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Video: All The Luck In The World “Contrails”

February 15, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0
From their album A Blind Arcade, out on February 23rd, this is a delightful and catch piece of folk-pop from Irish trio All The Luck In The World
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Video: Robert Plant “Carry Fire”

February 14, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0
We are, these days. less interested in the fact that Mr Robert Plant was once in another band, and that he was a Golden God.  No – our interest in Mr Robert Plant, we hurry to […]
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Video: Jerry Leger “Things Are Changing ‘Round Here”

February 14, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0
Canadian singer-songwriter, who’ll be in the UK with his band in April, has just released this short, sharp and distinctly groovy and poppy single from his new album Nonsense And Heartache, out on March 2nd.  Great […]
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Chris Hillman performs Tom Petty’s “Wildflowers” – Watch

February 13, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0
Rounder Records have posted a nice clip this morning of Chris Hillman performing what seems to be the go to song now for Tom Petty tributes. The performance is taken from his October 2017 concert at […]
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Video: The Blue Highways “Take Me Away”

February 13, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0
The debut single from London band The Blue Highways (formerly The Blinding Lights) this is a powerful and emotive song and singer Callum Lury has a huge voice and one to die for.  We need an […]

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Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music

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Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”

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For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”

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Genre changing Buena Vista Social Club album 30th Anniversary Edition out now

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Paper Verses “Windstill”

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Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music

September 21, 2026 2
If a music writer opens ten press releases this month, they’ll spot something odd. They all sound like the same person wrote them. Not because the artists share a publicist, or because there’s a house style […]
Album Reviews

Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”

September 21, 2026 0
A cycle of Appalachian folk songs from writer and activist Si Kahn, subtitled Songs for Strong Kentucky Women The subtitle for this album is “Si Kahn’s Songs for Strong Kentucky Women”. Si Kahn is one of […]
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For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”

September 21, 2026 0
“You told me goodbye, how was I to know/You didn’t mean goodbye, you meant please don’t let me go?” Well. It’s the age of nostalgia, so it feels just about right to reminisce about an old […]

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  • Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”
  • For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”
  • Genre changing Buena Vista Social Club album 30th Anniversary Edition out now
  • Paper Verses “Windstill”
  • Sounds from beyond the Shed 245 “Stop….thief…”
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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]
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Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]
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Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0
Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

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Live Review; Sara Petite, The Town Hall, Kirton In Lindsey – 12th April 2024

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This evening’s performance at Lincolnshire’s premier Americana Music venue, the Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey, saw the return of last year’s headline act for the (THL) Festival, Sara Petite, supported by the same incredible musicians that […]
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