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Adam Douglas “Better Angels”

March 11, 2021 Lyndon Bolton 0
Stretching the boundaries of Americana. This third full-length solo album from Adam Douglas stretches even Americana’s pliable genre boundaries. Wrapped in a big band sound ‘Better Angels’ takes in classic soul, blues, rock, R&B, jazz and […]
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Adam Douglas “Build A Fire” – Listen

February 24, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
It’s a metaphor – what Adam Douglas is proposing is to light a fire of desire and passion.  And he makes this proposal with the backing of a funky band and himself in the role of […]
Videos

Video: Adam Douglas “Joyous We’ll Be”

November 2, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0
Beautifully shot on location in Adam Douglas’s adopted home of Norway, the video for ‘Joyous We’ll Be’ brings hope in troubled times.  Douglas has never been a political songwriter until now.  Yet, he sees the world […]

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The Song Remains: Augie Meyers (1940 – 2026)

March 10, 2026 2
He created the signature sound of Texas with a British Vox electric organ With the passing of Augie Meyers in his sleep after a short illness on 7th March, the music of South Texas and San […]
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More People Should Really Know About: Meg Hutchinson

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It’s not often, when searching an artist on this site that the result is a big, unambiguous, Nothing Found. Safe to say then, that anyone familiar with Meg Hutchinson would have had to have gleaned their […]
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Chicago Farmer & the Fieldnotes “Homeaid”

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Musical tribute to his agricultural roots from Midwest storyteller. Cody Diekhoff (aka Chicago Farmer) grew up in an Illinois farming community in the tiny community of Delevan, and his grandparents were a pivotal part of his […]

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At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]
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Interview: Lady Nade on being involved in a Netflix drama, inspiration, identity and mental health in music

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Runner-up in our readers’ poll for Best UK Artist in 2025, Lady Nade has steadily built a reputation as one of the most distinctive and emotionally resonant voices in UK roots music. Blending jazz, Americana, folk, […]
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Interview: Willie Nile keeps the light on for great American rock’n’roll

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I do a lot of my listening to music while out walking in the mornings, with or without a dog. The day after Willie Nile’s The Great American Light arrived in the mailbox, I popped the […]

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Album Reviews

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Fourteen years have passed since Elliot Smith died, and twenty have passed since the release of Either/Or.  There’s been no dimming in the interest in his music, and there’s no reason why more of it shouldn’t […]

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