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Vishtèn Connexions “Expansion” – the music of life

December 6, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Can there be a time of year when we more need the Americana UK Kinda Folky Instrumental Midweek Break (or the AUKKFIMB as we like to call it).   What with the frantic pace of December, with […]
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Track Premiere: Lars Nagel “Johnny Was Right”

December 6, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Today’s premiere from Lars Nagel is taken from his latest album ‘Tomorrow Never Knows,‘ a bold choice even Nagel admits saying “I was of course hesitant about using the name of a classic Beatles song, but […]
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John Francis Flynn “Kitty” – tradition deconstructed and remade

December 5, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
John Francis Flynn’s atmospheric and somewhat unsettling take on ‘Kitty‘ is taken from his recent release ‘Look Over The Wall, See The Sky’.  It tells the story of a man about to head out on the […]
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Andrea von Kampen “Sister Moon” – Environmental worries

December 5, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
This beautiful song alludes gently to rising moons and rising Spring tides – and how these cycles may be becoming broken.  It focuses on the lack of power to control forces that are generated in part […]
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The Bacon Brothers “Ballad Of The Brothers (The Willie Door)” –

December 4, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
The Bacon Brothers are, of course, Michael and Kevin Bacon – the one an A-list Hollywood actor and the other an Emmy-winning composer.  Their musical collaboration as The Bacon Brothers is not a new thing though […]

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Book Review: Bobbo Byrnes “Too Many Miles”

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Lyal Strickland “Shooter Of Truth”

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Rita Bliss “One More Winter”

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Father John Misty “The X-panded Universe” – surely not the MCU

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Book Reviews

Book Review: Bobbo Byrnes “Too Many Miles”

October 6, 2026 0
On the road with an unofficial Rock & Roll Goodwill Ambassador. Travelling band member and often solo troubadour Bobbo Byrnes describes his memoirs as a “rags-to-rags” story of roaming the world in search of songs. It […]
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Lyal Strickland “Shooter Of Truth”

October 6, 2026 0
Worth the wait for this impressive return and a dose of the truth. Lyal Strickland hails from Missouri’s Ozarks. This is his first full-length release since his 2016 record, Preservation. Much has happened in between, and […]
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More People Really Should Know About: Seamus Fogarty

October 6, 2026 1
Seamus Fogarty has been very busy performing his unique brand of experimental, alternative folk. Along with many solo gigs and appearances at the Green Man and End Of The Road festivals, he has this year supported […]

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  • Lyal Strickland “Shooter Of Truth”
  • More People Really Should Know About: Seamus Fogarty
  • Rita Bliss “One More Winter”
  • Father John Misty “The X-panded Universe” – surely not the MCU
  • Video: Good Wild Gods “Delancey & Me” – absorbing harmony and melodic depths
  • For The Sake of The Song: Steve Forbert “Ebenezer’s Back In Town”
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Interview: Fischer-Z’s John Watts reminisces on 50 years of making heartfelt music

October 1, 2026 0
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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Steve Forbert has everything going on

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It’s true – Steve Forbert in his 40th year in music has just about everything going on, about to happen or coming up soon.   Let’s start with the new album. ‘The Magic Tree’ is out October […]
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Track Premiere: Crash Taylor “Idlewild”

January 28, 2022 0
With a burst of melodic folk-rock Crash Taylor begins an examination of his situation and where he might want to go in life.  And it doesn’t seem that things are so bad: “it’s quiet enough that […]
Obituaries

The Song Remains: Don Everly 1937 – 2021

August 23, 2021 4
Personal reflections on a musician who was so much more than a great singer. The great Don Everly has left us. He died at his Nashville home on Saturday, 21st August 2021, he was 84. No […]

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