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Video: Leftover Salmon feat. Billy Strings “Blue Railroad Train”

May 12, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0
Lovely rhythms.  Lovely tune.  The new single from Colorado-based Leftover Salmon and Billy Strings is an Americana delight.  In particular, the layered vocals are superb with Drew Emmitt and Vince Herman harmonising perfectly with Strings.  The […]
Interviews

Interview: Michael Cleveland on spreading his musical wings beyond traditional bluegrass

January 24, 2023 Martin Johnson 4
If you want to be one of the best bluegrass fiddle players you need to start playing at age four. Michael Cleveland is a 12-time IBMA Fiddle Player Of The Year and a Grammy Award-winner who […]
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Album Reviews

Billy Strings “Me/And/Dad”

December 22, 2022 Kimberly Bright 0
Exciting collection of bluegrass covers from singer-songwriter and guitar god Billy Strings and his father, guitarist Terry Barber. Billy Strings can shred on guitar with the kind of diabolical speed and agility normally attributed to the […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Billy Strings, O2 Ritz, Manchester – 8th December 2022

December 16, 2022 Clint West 1
Billy Strings arrived for his first ever appearance in Manchester having been preceded by a wave of critical acclaim, rave reviews, and reports of scintillating live shows. Expectations were therefore sky high. Big queues had already […]
Videos

Something for the weekend: Billy Strings “Long Journey Home”

October 14, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0
Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. We are having our annual writers’ get-together this week in Liverpool, our first since Covid – if you see a group of middle-aged men standing around […]

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Live Review: Buddy Miller, Ryman Auditorium , Nashville – 13th September 2026

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Classic Clip: Alison Krauss, Shawn Colvin, Jerry Douglas “The Boxer”— Library of Congress, Washington, 2007

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Something for the weekend: Teenage Fanclub “Be With You Tonight”

September 18, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a new song from Teenage Fanclub who will release their new album Do Not Dare To Dream on 9th October via […]
Album Reviews

Benjamin Tod “Country is Dead”

September 18, 2026 0
Journeyman comes full circle with an album of resonant covers that have been uniquely adapted throughout his career, tracing all the way back to his teenage days busking in Nashville. Benjamin Tod has been around the […]
Buddy Miller live
Live Reviews

Live Review: Buddy Miller, Ryman Auditorium , Nashville – 13th September 2026

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Opening for The War and Treaty at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, Buddy Miller explained how he came to crash the party and thanked the headliners and support Avery Sunshine for indulging him. Miller had a call from […]

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  • Benjamin Tod “Country is Dead”
  • Live Review: Buddy Miller, Ryman Auditorium , Nashville – 13th September 2026
  • Classic Clip: Alison Krauss, Shawn Colvin, Jerry Douglas “The Boxer”— Library of Congress, Washington, 2007
  • The Dreaming Spires and Annie Keating join forces for single and live dates
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  • Dennis Ellsworth “Living”
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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]
Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0
Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

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Video Premiere: Shira “Out of the Blue”

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Here is a gorgeous way to start your weekend.  ‘Out of the Blue’ begins with delicate guitar before Shira’s beautiful vocal melody drifts in, full of weary resignation: “I’d almost given up // I was ready […]
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Album Reviews

Colin Macleod “Hold Fast”

July 21, 2021 0
Muscular beauty and emotional insights from still-rising Hebridean singer-songwriter. The latest album from Colin Macleod, a songwriter based in the harsh but beautiful landscape of Scotland’s Outer Hebridean islands, is a musical journey of epic proportions. […]
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Video Premiere: WhiteWater Ramble “Chaw”

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Check out the tongue-in-cheek new video from WhiteWater Ramble.  ‘Chaw’ is taken from ‘Pseudonymous’, the recent album release that covers a range of roots genres.  The album is the third studio recording from the group in […]

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