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The Matinee “Silver Bullet” – I got a fast car…

October 31, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
Vancouver’s roots-rocker The Matinee have a new release ‘End of Scene – B-Sides EP‘ out tomorrow.  The band explain the title, saying: “We’ve been holding onto these songs for a while, and now feels like the […]
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Folk Tracks Roundup, October 2024

October 31, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
We’re not going to regale you with a whole bunch of Halloween themed folk songs – on the grounds that we haven’t exactly been swamped with them.  Somewhat of a surprise, but perhaps a lot of […]
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Track Premiere: Sam Kogon “America”

October 31, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
Sam Kogon arrives with a timely song, which reminds us what all the upcoming excitement is all about – sure, you get freedom, but that comes with responsibilities and consequences “everybody has a right to vote […]
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Other Brother Darryl “The ballad of Joni and Graham” – Laurel Canyon times

October 30, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
On this latest single from Other Brother Darryl we find ourselves in an interesting place as the seven piece Other Brother Darryl look back to a simpler time which is embodied, for them, in the love […]
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Track Premiere: Carolyn Kendrick “Leela”

October 29, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
Carolyn Kendrick has been busy – and started early.  Raised in Stockton, Calif., and Seguin, Texas, Kendrick began studying violin at age 4. She “found her place musically” in Berklee College of Music’s American roots program […]

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Album artwork. An old locomotive moves through railroad tracks below a large moon. The caption reads Bill Scorzari, Sidereal Days (Day 2)

Bill Scorzari “Sidereal Days (Day 2)”

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Live Review: The Annie Keating Band + The Dreaming Spires, Little Rabbit Barn, Ardleigh, Colchester – 2nd October 2026

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The Brothers Gillespie “Kingfisher”

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The Male Pattern “I Was Shot In The Heart”

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Album artwork. An old locomotive moves through railroad tracks below a large moon. The caption reads Bill Scorzari, Sidereal Days (Day 2)
Album Reviews

Bill Scorzari “Sidereal Days (Day 2)”

October 8, 2026 0
Part two of Bill Scorzari’s double-album project has him weaving from love lost to love kept and on the go. Bill Scorzari is a former New York trial lawyer with a Walt Whitman beard that extends […]
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Live Review: The Annie Keating Band + The Dreaming Spires, Little Rabbit Barn, Ardleigh, Colchester – 2nd October 2026

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In the truly welcoming and cosy surroundings of Little Rabbit Barn, a venue specialising in live gigs profiling Americana artists (largely) of the highest calibre, your writer had the pleasure of seeing an Annie Keating live […]
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The Brothers Gillespie “Kingfisher”

October 8, 2026 0
An immersive collection of pastoral folk songs to lose yourself in, full of beautiful harmonies, flowing guitars and quiet reflections on love, loss and the natural world. There are albums that demand your attention and others […]

  • Bill Scorzari “Sidereal Days (Day 2)”
  • Live Review: The Annie Keating Band + The Dreaming Spires, Little Rabbit Barn, Ardleigh, Colchester – 2nd October 2026
  • The Brothers Gillespie “Kingfisher”
  • Americana Stories – Stuart Anderson “The Doubts That Make Us Strong”
  • The Male Pattern “I Was Shot In The Heart”
  • Élise LeBlanc “Lavender Honey” – honkey-tonk romance
  • Video Premiere: Wyatt Lowe “Deserts” – Let me lay down and rest
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Interview: Fischer-Z’s John Watts reminisces on 50 years of making heartfelt music

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The songs of John Watts, whether in his band Fischer-Z, in his other bands or as a solo artist, aren’t technically Americana, but everything in their construction and recording has the feel of exactly what Americana […]
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Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

September 29, 2026 2
Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]
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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final track on Maya de Vitry’s 2026 release, but […]

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Video: Lily & Madeleine “Can’t Help The Way I Feel”

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Some lovely bright and breezy retro 60s pop to brighten up your day from  Lily and Madeleine’s forthcoming album Canterbury Girls, out on New West on 22 February.  Good video too.
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Arbouretum “Let It All In” (Thrill Jockey, 2020)

March 30, 2020 0
Baltimore based band Arbouretum’s latest offering is an eclectic mix of folk, blues, Americana and 70’s psychedelia. At its best it is fresh, nuanced and absorbing. At its worst it is a so-so retreading of well […]
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The New Pornographers “The Former Site of”

April 2, 2026 0
Band’s tenth album sees them produce an emotionally rich body of work. It’s been almost 30 years since AC Newman formed The New Pornographers and over a quarter of a century since their debut album was […]

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