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Something for the weekend: Chappaquiddick Skyline “Hundred Dollar Pocket”

March 28, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. In the waning months of the previous millennia, Joe Pernice wrote and recorded what would become Chappaquiddick Skyline which New West Records have recently rereleased for […]

Jim Kweskin “Four Or Five Times” – skiffling along

March 28, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Jim Kweskin – now that’s a legendary name, leader of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band through the Sixties and beyond, playing with people like Geoff Muldaur and appearing at the original Newport Folk Festival five years […]

Track Premiere: Kung Fu Hippies “Days Gone By”

March 27, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Minnesota rock in it’s purest form is what Kung Fu Hippies are aiming at – and on today’s song ‘Days Gone By‘ they certainly achieve it. An infectious number, likely to spark thoughts of bands like […]

The SteelDrivers “Outrun” – got to getaway…

March 26, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

On ‘Outrun‘ The SteelDrivers create a modern take on the murder ballad, with the outlaw escape moving from a fast horse to a fast car. No matter the steed though you can’t outrun yourself. The song […]

Ollella “Mothers & Colors” – painting a mood portrait

March 25, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Ellie Barber is Ollella, she grew up in Seattle and started to study the cello from the age of 9. She previously worked as a creative director for a climate research institute aiming to further public […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Americana Tracks by the least likely suspects

July 23, 2026 2

Before you shout at me remember this is supposed to be fun…. I have opened up and bared my soul on a couple of occasions about my past as a teenage rocker in the 1970s, with […]

Ed Askew “The Final Painting”

July 23, 2026 0

Profound, moving and beautiful reveries on posthumous release from ‘Outsider Folk’ poet. Ed Askew was a New York artist, poet, songwriter and genuine underground legend. Having first broken through with his self-titled album in 1968 (subsequently […]

artwork for Conway Savage album "Too Dark To See"

Conway Savage “Too Dark To See”