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For The Sake Of The Song: Chatham County Line “The Carolinian”

May 12, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
Chatham County Line (CCL), the four (now three) piece string band from Raleigh in North Carolina, have had a pretty impressive career, starting with their self-titled debut on Bonfire Records in 2003 through to their latest […]
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Album Reviews

Chatham County Line “Hiyo”

February 6, 2024 Jonathan Smith 0
Bluegrass traditionalists suddenly not so traditional. ‘Hiyo’ is the tenth studio album by Chatham County Line, but the first without banjo player Chandler Holt. Rather than directly replace him, the rest of the band chose instead […]
Tracks

Chatham County Line “B S R” – Down to the Delta

January 31, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
Chatham County Line’s latest album ‘Hiyo‘ has just been released on YepRoc, it’s their tenth full length release which is something of a milestone for any band.  As we’ve noted previously, the new album sees Chatham […]
Tracks

Chatham County Line “Way Down Yonder” – Bluegrass Murder Ballad

January 16, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
North Carolina “Bluegrass with many a modern twist” band Chatham County Line will be releasing their latest album ‘Hiyo‘ on January 26th – it’s the tenth album from the band.  ‘Way Down Yonder‘ is the third […]
Live Reviews

Americana Music Fest, 28th – 29th January, Various Venues, Hackney

February 21, 2020 David Chalfen 0
Americana Music Fest, organised by the Americana Music Association UK, is two glorious nights of artist showcases that take place from about 6PM until almost midnight in a half dozen venues.  That’s a lot of acts […]

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

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

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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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The atmospheric video for ‘Hare Spell’ is the perfect accompaniment to this striking song.  It’s taken from her new album, ‘Wrackline’, which is out on 11th September.  This song follows Isobel Gowdie’s witch trial confessions from […]
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Richard Thompson releasing two new acoustic collections and touring in October

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Following the success of his Acoustic Classics album in 2014 when the celebrated singer songwriter and guitarist revisited his back catalogue Richard Thompson returns to the format with two new albums which will be released simultaneously […]
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This week we have been ruminating on the fact that this week is the fifty year anniversary of the invasion of Czechoslovakia by The Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Hungary, East Germany and Poland (a combined force under […]

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