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Portland Brothers “First EP” (Sunday Mourning Records, 2019)

September 12, 2019 Linda Jameson 0
‘First EP’ is, um…, the first EP from Portland Brothers. However, this is not their first time making music together as band members Steven Adams and Timothy Victor are alumni of the The Broken Family Band […]
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Jeremy Ivey “The Dream and the Dreamer” (Anti Records, 2019)

September 11, 2019 Clint West 0
Jeremy Ivey is probably best known to most Americana followers as the guitarist in Margo Price’s band and indeed, her husband of eleven years. The pair formerly worked together in the country-rock band Buffalo Clover. With […]
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Amy Speace “Me and the Ghost of Charlemagne” (Proper Records, 2019)

September 11, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0
It isn’t until Amy Speace delivers the lines “Men and Women on all sides / trying hard to change your mind / there’s no way around the crowd / got to walk right through that line […]
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Charley Crockett + Jaime Wyatt, Oslo, London, 1st September, 2019

September 11, 2019 Mark Underwood 1
Tonight was not only a celebration of great music but was also a testament to two artists who’ve triumphed in the face of adversity. For Jaime Wyatt, any suggestion she might want to put the eight […]
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Louien “None Of My Words” (Jansen Records, 2019)

September 11, 2019 Tim Merricks 0
Live Miranda Solberg is one-quarter of Silver Lining, the Norwegian americana band reviewed on these pages last year and now gaining attention as a solo artist in her own right. Indeed, following on from a Soundcloud […]

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Abigail Lapell announces new album “Shadow Child” out in May

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Americana 25 festival comes to Liverpool in November with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more!

March 27, 2026 7
We are mightily delighted to announce today full details for Americana 25, our celebration of 25 years of Americana UK which comes to two stages across Liverpool’s Rough Trade venue and Quaker Meeting House on Saturday […]
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Something for the weekend: Mary Chapin Carpenter & the Mountain Goats “Put the Message in the Box”

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Well that’s it from us for this week, an exciting day for us as we announce full details for our 25 year event which takes place in Liverpool later this year – you can find more […]
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Abigail Lapell announces new album “Shadow Child” out in May

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Award-winning Toronto singer-songwriter Abigail Lapell has announced her upcoming new album Shadow Child, an album about motherhood whose nine songs each represent a month of gestation, will be released May 8th via Outside Music. Lapell has […]

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Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

March 25, 2026 1
A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]
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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0
Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 2
While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

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Track Premiere: Kyle Morgan and Tamar Korn “Anthem”

July 15, 2025 0
Today’s track premiere comes from Kyle Morgan and Tamar Korn.  Tamar Korn was born in southern California but for the past quarter-century has been a regular on the New York City music scene, and a regular […]
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The Coal Porters “No.6” (Prima Records, 2016)

November 22, 2016 0
On their latest studio album Sid Griffin’s alt-bluegrass rootsy Americana combo continue to do what they do best – proper bluegrass, there ain’t no drums in this here band boy, with a twist. No.6 finds the […]
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Praise be! Kevin Morby announces new album and UK dates

February 27, 2026 0
Kevin Morby has announced his eighth studio album, Little Wide Open, will come out on 15th May via Dead Oceans. The album was produced by Aaron Dessner, and the single Javelin is out now. Additionally, Morby […]

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