyond the experience of the corresponding generation in Britain who never had to […]
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Trevor Sensor “On Account of Exile, Vol. 1”

July 27, 2021 Peter Tomkins 0
A monumental folk-symphonic celebration of our triumph over darkness and misery. Probably. There are some musicians who seem to reveal so much of their inner torment at times that you wonder how they can perform these […]
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Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real “A Few Stars Apart”

July 26, 2021 Kimberly Bright 0
Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real look inward and cherish simplicity and community on their new release. Not many young singer-songwriters can say that they were the inspiration behind the character in a film, whether […]

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

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Madi Diaz Live 29th October 2022

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John Prine August 2016
Features

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

April 9, 2026 0
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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Album Reviews

Cut Worms “Transmitter”

April 9, 2026 0
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

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

April 7, 2026 0
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”

April 2, 2026 0
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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Live versions from the Ash Gray catalogue, re-imagined by a rocking red hot band. Well, welcome to some very slick, excitingly played live country rock… from Sheffield!  Think early Poco, or the Flying Burrito Brothers, or […]
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We’re full to the rafters with horses, women and rain in Liverpool today (which sounds like the title of a country compilation) and so we leave you for the weekend with this lovely clip of 3 […]
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Mike Ritchie from Glasgow reminds us of the Canadian eccentric genius that is Fred Eaglesmith This weeks Readers’ Pick comes courtesy of award-winning Celtic Music Radio DJ Mike Ritchie and what a choice it is. Anyone […]

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