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Robert Vincent “Barriers”

June 19, 2024 Martin Johnson 0
Songs with emotionally mature lyrics and beautifully crafted arrangements. Those readers of a certain age will remember when any new half-decent songwriter came along the press of the day would more often than not tag them […]
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Ben Glover “And The Sun Breaks Through The Sky”

May 7, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
Northern Irish Nashville-based Ben Glover’s fine collection of songs. Ben Glover is as well-known as a songwriter as a performer, having written or co-written for a host of acts including Gretchen Peters, Mary Gauthier and Kim […]
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Preview: Ben Glover to release “And The Sun Breaks Through The Sky” later this month

April 4, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
Ben Glover, the Northern Irish singer-songwriter, has announced the release of his latest album ‘And The Sun Breaks Through The Sky’ on 26th April. The record will be released on Goldrush Records. The album is Glover’s […]
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Classic Americana Albums: Ben Glover “Shorebound”

September 7, 2022 Lyndon Bolton 1
Collaboration guided this selection. Over the years Ben Glover is someone who has written and performed extensively with a wide range of fellow americana artists in studios, and outside, in the US, Europe and his Northern […]
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AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Graham Bollands

September 1, 2022 GrahamBollands 2
Let’s start this in a familiar way! Yes, what an incredibly difficult task it is to make this list. Not just because putting together any countdown of ‘best albums’ is a huge challenge and so dependent […]

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Bob Wagner “Richest Man On Earth” – doesn’t turn out so well

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Bob Wagner has some perfect advice for us all on this updating on the murder ballad form, as Richest Man On Earth opens with a killing – but it’s  not what you’re thinking.  No violence was […]
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Video: Ringo Starr “Long Long Road”

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Directed by Francesca Gregorini, Ringo Starr’s latest video is a memorable and brilliantly shot exploration of his musical life. Opening with gorgeous images of the Yellow Submarine, the video for Long Long Road travels into the […]
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Alela Diane “Who’s Keeping Time?”

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Collaboration brings a beautiful folk album with words of love. This is Alela Diane’s seventh album, and the story behind it starts with the death at the age of eighty-three of her great friend Michael Hurley. […]

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Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

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Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]
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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

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Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

April 27, 2026 0
David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

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Lo-fi, self-produced, catchy debut album documenting the challenges of everyday life. Having been born in Texas, brought up in Swindon, Rainn Byrns currently resides in Peckham in South-East London. His debut album ‘New In Town’ is […]
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Interview: Ed Snodderly on his many-faceted career in the music of the American South

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From learning old-time music in his family home to hosting John Lee Hooker, Guy and Townes. Ed Snodderly is a child of the American South and he so is obsessed with its culture and music that […]
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Video Premiere: Phil Gammage “Right On”

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Here’s the latest video from New York singer-songwriter Phil Gammage.  ‘Right On’ features a full band, including Brian Hack on guitar, David Fleming on harmonica and backing vocals, more backing vocals from Joe Nieves, Jeff Gordon’s […]

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