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Record Store Day 2023 – an AUK guide

April 18, 2023 Emily Dongray 0
It’s that time again when the format fiends get excited about queueing at 5 am (or earlier) to be among the few to own this year’s exclusively released records. Record Store Day started in 2007 and […]
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Essentials: The Top 10 Emmylou Harris Albums

January 26, 2023 Lyndon Bolton 3
Since dropping out of her drama scholarship at the University of North Carolina and drawn by the songs of Seeger, Dylan and Baez to play the coffee shops of Greenwich Village during the 1960s folk boom, […]
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Classic Americana Albums: Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris “Trio”

August 10, 2022 Rick Bayles 0
‘Trio’ was a dream album when it came out, back in 1987. Three of the biggest names, and voices, in country, country/rock, and americana all gathered together on one record and singing in perfect harmony. The […]
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Interview: Tami Neilson the Canadian born New Zealand country soul star and Kingmaker

July 26, 2022 Martin Johnson 0
Playing Patsy Cline to Willie Nelson’s Marty Robbins. Country soul artist Tami Neilson is recognised as a leading New Zealand country music, country soul, and rockabilly artist, and she has also helped develop the genre and […]
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New single from Heidi Talbot features Mark Knopfler, album date announced

March 23, 2022 Emily Dongray 0
Heidi Talbot has announced their latest album, ‘Sing it For a Lifetime‘, will be released on 20th May. This, her eighth album, comes after the 2020 co-written album with Matt Rollins’ Mosaic‘. The album was written […]

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The Sarandons “Long Way Home”

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Sam Grassie “Burning Of Auchindoun” – flames take you, and be damned

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Katherine Priddy “These Frightening Machines”

March 25, 2026 0
Sophisticated Folk, intellectual pop, from Katherine Priddy. Katherine Priddy’s new album, her third, is a collection of strong songs that each, in their own ways, examine what it means to be a human – not just […]
Interviews

Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

March 25, 2026 0
A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]
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Renée Fleming and Béla Fleck to release traditional collaboration in May 2026

March 25, 2026 0
5x Grammy-winning soprano Renée Fleming and 19x Grammy-winning banjo supremo Béla Fleck announced The Fiddle and the Drum, a collaborative album celebrating Appalachian bluegrass and folk music to be released on 29th May 2026 via Thirty […]

  • Katherine Priddy “These Frightening Machines”
  • Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff
  • Renée Fleming and Béla Fleck to release traditional collaboration in May 2026
  • The Sarandons “Long Way Home”
  • Sam Grassie “Burning Of Auchindoun” – flames take you, and be damned
  • Video Premiere: Brock Davis “Nowhere Near Ready”
  • Luke Winslow-King “Coast of Light”
  • Live Review: Beans On Toast + Ruth Lyon + Bassie Gracie, Hare & Hounds, Birmingham – 11th March 2026
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Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

March 25, 2026 0
A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]
Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0
Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 2
While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

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Grant-Lee Phillips “In the Hour of Dust”

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A thoughtful, introspective, at times autobiographical album by a renowned singer, songwriter and painter. Although known for his musical exploits, Grant-Lee Phillips first started out as a visual artist; however, on arriving in Los Angeles in […]
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Pete Rowan “From My Mountain (Calling You) – Bluegrass via Tibet

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The title song from Pete Rowan’s new song is a glorious thing, made even more so by the presence of Molly Tuttle and Lindsay Lou.  It’s the title track of Rowan’s latest album, and at first […]
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Hayes Carll + Travis Linville, Deaf Institute, Manchester, 15th May 2019

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Hayes Carll is in a pretty good place right now. His new album ‘What It Is’ is a triumphant return to form following two releases which some considered somewhat flat. In addition, at the start of […]

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