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AMA announces nominations for 24th Annual Americana Honours and Awards

June 12, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

The Americana Music Association (AMA) – the US one that is – has announced the nominations for their 24th Annual Americana Honours & Awards for 2025. The awards will be presented at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on […]

Ringo Starr “Look Up”

January 10, 2025 Martin Johnson 0

What real country music could sound like in 2025. Life is full of surprises, and while a new album from 84-year-old Ringo Starr after a three-year gap is surprising in itself, the fact that it is […]

Ringo Starr announces new country album with T Bone Burnett

October 21, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Ringo Starr has announced the release of a brand-new country music album, “Look Up”, produced and co-written by T Bone Burnett, on 10th January 2025. The collection features 11 original songs, recorded this year in Nashville […]

Something for the weekend: Margo Price ft Billy Strings “Too Stoned to Cry”

September 13, 2024 Mark Whitfield 1

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. We’re putting our feet in a bucket of warm water while we enjoy a Mexican Martini just to get over the exhaustion of finishing series two […]

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For the Sake of the Song: John Hartford “In Tall Buildings”

July 22, 2024 Viv Fish 9

Who would have thought such an innocuous title could resonate so deeply? I first heard this song when Hannah Read performed it as she opened for John Smith at Gosforth Civic Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne, in […]

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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 0

While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

Artwork for the Wave Pictures album Gained/Lost

The Wave Pictures “Gained/Lost”

March 11, 2026 2

Ambitious, dream-soaked pop that reaches high but rarely quite lands. There’s something immediately intriguing about Gained/Lost. On paper, the ingredients are enticing: the literate jangle of The Smiths, the wide-eyed psych-pop glow of The Flaming Lips, […]

artwork for Lynn Miles album "A Bouquet of Black Flowers"

Lynn Miles “A Bouquet of Black Flowers”