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Karine Polwart “Ophelia” – Listen

December 11, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0
Karine Polwart’s latest album  ‘Laws Of Motion‘  has, quite rightly, received the raviest of reviews – you’ll recall what Americana-UK thought (here) when giving a mighty 9/10.  The gently haunting ‘Ophelia‘ is, quite literally, a wind swept […]
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Joy Williams “Canary” – Listen

December 10, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0
You may have been wondering what’s happened to Joy Williams, the other half of the Civil Wars.  Well, she had her second baby and, whilst she was getting on with that there was also the small […]
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Licking the Moose “Stay in Heaven” – Listen

December 7, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0
Licking the Moose recently released the well received album ‘The death of Henry Miller and many others’, their first release in nine years.  Opening with an almost jazzy piano line with Lasse Karlsen’s whisky ravaged vocals […]
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The Steel Woods “Old News” – Listen

December 6, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0
“I hate to think that you think I hate you / and I hate the thought of you hating me too” sings Wes Bayliss on the title track of The Steel Woods’ new album ‘Old News‘, […]
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The Marcus King Band “Where I’m Headed” – Listen

December 5, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0
This fine tune by the Marcus King Band  is taken from their third studio album Carolina Confessions, which was released back in October.  It’s a multi-layered rocking track tinged with soulful horns and a throat-ripping vocal.  Marcus King […]

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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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Abigail Lapell to play extensive UK and European tour in November

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Toronto singer-songwriter Abigail Lapell, who is releasing her new album Shadow Child on 8th May 2026 via Outside Music, has announced a run of six UK headline shows as part of a wider UK and European […]
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Track Premiere: Candace Hastings “Horses I Left Behind”

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Candace Hastings is long steeped in songwriting. Her first came when she was in fifth grade; it had just one chord and was written on the three-quarter-size Kay guitar that her mother bought for her the […]

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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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Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

April 17, 2026 0
Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]
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Interview: Thomas Ådland, of Thomas & The Angry Hearts, on Language, Love and Identity

April 13, 2026 0
Two days before I heard them fill Martin’s Bar in Lillestrøm, I watched Thomas & The Angry Hearts make music in a wooden house surrounded by trees. In that studio, sound was built patiently: a harmony […]

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John Prine “I Just Called to Say I Love You” – Listen

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John Prine has put his own vibe into Stevie Wonder’s 1984 hit ‘I Just Called to Say I Love You’ in a new Spotify Singles session which was released today.  He replaces Wonder’s synthesized original version […]
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Will Varley “Kingsdown Sundown” (Xtra Mile Recordings, 2016)

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Varley’s music is likeable, decent, his sentiments are heartfelt and humane, he chips away at the status quo like a young Dylan. He doesn’t shy away from issues; these are protest songs (mostly) and in their […]
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Kerri Powers “Starseeds” (Independent, 2018)

May 22, 2018 0
Kerri Powers newest release ‘Starseeds‘ is the first full-length album since her debut record ‘You, Me and a Redhead’ released back in 2001 and after a brief hiatus, a self-titled EP in 2014. Having had the […]

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