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Latest Podcast now available featuring Rupert Orton from PRB Presents talking Red Rooster and more

February 27, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0
This week’s podcast features an interview with Rupert Orton of PRB Presents, who not only programmes loads of americana shows around the UK and EU but also is lead booker for the Red Rooster Festival that […]
artwork for Band of Horses album "Things Are Great".
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Band of Horses “Things Are Great”

March 11, 2022 Graeme Tait 0
Horses return to form with a more rugged, less sonically sounding sixth. During the lyrics to ‘Crutch‘, the first single from the new Band of Horses album, ‘Things Are Great’, Ben Bridwell sings initially about a time, “When […]
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Band Of Horses “Lights”

January 26, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
It’s kick-ass time with the latest single from Band of Horses, ‘Lights‘ is taken from the band’s latest album ‘Things Are Great’ which is out March 4th via BMG.  It’s a song that’s drawn from life […]
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Band of Horses announce tour, includes three UK dates

November 3, 2021 Emily Dongray 0
Band of Horses has announced the ‘Things are Great‘ tour to support their new album of the same name. The new album and tour come a full five years after ‘Why are you OK?‘ and will […]
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Band of Horses announce new album, release new song – Listen

October 14, 2021 Emily Dongray 0
After five years, Band of Horses is back with their sixth album, ‘Things Are Great’. The album will be released independently on January 21st, 2022. As the title implies, ‘Things Are Great’ was written pre-Covid and […]

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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

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The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]
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Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

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The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]
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Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers

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Includes tracks from My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams and MJ Lenderman among others. Cinema Music Group, Killphonic Records, and City Slang have announced Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 2 – Out of […]

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  • Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”
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  • Greg Freeman announces new album and UK dates
  • All-star line-up for Bob Harris event announced for Royal Albert Hall in December
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Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider

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Nashville East resident Aaron Lee Tasjan has long been a favourite of Americana UK, and with 12 albums to his name, including his latest Get Over It, Underdog, and approaching 40, he is no longer the […]
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Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

July 29, 2026 0
American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]
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Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0
“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]

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