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Track Premiere: Maygen & The Birdwatcher “Hat Man Blues”

September 17, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
Have you ever had the ‘Hat Man Blues‘?  Maygen & The Birdwatcher, the Minnesota based bluegrass influenced band certainly have.  But, perhaps it’s not a concept that you’re familiar with – well the band’s Noah Neumann […]
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Track Premiere: Haunted Like Human “Appaloosa”

September 17, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
‘Appaloosa‘ is the latest single from the upcoming album “American Mythology,” from the Nashville-based folk duo of Dale Chapman (they/them) and Cody Clark (he/him), who together are Haunted Like Human. It’s their first release since 2021’s […]
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Bill Scorzari “Cant’ Break This Fall” – not about the Autumn

September 16, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
‘Cant’ Break This Fall‘ isn’t about the change of the seasons, nor is it a critique of Mark E. Smith’s perpetually changing band.  And yet, it certainly has a feel to it that could be described […]
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Mindy Murray “The Trenton Local” – I hear that train a-comin’

September 15, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
Mass transit is not some sort of luxury – it’s a necessity for millions of people in order to go about their daily lives.  Maybe they can’t afford a car, maybe for some reason they are […]
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Jess Jocoy “Cul-De-Sac Kid” – Country enough for ya?

September 15, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
Nashville-based singer-songwriter Jess Jocoy’s new album is out on the 25th of October, and this is its title song. It finds Jess Jocoy questioning her place in the modern Country scene – does she need to […]

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Teddy Thompson “Never Be The Same”

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Guitar-based pop, done skilfully, with words reflecting life’s imperfections. Teddy Thompson, the son of British folk icons Richard and Linda Thompson, was born in the UK but now lives in Brooklyn. This is his tenth self-penned […]
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Americana Stories – Dean Owens “The Motel And The Highway”

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In March, we put out a request for short fiction written around the subject of americana. The first to answer our call was one of our favourite singer/songwriters, Dean Owens. He also appeared on our Podcast […]

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Interview: Greg Loftus – As both musician and carpenter, he would like to knock on wood

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Greg Loftus comes from the town of Bourne, not far from the bridge that connects Massachusetts to Cape Cod. It is there that he practices woodworking, operates a club in nearby Falmouth and makes rock music […]
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Interview: Ben Vaughn on being true to yourself and the joys of recording an album in your car

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To say Ben Vaughn has had an eclectic musical career would be a gross understatement. He grew up in the Philadelphia area, and his journey into music began when a kind uncle gave him a Duane […]
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Interview: Beau Jennings – In Tribute to Will Rogers and the Verdigris

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If History was your favourite class in school, raise your digital hand. Only two? Come on, the subject is not that dull. Now pay attention. Today, we are going to learn about a river called the […]

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Check out the latest single from Belgian artist Lukas Somers, also-known-as Solak.   ‘Different Timing’ is an engaging introduction to his lo-fi indie-folk. Alongside a string arrangement from Joppe Bestevaar, the multi-instrumentalist Somers delivers guitar, piano, bass and […]
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Chatham Rabbits are husband and wife duo Austin and Sarah McCombie, and their second album is full of sweet harmonies and a sense of quiet joy. It was recorded live in a lakeside cabin in Virginia […]
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It’s, if anything, the road back home for Ida Mae, as Ida Mae explained: “We wanted this song and production to be a cinematic, slow pan across a vignette of the towns and cities we’ve travelled […]

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