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Alice Howe & Freebo, live at the Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey - 7th November 2025
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Live Review: Alice Howe and Freebo, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 7th November 2025

November 14, 2025 Graeme Tait 0
With the clocks now moved to winter time, the journey from my home in Lincoln to the county’s premier americana music venue, the Town Hall at Kirton in Lindsey, was made under the blanket of night, […]
Alice Howe, live at The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey, 26th April 2024
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Live Review: Alice Howe + Freebo, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey, 26th April 2024

May 8, 2024 Graeme Tait 4
The final weekend of April saw the long-awaited return of Alice Howe and Freebo to Lincolnshire’s premier Americana music venue, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey, having last appeared upon this stage back in 2018. A […]
News

Star-studded ‘Americana Railroad’ compilation now available for preorder

April 12, 2022 Emily Dongray 0
‘Americana Railroad‘, a collection of songs celebrating the history of trains, has been scheduled for release via Renew/BMG on June 17th. The collection includes popular songs by Graham Nash, Gene Clark, and Jimmie Rodgers as well […]
Videos

Video Premiere: Alice Howe “A Case of You”

April 30, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0
Simply, this is a beautiful version of a beautiful song.  It’s a brave thing to cover such an outstanding piece of work as Joni Mitchell’s ‘A Case of You’.  However, Alice Howe pulls it off in […]

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Mama’s Broke “Reunion”

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Beautifully intimate offering from hugely talented Canadian duo rewards the attentive listener. Mama’s Broke, Canadian duo Amy Lou Keeler and Lisa Maria, have spent many a year on the road. Their 2017 debut album Count The […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Bright Phoebus Revisited, EartH, London – 8th September 2026

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Bright Phoebus is one of the three great “lost” albums of its era – as special in its way as No Other or Forever Changes because, like these albums, it redefined what was possible within a […]
Artwork for Clever Hopes album "Even Gooder Than Tomorrow"
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Clever Hopes “Even Gooder Than Tomorrow”

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Masterful songs of grief and wonder on an exceptional album of nuanced folk rock. Clever Hopes is the vehicle for the songs of Andrew Shaver and this is his third album. His first two albums were […]

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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

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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

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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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Tyler Ramsey and Carl Broemel recently announced their collaborative debut album “Celestun“, and in the wake of that announcement have now released the second pair of singles from it: the instrumental track ‘Elizabeth Brown‘ and a […]

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