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Amythyst Kiah “Still + Bright”

November 6, 2024 FredArnold 0

Amythyst Kiah emerges from the dark of “Wary + Strange” to brighter things on stunning new ‘cinematic’ album. Amythyst Kiah , a formidable Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, hails from Chattanooga, Tennessee, although now living in Johnson City. Her […]

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Amythyst Kiah to release new album “Still + Bright”

July 29, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Amythyst Kiah should not need an introduction on these pages.  A member of Our Native Daughters and a powerful live act, Kiah is a rising singer-songwriter whose defiant anthem ‘Black Myself’ has resonated with audiences worldwide. […]

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Track Premiere: Ed Snodderly “Better Just Ride The Mule”

June 30, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Today’s premiere is a duet featuring Ed Snodderly and the awesome Amythyst Kiah, and is taken from Ed Snodderly’s new album ‘Chimney Smoke’ which is released on July 21st.  Ed Snodderly and Amythyst Kiah haven’t just […]

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Transatlantic Sessions 20th anniversary tour revealed

November 18, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

The Transatlantic Sessions concert series celebrates its 20th-Anniversary next year with another diverse version of the format. A fresh cross-generational array of Scottish, Irish and North American-based special guests join the regular all-star instrumental line-up for […]

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Americana Music Association UK Awards Launch Party, Omerea, London 8th November 2022

November 9, 2022 Jonathan Aird 1

As you can probably imagine, dear regular reader, there is little in this world that Americana UK enjoys more than a party – a bowl of jelly and cream and a lukewarm Vimto is a second […]

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Interview: Michelle Billingsley on honky-tonkin’ and two-steppin’

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It was a windy, wintry January day in Chicago when June, Michelle Billingsley’s 50-pound Australian Shepherd, jumped up beside her on the couch. “Yeah, she saw me putting on my makeup, which usually means I’m going […]

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Interview: Swarme of Beese finds more poetry in darkness than in light

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The term mutant folk seems to fit. In the band’s early days, before The Victor Mourning emerged from the pupa into an adult Swarme of Beese, their songs elicited unusual receptions. Co-songwriter Lynne Adele recalls performing […]

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Interview: Sean McConnell on taking a journey underneath the skin

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Looking at the cover artwork for Sean McConnell’s latest album “Skin” (Silent Desert Music, 2025), you might think he has a fixation on tattoos, what with the drawing of a hand covered in ink art from […]

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Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

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I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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