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Adrian Crowley “The Watchful Eye of the Stars”

May 14, 2021 Helen Jones 0
A spellbinding voice draws you in while gentle melodies and lyrics capture a mysterious kind of magic. “Day One, I stole onboard a northbound ship / No one saw me or my shadow / On the […]
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Mare Wakefield & Nomad “No Remedy”

May 13, 2021 Alan Fitter 0
Songs about family, friends, love and friendship shine throughout the duo’s third album. There’s a lot of nostalgia in Mare Wakefield & Nomad’s third album ‘No Remedy’ with songs about Mare’s father ‘Your Dad’, her mother […]
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Steve Grozier “All That’s Been Lost”

May 13, 2021 Tim Martin 0
A talent realised with a set of songs that demand repeated playing. The distant pedal steel that opens ‘Twenty-Third Street’, the first song on ‘All That’s Been Lost’ drops you instantly in the prairie, but it’s […]
Artwork for Shay Martin Lovette album "Scatter & Gather"
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Shay Martin Lovette “Scatter & Gather”

May 12, 2021 Ewan Lury 0
An album that has moments of brilliance, but is not entirely cohesive. Shay Martin Lovette’s latest album, ‘Scatter & Gather‘, produced by Mipso’s Joseph Terrell, is an album of stories that has moments of brilliance intertwined […]
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Jason McNiff “Dust of Yesterday”

May 12, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
Seventh album from folk troubadour reflects on the past. Jason McNiff’s seventh album was recorded at his home studio in the Summer and Autumn of 2020, and there’s a sense that the enforced home-time led to […]

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Something for the long weekend: Dolly Parton “Here I Am”

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August 28, 2026 2
Album art for Chris Murphy "Songs From the Trees"

Chris Murphy “Songs From the Trees”

Album Reviews
August 28, 2026 0

Classic Clips: Poco “High And Dry” – The Midnight Special, 1975

Classic Clips
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The Song Remains: Dolly Parton (1946-2026)

Features
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Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

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Tracks

Something for the long weekend: Dolly Parton “Here I Am”

August 28, 2026 2
Well that’s it from us for this week, and what a sad week it’s been for not just the americana and country communities but for, well human decency. Plaudits can be cloying when someone moves on […]
Album art for Chris Murphy "Songs From the Trees"
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Chris Murphy “Songs From the Trees”

August 28, 2026 0
A strong storytelling album, highlighted by good songs, exemplary playing and a fascinating soundscape. Chris Murphy was born into an Irish-Italian family in New York, growing up surrounded by a wide range of traditional music such […]
Classic Clips

Classic Clips: Poco “High And Dry” – The Midnight Special, 1975

August 28, 2026 4
On January 24, 1975, Poco appeared on The Midnight Special, the popular late-night musical variety show that ran during the 1970’s. One of the six songs they performed that evening was High and Dry, an energetic […]

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  • Chris Murphy “Songs From the Trees”
  • Classic Clips: Poco “High And Dry” – The Midnight Special, 1975
  • The Song Remains: Dolly Parton (1946-2026)
  • Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash
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  • Damien Dempsey “Holywell”
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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. […]
Interviews

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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Eliza Edens “Westlawn Cemetery” – one day all this will be mine

September 7, 2022 0
Eliza Edens has a new album, her second, out soon (October 14th to be exact) – it’s called ‘We’ll Become the Flowers‘, which is a line from today’s song.  Gentle finger-picking accompanies a musing on existence […]
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The Ramalamas “Moondog” – bark at the moon…

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Based in Sydney, Australia, The Ramalamas have a twanging sound that references surf rock on this song from their latest, and fifth, album.  It’s also their first vinyl release.  The album is called ‘Le Cape Noir’ […]
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Kevin Gordon “The In Between”

October 22, 2024 0
“Just a dude pushing through to the end of the in-between”. A sexagenarian dude no less, nobody can argue that Kevin Gordon is anything but tenacious. For the best part of thirty years Gordon has put […]

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