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Philip Rambow “Canadiana” (Fretsore Records, 2020)

April 30, 2020 Linda Jameson 0
‘Canadiana’ is the follow up to 2015’s ‘Whatever Happened To Phil Rambow?’ and his Philip Rambow’s debut for Fretsore Records, the label behind releases by My Darling Clementine and Lily Garland. Rambow is originally from Montreal […]
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James Hyland “Western” (Independent, 2020)

April 30, 2020 Emily Dongray 0
James Hyland is from Texas. Like many from Texas, he is not just from Texas; he IS Texas.  Hyland started as a member of the South Austin Jug Band, a casual party bluegrass group with no […]
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Ultan Conlon “There’s a Waltz” (DarkSideOut Records, 2020)

April 29, 2020 Richard Phillips 0
Conlon has employed an impressive roster of session musicians to create, ‘There’s a Waltz’ which was recorded at The Heritage Studios in Los Angeles; a long way from his native Galway. Predominant on most of the […]
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Pinball “Pinball” (Independent, 2020)

April 29, 2020 Rick Bayles 1
Something we don’t get a lot of these days is an album of instrumentals; that’s what we have here with the debut album from Pinball, entitled ‘Pinball’! The band consists of Australians Melissa Cox on violin […]
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Zach Aaron “Fill Dirt Wanted” (Independent, 2020)

April 29, 2020 Paul Kerr 0
From the delicious black humour on the album sleeve to the 12 songs of down home rambles contained within, ‘Fill Dirt Wanted’, the third album from Texan Zach Aaron, is a delight from start to finish. […]

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Essentials: The top 10 Essential Americana Live Albums

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We experience music typically either at a show or on record.  The live album is the device by which artists and labels attempt to bridge the two.  The types of live album vary.  There are shows […]
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A poignant final act from Dallas Good in collaboration with Richard Reed Parry, leaving us with a melancholic album, beautiful, sad and thought-provoking. There’s something quietly arresting about this new record by Dallas Good and Richard […]
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As an animal lover and caretaker of horses, dogs and cats, the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Patershuk certainly caught my attention. Dog Tiger Horses on Red Hen Records (2025) is green as grass, country-folk […]
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