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Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore “Borderland” – On the border

February 21, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
This we like, the song of course, but also this part of the story behind the release of this new single by Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore – ‘Borderland’ was recorded  on the duo’s day […]
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Bennett Wilson Poole “Waiting For The Wave To Break” – Don’t wait forever

February 20, 2023 Jonathan Aird 1
You know we hate using the term Beatle-esque, you know we do, you know we do, you know we do – but in this ever changing world that we live in sometimes it’s the only apposite […]
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Track Premiere: Matt Charette & The Truer Sound “Going Down Swinging”

February 20, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Matt Charette was born and raised in Mashpee, at the foot of Cape Cod – “My mother’s a hair stylist and my dad’s a truckdriver,” he says. “My dad listened to a lot of John Prine […]
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dePresno “Loser In The Night” – Failure in romance

February 17, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Norwegian singer dePresno is feeling the pain of falling out of love – or actually even worse than that, maybe he’s still in love but his hand in the game isn’t too strong “feels like we […]
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Andrew Gabbard “Glum & Empty” – in a bad place now

February 17, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
There’s something of an “After the Goldrush” feel to this latest release from Andrew Gabbard, the feeling of a melancholic collapse coupled with an accompaniment that almost isn’t there – it’s distracted, thinking of something else, […]

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As we head into the bank holiday weekend, we wanted to remind you about Americana 25, our celebration of 25 years of Americana UK, which comes to two stages across Liverpool’s Rough Trade venue and Quaker […]
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Todd Albright “Blues for Dexter Linwood”

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Authentic pre-war country blues played by an acclaimed 12-string master. This is Albright’s fourth album of acoustic country blues, played finger-picked style on a 12-string guitar. An acknowledged master of this style of playing, Albright doesn’t […]

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Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
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With a nod to ‘The Good The Bad and The Ugly‘ in both the title of this instrumental (yes folks, instrumental Wednesday afternoon is back!) and the rather stylish video which accompanies it, Hermanos Gutiérrez brin […]
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