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Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 Martin Johnson 0
Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]
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Interview: The Sadies’ Travis Good on the worst year of his life and their best album

October 25, 2022 Martin Johnson 0
Dallas is still influencing The Sadies and touring is part of the healing process. Twenty-twenty-two should have been a career-high for The Sadies as after over twenty years together they had recorded their best album to […]

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Video: Jack Barksdale “Battleground” Feat. Julian Taylor – the ills of money, power and influence

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Texan multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Jack Barksdale is immensely talented, delivering powerful performances on guitar, harmonica, mandolin, piano and more. Battleground is a song that showcases his fine instrumental work, while also displaying the intensity of his […]
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More People Really Should Know About: Roseanne Reid

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Born and raised in Edinburgh but now based in Dundee, Roseanne Reid is the daughter of Craig Reid, who, with his twin brother Charlie, formed the duo The Proclaimers in 1983. With two albums and a […]
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Prinz Grizzley “Tilda”

October 13, 2026 0
Memorable collection of songs as rugged and raw as the mountains and people who inspired them. Behind every family lies a multitude of stories passed down through the generations, some more intriguing than others, but made […]

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Interview: Wesley Stace “I’m never satisfied with my artistic output”

October 13, 2026 0
Since his birth in Sussex in 1965, Wesley Stace has become a man of all colours, releasing 21 albums (17 under the nom de auteur-interprète John Wesley Harding), writing four books, organising the Cabinet of Wonders […]
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Interview: Fischer-Z’s John Watts reminisces on 50 years of making heartfelt music

October 1, 2026 0
The songs of John Watts, whether in his band Fischer-Z, in his other bands or as a solo artist, aren’t technically Americana, but everything in their construction and recording has the feel of exactly what Americana […]
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Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

September 29, 2026 2
Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]

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Thomas Wynn And The Believers, The Horn, St. Albans, 26th June 2018

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If this review were being written by one DJ Trump then you’d hear how this was an all time record crowd for The Horn, which is a pretty unsubtle way of trying to soften the blow […]
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Jake Bugg returns with new album and UK & Ireland tour dates

September 7, 2026 0
Jake Bugg is back with his seventh album, Alamo, on 13th November 2026 via Thirty Tigers. Produced by the multi-Grammy-winning duo of longtime friend and producer Jimmy Hogarth (Anohni, Amy Winehouse, Paolo Nutini) and Steve McKewan […]
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Arborist to release third album “An Endless Sequence of Dead Zeros”

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Arborist has announced their latest album, ‘An Endless Sequence of Dead Zeros‘, is to be released on 21st April 2023 on Kirkinriola Records. This follows Belfast artist Mark McCambridge’s debut ‘Home Burial‘ (2016), which included his […]

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