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Junior Sisk “Up There On The Hillside” – Dark tales of murder

June 28, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
Junior Sisk’s new song ‘Up There On The Hillside‘ draws on the darker side of tradition for a chilling recounting of a murder ballad.  It’s a song that came together quickly, as Junior Sisk explains “I […]
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Willi Carlisle “Vanlife” – does the American dream seem to be going wrong?

June 27, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
With the sound of a jolly story in the style of Cash’s ‘Boy Named Sue‘ or ‘One Piece at a Time‘, Willi Carlisle  takes a satirical scalpel to the unravelling of the American Dream – surely […]
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Honey Cellar “Curtain” – drop the safety…

June 27, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
This desperate looking bunch of dangerous reprobates are Honey Cellar, a folk-rock group with pop and indie sensibilities that hail out of Chicago (which we’re contractually obliged to acknowledge as being “my kind of town”), and […]
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Something for the weekend: Phosphorescent “Any Old Miracle”

June 24, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0
That’s it for another week dear reader. We haven’t been sent it for review but we can’t recommend the new Paul Kelly collection ‘Time’ enough. If you don’t know who he is yet, cancel all your […]
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Track Premiere: Simon Flory “Don’t Shake me Lucifer”

June 24, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
Well, this is a total and utter joy and what a great honour for Americana UK to premiere Simon Flory’s version of the great Roky Erickson’s ‘Don’t Shake Me Lucifer‘.  Could the classic garage rock song […]

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The artist from Minnesota is in reflective mood, providing much-needed feedback to the powers that be on how well it’s all going, whilst paying tribute to his ‘best boy’. The nine albums of Costa’s solo career […]
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Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

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Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]
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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

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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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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

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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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The Sweet Water Warblers “With You” (SweetWaterWarblers, 2017)

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Wow! These ladies can really sing. The quality of the harmony work on all the tracks on this EP is just outstanding. Hailing from Michigan, the Sweet Water Warblers are Rachael Davis, Lindsay Lou and May […]
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Live Review: Cowboy Junkies, Royal Festival Hall, London – 27th November 2022

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If there was an award for the most understated arrival on stage Cowboy Junkies would be strong contenders. For a show of such total immersion into a deep well of genres, whether their own material or […]
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Video Premiere: Phil and the Osophers “Life Savings”

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We’re pleased to share the video premiere of ‘Life Savings’ from Phil and the Osophers, featuring intricate guitar-work, melodic vocals and gorgeous Colorado landscapes.  The song is about economic hardship and isolation with the main character […]

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