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Classic Clips: The Silos “Anyway You Choose Me” – VH1 New Visions Rock, 1990

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Just as I was pondering on my latest contribution to the Classic Clips feature, news arrived that Bob Rupe had died. That news came via David Lowery of Cracker, a band which featured Rupe on several […]

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Ringo Starr “Long Long Road”

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Cajun Corner – catch ’em while they’re young!

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Kenny Shore “Happiness & Misery”

Album Reviews
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Alex Amen

Austin singer-songwriter Alex Amen announces debut album for June

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Artwork for Benjamin Tod album "Vengeance and Grace"

Benjamin Tod “Vengeance and Grace”

Album Reviews
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Album Reviews

Ringo Starr “Long Long Road”

April 22, 2026 0
Another valiant effort that proves one of Liverpool’s most famous exports can fit in comfortably in Nashville. If you’re ex-Beatle Ringo Starr, it’s got to be tough to feel like you’re always living in the shadow […]
Cajun Corner

Cajun Corner – catch ’em while they’re young!

April 22, 2026 0
We’re back! It has been some time since we posted a Cajun Corner article, but we’re resolved to be more proactive about bringing you news and updates on Cajun & Zydeco music, because we know there […]
Album Reviews

Kenny Shore “Happiness & Misery”

April 22, 2026 0
High-quality songwriting makes quietly expressive, personal record. Kenny Shore is not the kind of artist you stumble across via hype. He doesn’t have the infrastructure, profile, or touring machine that typically drives attention; he doesn’t even […]

  • Ringo Starr “Long Long Road”
  • Cajun Corner – catch ’em while they’re young!
  • Kenny Shore “Happiness & Misery”
  • Austin singer-songwriter Alex Amen announces debut album for June
  • Benjamin Tod “Vengeance and Grace”
  • Steep Canyon Rangers “Roll Of The Dice” – let the bones roll where they will
  • Video Premiere: Whitney Walker “Solar Princess”
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Interviews

Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

April 21, 2026 0
Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]
Interviews

Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

April 17, 2026 0
Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]
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Interviews

Interview: Thomas Ådland, of Thomas & The Angry Hearts, on Language, Love and Identity

April 13, 2026 0
Two days before I heard them fill Martin’s Bar in Lillestrøm, I watched Thomas & The Angry Hearts make music in a wooden house surrounded by trees. In that studio, sound was built patiently: a harmony […]

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Karen and the Sorrows “The Narrow Place” (Independent 2017)

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Describing themselves as “Queer country trailblazers” tells the new listener everything they need to know about this interesting four-piece, except perhaps the most important thing which is what’s the music like beyond just ‘country’? The answer on […]
Videos

Video: Levon Helm “Poor Old Dirt Farmer”

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This is retro Friday.  And this is Americana.  Levon Helm was famously the drummer and one of the vocalists for The Band.  He also released fabulous solo material.  This is from the 2007 comeback album, ‘Dirt […]
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Video: Kyle McKearney and Don Amero “Let ‘Em Lie”

June 28, 2022 0
Two powerful indigenous voices from Western Canada join together to pay tribute to the victims of the Residential School system.  Powerful both in the message they are singing in ‘Let ‘Em Lie’ and the literal lung […]

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