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Amy Speace “The Blue Rock Session”

December 1, 2025 John Lee 2

Amy Speace strips everything back – and proves how powerful her voice and songs are. Some albums feel deliberate – structured, strategised, road-mapped to the last harmony. “The Blue Rock Session” is the opposite, an album […]

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Mike Hollon “Irving Park”

November 28, 2025 Pete Hill 0

Assured debut, looks forward to a brighter tomorrow. During the pandemic, Mike Hollon headed to Irving Park with a guitar, a notebook, and a bottle of wine. It was a period that inspired his debut album, […]

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Live Review: His Lordship + Snakemilk, Norwich Arts Centre – 21st November 2025

November 28, 2025 John Lee 0

His Lordship are a duo of guitarist and singer James Walbourne and drummer Kris Sonne. Both have collaborated with numerous artists, and they met while working with Chrissie Hynde. Whatever happened at that moment, something rather […]

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The Bros. Landreth “Dog Ear”

November 27, 2025 NickBarber 0

An adventurous and experimental release which fans of Bonnie Raitt and Little Feat will revel in. Genre lines are often blurry, and on “Dog Ear” Canada’s The Bros. Landreth do their bit to muddy the waters […]

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Dude Cervantes “The Ride Or Die Of Dude Cervantes and The Panchos”

November 27, 2025 Graeme Tait 0

Multifaceted musician, singer-songwriter, record producer, and label owner recruits like-minded artists to record an explosive live set at The Hotel Cafe, Hollywood, in April 2023. In recent years, San Diego-born Daniel Cervantes has been enthralling audiences […]

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Mike Badger “Devils Ghosts & Firearms”

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Feliz Navidad – Americana UK’s new podcast episode is live featuring the one and only Willy Vlautin!

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Live Review: Thomas & The Angry Hearts, Martin’s Bar, Lillestrøm, Norway – 5th December 2025

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Interview: Mikel Jollett of the Airborne Toxic Event on struggles, joys and the journey

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Hard times, no, unusually hard times served to bring the Airborne Toxic Event frontman Mikel Jollett a sense of purpose in life as a singer, songwriter, band leader, author and speaker about childhood trauma. As he […]

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Interview: Ian Gomm on Brinsley Schwarz, Nashville, Jeb Loy Nichols and football records

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The Brinsley’s “Silver Pistol” was the album that perfected their Band obsession and, at the same time, showed that there was a lot more to them than being simple wannabes. Coincidentally, it was the first time […]

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Interview: Brian Dunne asks is it so bad to want a good life?

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While patiently waiting for Brian Dunne to get his due from those who listen to and hopefully buy physical media, it is worthwhile to linger in the brilliance of his fourth album, “Clams Casino” (Missing Piece, […]

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