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Nicholas Mudd “Heartache Express” – Listen

May 28, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
The last time we heard from Nicholas Mudd it was on last year’s ‘Sailing Song‘.  There’s another form of transport this time – a traditional country steam powered Iron Horse, pulling the ‘Heartache Express‘ and heading […]
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Blushh “What Am I Doing With My Life” – Listen

May 27, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
She started a joke… in 2015 Shab Ferdowsi thought it’d be funny to knock some songs together so that she could busk in Ireland.  Galway didn’t turn out to be the financial promised land, but things […]
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Zaac Pick “Ladder to the Sun” – Listen

May 27, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
On ‘Ladder to the Sun‘ Zaac Pick addresses the drifting away of friendships as people grow up and find that those guys that used to be such fun are actually not as interesting as was once […]
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Plasi “Remember” – Listen

May 26, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
‘Remember‘ is as soothing a balm of a song as you’re likely to hear in many days, and comes from the half-Swedish half-Greek singer Plasi.  It’s taken from his new EP ‘Where I Belong‘ which will […]
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Siv Jakobsen “Anywhere Else” – Listen

May 22, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
‘Anywhere Else‘ has Siv Jakobsen analysing her anxieties – not the little ones that can nag every few minutes or so through a day but the really big ones that can be overwhelming enough to restrict […]

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George Mann and Si Kahn “Mayday!”

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JP Harris is “Shaving A Dead Man” with his new album

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Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 0
Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]
Album Reviews

George Mann and Si Kahn “Mayday!”

July 7, 2026 0
An old-styled folk protest album from two past masters of the genre which skewers the current administration with acerbic lyrics. This is George Mann and Si Kahn’s second album working together following the release of Labor […]
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JP Harris is “Shaving A Dead Man” with his new album

July 7, 2026 0
JP Harris, known across the americana world as a craftsman of outlaw country and old-time music, has announced his sixth full-length album. Shaving A Dead Man, produced by and featuring GRAMMY-winning musician Chance McCoy (Old Crow […]

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  • George Mann and Si Kahn “Mayday!”
  • JP Harris is “Shaving A Dead Man” with his new album
  • More People Really Should Know About: Charm Of Finches
  • Matt Jones and the Bobs “Matt Jones and the Bobs”
  • Tough Old Bird “Wednesday’s Child” – keeping it all quiet
  • Video: Ryan Bingham “Let the Big Dog Eat” ft. The Texas Gentlemen
  • For the Sake of the Song: Danny O’Keefe “Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues”
  • Rodney Crowell “Then Again”
  • Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Roots Music Festival
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Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 0
Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]
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Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Roots Music Festival

July 6, 2026 3
Americana UK’s Rick Bayles’ monthly column, Vox Continental, shines a light on what is happening on the americana front in Europe. In his most recent column, Rick gave the nod to the Static Roots Festival, which […]
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Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

July 2, 2026 0
It is sometimes forgotten that Gram Parsons did not enjoy commercial success as a solo artist during his short life, and that it was Emmylou Harris who took his sound to a wider audience with the […]

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Annie Dressner “Midnight Bus” – Listen

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Classic Clips: Mavis Staples and Jeff Tweedy “You’re Not Alone” – The Loft, Chicago, 2010

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Mavis Staples is one of American music’s national treasures. She is someone with both the voice and enthusiasm that if she sung the telephone directory, it would still sound wonderfully soulful and be utterly transfixing. Having […]

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