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Rob Jones & The Restless Dream “January Man” – Laurel Canyon by way of Manchester

February 7, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0
Rob Jones & The Restless Dream relive a lonely New Year’s Eve in their new single ‘January Man’. This is one of three singles being in the early months of 2024. A former school teacher and […]
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Ben Jordan “El Dorado” – elusive joys

February 7, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
Part of the point of AmericanaFest – and the showcases in particular – is to find some new people and bands who are producing good music, and also have new music coming out soon.  Ben Jordan […]
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Track Premiere: Vanessa Peters “How Long”

February 6, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
There are no two ways about this – Vanessa Peters’ ‘How Long‘ is a truly beautiful song, with relatable lyrics woven around vignettes of lives on the precipice.  Everything is fine and then everything falls apart, […]
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Kitty Coen “Cadillac” – Witch Rock in the Texas Desert

February 5, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0
Urban pop gets rural with Kitty Coen’s ‘Cadillac’.   Spaghetti Western guitars float behind Coen’s breathy vocals as she spins a tale of foreboding.  The production sounds at times like Lana Del Rey being produced by Stuart […]
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Drew & Ellie Holcomb “”Brick By Brick” – can we build it?

February 5, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
Once you’ve listened to this song it will come as no surprise that the EP of the same name will be released on Valentine’s Day.  To say that this is a classic romantic country ballad would […]

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Little Sparta “The Telling of the Truth”

April 27, 2026 0
The new release by Little Sparta takes Mekons collaboration in directions old and new. After 26 years at work and 20 years since their first release, veteran Alan D. Boyd’s project Little Sparta just put out […]
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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

April 27, 2026 0
David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]
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Matthew Payne “Better Times”

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Texas Hill Country troubadour releases a very fine debut album. Matthew Payne is a singer-songwriter from the delightfully named Dripping Springs near Austin, Texas. A short bio was included in Graeme Tait’s review of Payne’s excellent […]

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  • Matthew Payne “Better Times”
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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

April 27, 2026 0
David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]
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Interview: Charlie Musselwhite knows the highway and it knows him

April 23, 2026 0
At age 82, Charlie Musselwhite continues to put out relevant and meaningful albums. Sweet. While his body of work may not conjure memories for some of our younger readers, it’s great to see him continuing his […]
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Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

April 22, 2026 0
Matt Hill has combined his career as a singer-songwriter with his work as a campaigner in the charity sector and currently as a community songwriter. He has tasted success as an americana singer-songwriter and played in […]

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Video: Bear’s Den “Blue Hours”

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Check out the intriguing video for the new single from folk-rock duo Bear’s Den.  Illustrator, animator and visual artist Ryan Anderson lends his distinctive style to ‘Blue Hours’, as we follow a character’s search for a […]
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We leave you this week dear reader with a clip (just filmed on someone’s phone sorry – but thank you person with the phone, we’re not complaining) of Jason Isbell and his 400 Unit performing an […]

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