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Songs for the apocalypse: Peter Bruntnell “NFB”

January 29, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0
My musical relationship with New Zealand born but UK based Peter Bruntnell began with his album ‘Normal For Bridgwater’ back in 2000 which is actually fairly difficult to track down these days, and omg this song […]
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Heart Hunters “Smokin’ Potpourri” – Listen

January 29, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
This new song by Heart Hunters is also, as you’d expect, heartfelt.  Not mushy lovey-dovey stuff though, what duo Drew de Man (really ?)  and Brianna Blackbird (so cool – we’ll buy that, but only just) […]
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Catherine MacLellan “Emmet’s Song” – Listen

January 28, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
Catherine MacLellan has spent four years celebrating the work of her father Gene MacLellan through recordings and a stage show, but has returned with her own music on her sixth album ‘Coyote’ and ‘Emmet’s Song’ comes […]
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AUK’s Chain Gang: Chuck Prophet “Truth Will Out (Ballad of Melissa and Remy)”

January 27, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
Chains can be thick enough to hold an anchor or as tenuous as the stalks of a daisy.  This choice is going to the tenuous end of the spectrum.  Following on from last week’s excellent choice […]
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Seth Anderson “Highway Lights” – Listen

January 27, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
Does this January seem to be just dragging on ?  Dark nights and grey days, like a perpetual Groundhog Day or the same bad song on repeat.  Well, we have something here to energise your Monday.  […]

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Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair’s Indie Hourzz session

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Well that’s it from us for this week. If you haven’t bought your tickets yet to Americana 25, our festival taking place in Liverpool at the end of November, we have sold out around half of […]
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Joshua Burnside “It’s Not Going To Be Okay”

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A searing display of grief through ten bare songs. How we all cope with grief is complex and individual, though the ability of energising one’s sadness through music is a powerful and positive one. Belfast’s Joshua […]
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As Graeme Tait takes an enforced break he kindly asked me to step in this month to produce our monthly EP Roundup. I think he knows he has no fears about my contributions matching his excellent […]

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Interview: Charlie Musselwhite knows the highway and it knows him

April 23, 2026 0
At age 82, Charlie Musselwhite continues to put out relevant and meaningful albums. Sweet. While his body of work may not conjure memories for some of our younger readers, it’s great to see him continuing his […]
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Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

April 22, 2026 0
Matt Hill has combined his career as a singer-songwriter with his work as a campaigner in the charity sector and currently as a community songwriter. He has tasted success as an americana singer-songwriter and played in […]
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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

April 21, 2026 0
Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]

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Nicole Atkins “Italian Ice” (Single Lock Records, 2020)

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Named after her favourite sweet treat in Asbury Park and her alter-ego while shooting dice on the Jersey Shore, ‘Italian Ice’ is the latest album from the extremely talented Nicole Atkins. The album features a wide […]
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Mashville “Lead Heavy Soul”

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Glorious soulful americana marks triumphant return for Mashville. Well it’s been four years since we last heard from Mashville with their third album ‘Another Place’, and it’s fair to say a lot has changed during that […]
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Cambridge Folk Festival announce single use plastic ban

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It’s less than a month now before the Cambridge Folk Festival opens its gates and this year it features Iron & Wine with Calexico, Lucinda Williams, Graham Nash and The Rails amongst its array of folk […]

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