Cropredy Festival

Fairport Convention’s Cropredy Festival 2025 line up revealed

December 16, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Folk rockers Fairport Convention have announced the line up for their Cropredy Convention in August, marking 45 years bringing some of the biggest names in music to a quiet corner of Oxfordshire. Taking place across the […]

2023’s Americana festivals – where we are spending our summer?

May 26, 2023 Emily Dongray 2

In the blinking dawn of the new year, many of the festivals announced their line-ups. They dropped exciting news about headliners, and some early-bird tickets went on sale, but in the wave of resolutions and starting […]

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The Right Reverend Crow “Demokracy Blues”

April 13, 2026 0

Bluesman gets raw and honest on timely state of the union address. Respected folk-blues musician Nathan Bell’s latest project, The Right Reverend Crow, is a formidable soul/blues trio committed to playing what Bell refers to as […]

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 […]

Christina Martin “The Essentials”

April 13, 2026 0

An excellent value compilation of songs from the Canadian singer-songwriter’s career. Nova Scotia, Canada, singer-songwriter Christina Martin has reached the point in her 20-year career when she feels the need to put out a compilation. It’s […]

Fairport Convention’s Cropredy Festival 2025 line up revealed

2023’s Americana festivals – where we are spending our summer?

The Right Reverend Crow “Demokracy Blues”

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

Christina Martin “The Essentials”

TANASI “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)” – that’d be nice

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