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Alan Doyle “Welcome Home”

March 4, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
Welcome return for singer-songwriter Alan Doyle. Alan Doyle is a folk-rock singer-songwriter from Newfoundland in Canada.    Doyle first found fame as part of Great Big Sea who were commercially successful in their home country.  He produced […]

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Essentials: The Top 10 Americana Railroad Songs

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At the remove of two hundred years, it is very hard, if not impossible, to fully comprehend the impact that the expansion of railroads throughout the world had in the 19th and early 20th Centuries. The […]
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The Milk Carton Kids “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

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Exquisite harmonies and faultless guitar work deliver songs of crystaline fragility. The Milk Carton Kids are back! A new album from the superb Milk Carton Kids is always something of a cause for celebration, here at […]
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Review: Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame – Class of 2025 Induction Ceremony

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Two years ago, the ceremony honouring the inductees of the inaugural class of the Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame (FARHoF) set the bar high indeed. Two thrilling and emotional evenings of music-making and camaraderie, memories […]

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Interview: Thomas Ådland, of Thomas & The Angry Hearts, on Language, Love and Identity

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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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Interview: The Breath’s Stuart McCallum and Ríoghnach Connolly on collaborating with the Paraorchestra

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How to achieve true musical Symbiosis. The Breath are guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer Ríoghnach Connolly, and they ensure that the song is always at the centre of their alt-folk sound. That sound is rich, reflecting […]
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Interview: Cynthia Marchant on the Ozarks, fast cars and the passing of time

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In 2022, with her second studio album, Flesh and Bone, Cynthia Marchant explored spiritual truth and depth, and the magic of connecting with self and others in the many stages of life. Three years later, she’s […]

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