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A black day as Black Deer cancels In The City

October 3, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 2
New venture at Tobacco Dock cancels following sluggish ticket sales. Black Deer in the City has been pulled by Black Deer in an announcement made on social media.  This follows a sustained media campaign, which included […]
Interviews

Interview: Gill Tee, Co-Founder, and Chris Russell-Fish, Managing Director of the Black Deer Festival

September 9, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0
The Black Deer Festival has become a standout fixture in the UK’s Americana and roots music scene, celebrated for its eclectic line-ups, intimate atmosphere, and commitment to both emerging and established artists. In October 2025, Black […]

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Mo Klé “Three Chords and a Shaking Hand”

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American Aquarium announce new album out this month plus UK dates

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Sad Daddy “Bootlegger” – give me a drink, give me a drink

June 16, 2026 0
For those of us starting to wonder if punching people in the face until they go unconscious in some kind of modern gladiatorial arena, for the delight and delectation of the compliant international diplomatic corps, was […]
Videos

Video Premiere: Shannon Lay “Horizons”

June 16, 2026 0
Here’s the new tender, intimate new single from Shannon Lay. Beginning with delicate guitar, sounds are added in subtle layers, so that Horizons slowly builds; there are heavenly backing vocals, flourishes of keys, and notes that […]
Alela Diane in Amsterdam June 2009
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For The Sake Of The Song: Alela Diane “Émigré”

June 15, 2026 0
Back in December 2017, Alela Diane shared on Facebook the official video for a new song, commenting, “I wrote Émigré about the international refugee crisis—no one should have to risk their life or the lives of […]

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Interviews

Interview: Dirk Powell on “Wake” and bridging modern and age-old roots music

June 11, 2026 2
Dirk Powell is a special kind of musician, someone who, through family connections, knows and understands both Appalachia and Cajun music, and is at the same time comfortable with modern music technology. He has won four […]
Interviews

Interview: Ma Polaine’s Great Decline is thriving

June 10, 2026 0
With influences in blues, jazz and country, Ma Polaine’s Great Decline is actually thriving on their fifth album, Monster Swan (2025). Based in Somerset, England, Beth Packer’s distinctive, emotive vocals, coupled with her evocative lyrics, create […]
Interviews

Interview: Greg Loftus – As both musician and carpenter, he would like to knock on wood

June 5, 2026 1
Greg Loftus comes from the town of Bourne, not far from the bridge that connects Massachusetts to Cape Cod. It is there that he practices woodworking, operates a club in nearby Falmouth and makes rock music […]

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With his second album ‘Songs from Aurora’, Mancunian Dave Fidler has crafted 12 tracks of smooth, laid back music with evocative tales describing subjects as diverse as life in a Haitian women’s prison, to getting perilously […]
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Video: Sean Rowe I’ll Follow Your Trail”

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From his very fine album New Lore, this the latest great song from Sean Rowe, sung of course in *that* voice.
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Recently released on Dead-Stare, The Nervous Hex’s self-titled four song EP aims to evoke the guitar bands of the late eighties.  Specifically, the band’s Ryan Traster has explained the plan: “Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth said that Today by Galaxie 500 was ‘the […]

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