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Cox’s Army “New Richmond Town” (Independent, 2019)

January 27, 2020 Alan Fitter 0
As Ken Burns’ recent documentary series “Country Music” highlighted, bluegrass music was a big part of country music’s history – in fact without it, the genre probably would have sounded a whole lot different and might […]

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Phil Odgers & John Kettle “The War is Over – The Songs of Phil Ochs Vol 2”

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Freddy Trujillo takes flight with his fifth solo album

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Railcard “Unstable Neighbour” – let’s get on, ok?

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Video: Karl Bray “Marianne”

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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

Can't Live with it, Can't Live without it
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Phil Odgers & John Kettle “The War is Over – The Songs of Phil Ochs Vol 2”

August 6, 2026 0
A respectful and traditional tribute to Phil Ochs. Volume 1 of this collaborative tribute by Phil Odgers of The Men They Couldn’t Hang and John Kettle of Merry Hell was birthed in the dark days of […]
News

Freddy Trujillo takes flight with his fifth solo album

August 6, 2026 0
For more than two decades, Freddy Trujillo has quietly built one of the most distinctive careers in American roots music. Whether anchoring the rhythm section as bassist for Richmond Fontaine and The Delines or as a […]
Tracks

Railcard “Unstable Neighbour” – let’s get on, ok?

August 6, 2026 0
Railcard’s new single from their debut album Two Steps At A Time, is a softly sunny power pop take on a common problem – the unreasonable person who lives next door.  Tell us about it.  Although […]

  • Phil Odgers & John Kettle “The War is Over – The Songs of Phil Ochs Vol 2”
  • Freddy Trujillo takes flight with his fifth solo album
  • Railcard “Unstable Neighbour” – let’s get on, ok?
  • Video: Karl Bray “Marianne”
  • Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits
  • Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”
  • Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers
  • Greg Freeman announces new album and UK dates
  • All-star line-up for Bob Harris event announced for Royal Albert Hall in December
  • Live Review: Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes + Riley Catherall, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 25th July 2026
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  • Graeme Tait: Lol. Sorry, Alan, I knew as soon as I'd chosen to cover Tom Waits for this feature you'd be a…
  • Alan Peatfield: OK, Graeme - just one observation ... the obvious one. "As a songwriter he is right up there; on the…
  • Graeme Tait: Hi Alan. Glad you approve. It was an excellent gig.

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Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider

August 4, 2026 0
Nashville East resident Aaron Lee Tasjan has long been a favourite of Americana UK, and with 12 albums to his name, including his latest Get Over It, Underdog, and approaching 40, he is no longer the […]
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Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

July 29, 2026 0
American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]
Interviews

Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0
“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]

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Surprising and original album of quality folk-rock. ‘Night is Alive’ trips you up on first listen. The first two tracks are pleasant enough generic folk-rock taking their influences from Crosby, Stills and Nash: swirling guitars and […]
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Well, it has been quite a week – and what about last night, eh?  Wasn’t Diana Jones great at The Stables?  Oh, yeah, and the other stuff that went on.  Means we get to Friday a […]
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Interview: Gill Tee, co-founder of the Black Deer Festival

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Gill Tee is one of the co-founders of the Black Deer Festival which takes place at Eridge Park in Kent between the 21st and 23rd of June. This year’s line up includes Band of Horses, The […]

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