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Tom Ovans “Crows in the Corn”

January 11, 2021 Richard Phillips 2
Anger, cynicism and plenty of melancholy leavened by precious rays of honest truth that will take more than hard times to obscure With his fourteenth album and first release in six years, Ovans presents us with […]
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January 8, 2021 Russell Murphy 0
Much more than a simple tribute to a favourite album As has been written elsewhere on several occasions recently, one of the very few positive aspects of this awful virus has been the desire of so […]
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Tekla Waterfield and Jeff Fielder “Trouble In Time”

January 8, 2021 Ewan Lury 1
A monotonous album that deals nicely with the issues of 2020 With the terrible year that is 2020 coming to a close, Tekla Waterfield and Jeff Fielder decided that they wanted to write something to be […]
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No Coward Soul “The Boondox”

January 7, 2021 Jim Finnie 2
A fine sophomore album that simply gets better with repeated plays It’s not often that a London based Americana outfit release an album that is full of tales from the more remote parts of Alaska, but […]
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Martin Farrell Jr. “Coffee And Laundry”

January 7, 2021 Alan Fitter 0
Self-produced album could have done with a producer ‘Coffee and Laundry’ is as the American’s say, Martin Farrell Jr’s sophomore (as the English say, second) album. Farrell has not only written all the songs and produced […]

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Something for the weekend: Clem Snide “Where Have You Gone”

June 19, 2026 1
Well that’s it from us for this week and we can’t let today pass without acknowledging the massive sense of relief after last night. Maybe the Reform guy is a better plumber than politician, although you […]
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American Aquarium “New Ways To Lose”

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Twenty albums in and yet another hugely impressive release from American Aquarium. A look back through the Americana UK archives will find plenty of references to American Aquarium, including a very rare 10 out of 10 […]
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Shearwater return with “The New World” next month

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Shearwater’s new album The New World will be released on 31st July 2026 via the band’s own Polyborus label in partnership with Secretly Distribution. In the past quarter-century, Shearwater slyly became a distinctive, consistent and adventurous […]

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Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]
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Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

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In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]
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Interview: Dirk Powell on “Wake” and bridging modern and age-old roots music

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Dirk Powell is a special kind of musician, someone who, through family connections, knows and understands both Appalachia and Cajun music, and is at the same time comfortable with modern music technology. He has won four […]

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Julian Taylor’s next release is called ‘Anthology Volume One‘ and, as you might guess, it’s his first retrospective from his various musical outings with the band Staggered Crossing, the Julian Taylor Band, and his more recent […]
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The latest single from Jason McNiff is, in fact, two singles: it’s a double header, with ‘If you Could See Me Now’ on the A-side, and ‘Mary Jane’ as the other A-side.  ‘If you Could See […]

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