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Jim Basnight “Gotta Get Straight” – power pop kiss-off

February 7, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
A new song from prolific power popster Jim Basnight, it’s a hook heavy washing of the hands kind of song – it’s a first taste of the next album, as yet untitled, which should be out […]
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Kassi Valazza “Weight Of The Wheel” – pressing down…

February 6, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
You’ll recall that 2023 was, pretty much, the year of Kassi Valazza, whose album ‘Knows Nothing‘ provided a slew of our favourite songs that year and whose live performances were amongst the very best of the […]
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Phil Cook “Appalachia Borealis” – a gentle pause

February 5, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
Good grief – how long has it been since we last featured the Americana UK Wednesday Afternoon Chill Out Zone With No Goddamn Lyrics (or the AUKWACOZWNGL as we like to call it)?  We don’t know […]
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Katherine Priddy “Daybreaker” – winter chill morning

February 5, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
Katherine Priddy’s new single ‘Daybreaker‘ can be safely claimed as literate – it is, after all, her second collaboration with Simon Armitage, the Poet Laureate.   It is a setting of a winter themed poem, this time […]
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Taylor Rae “Maybe I’m The Villain” – One of us must be…

February 4, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
Taylor Rae is preparing to release her second album ‘The Void‘ on April 18th.  It sees the Austin based singer-songwriter turn her focus from the road and constant touring – she typically plays 200 shows each […]

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We’re back! It has been some time since we posted a Cajun Corner article, but we’re resolved to be more proactive about bringing you news and updates on Cajun & Zydeco music, because we know there […]
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Kenny Shore “Happiness & Misery”

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High-quality songwriting makes quietly expressive, personal record. Kenny Shore is not the kind of artist you stumble across via hype. He doesn’t have the infrastructure, profile, or touring machine that typically drives attention; he doesn’t even […]
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Austin singer-songwriter Alex Amen announces debut album for June

April 22, 2026 0
Alex Amen, the 26-year-old indie folk-country singer-songwriter from Texas, has announced his debut album, Sun of Amen, which will be out on 12th June 2026 via ATO Records. Newly signed to the label, Amen’s full-length debut […]

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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

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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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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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Jessica Lea Mayfield “Sorry Is Gone” (ATO Records, 2017)

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There are times when great pieces of music can be produced out of the most unlikely source material. As, in her own words, the poisonous marriage of Jessica Lea Mayfield unfolded before her eyes, she started […]
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Classic Clips: Sturgill Simpson “Could You Love Me One More Time” (Live on KEXP @Pickathon), 2013

March 21, 2025 0
Anyone who had the good fortune to catch this fella during his recent European tour will hopefully have been as impressed as I was with his performance at the Barrowland Ballroom. The last time Sturgill Simpson […]
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The Matinee “Silver Bullet” – I got a fast car…

October 31, 2024 0
Vancouver’s roots-rocker The Matinee have a new release ‘End of Scene – B-Sides EP‘ out tomorrow.  The band explain the title, saying: “We’ve been holding onto these songs for a while, and now feels like the […]

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