Emily Barker

Emily Barker “A Dark Murmuration Of Words” (Thirty Tigers, 2020)

September 1, 2020 Peter Churchill 0

For her sixth full-length album release Emily Barker is taking on the world. Addressing climate change, racism, sexism and the myths of economic progress, Barker has, in her own softly spoken and articulate way, delivered her […]

Interview: Emily Barker on her new album and working 16 hour days

August 26, 2020 Martin Johnson 0

Emily Barker is an Australian singer-songwriter who has developed her career in the UK. She was given the impetus to make music her full-time career when her song ‘Nostalgia’ became the theme song for the BBC […]

Video: The Blue Highways and Friends “Days Like This” Charity Single

April 28, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

In these strange times, we must ensure that we look out for the vulnerable, the marginalised and the lonely more than ever. Today, 28th April, The blue Highways release a cover of Van Morrison’s beautiful ‘Days […]

Frank Turner + Emily Barker, Alexandra Palace, London, 30th November 2019

December 11, 2019 Andrew Frolish 0

Frank Turner’s sold out show at the wonderful Ally Pally was his 2,431st gig since setting out as a solo artist in 2004. This is, in itself, a phenomenal achievement and is a sign of his […]

AmericanaFest UK is back in January – here are all the details

December 6, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

British Americana fans – that includes us dear reader – will be flocking to Hackney, East London for 3 days of their annual conference in January as AmericanaFest UK returns for its 4th year. The event consists […]

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Dead Goat to release self titled debut amid talk of an Irish supergroup

March 23, 2026 0

Dead Goat has announced the release of their first album, which is self-titled and comes out this Friday (26th March) via AV8 Records. Who are they, you ask? Well, individually, they are each accomplished artists in […]

Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”

March 23, 2026 0

Superb fourth from Canadian song thrush. Mud Blood Bone is Cat Clyde’s fourth album and arrives just over four years since its predecessor, Down Rounder. In between times, Clyde released a live album, Live At Rare […]

For the Sake of the Song: Marah “Round Eye Blues”

March 23, 2026 0

Marah is at their best when singing about lonely urban streets where bums warm their hands around trash fires in rusty 50-gallon cans, transvestite prostitutes wrap their feather boas a little tighter against an unforgiving 4:00 […]

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 […]

Interviews

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 […]

Interviews

Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

March 4, 2026 2

At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

News

Bob Dylan’s new unheard song: “a song that rolls slow”

March 30, 2020 2

It’s been almost eight years since Bob Dylan released brand new music – the albums that followed ‘Tempest‘ were, in general terms, the Sinatra Covers Years. In these strange times though the Nobel prize winning poet […]

Videos

Video: Black Deer Festival – The Teskey Brothers

June 16, 2023 0

Today’s video highlights another band that will be lighting up the Black Deer Festival this weekend. The Teskey Brothers produce an authentic roots sound, soulful songs full of warmth and character. ‘Remember the Time’ is a […]

Album Reviews

Sarah Jane Scouten “Turned to Gold”

October 9, 2023 0

Sarah Jane Scouten ends her recording hiatus with a deceptively uplifting new album. Two of the many joys of being asked to review albums in your favourite music genre is finding artists you have hardly heard […]

Emily Barker “A Dark Murmuration Of Words” (Thirty Tigers, 2020)

Interview: Emily Barker on her new album and working 16 hour days

Video: The Blue Highways and Friends “Days Like This” Charity Single

Frank Turner + Emily Barker, Alexandra Palace, London, 30th November 2019

AmericanaFest UK is back in January – here are all the details

Dead Goat to release self titled debut amid talk of an Irish supergroup

Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”

For the Sake of the Song: Marah “Round Eye Blues”

Elgin and the Marbles “The Sun Never Sets”

Jack Studer “Falling Forward”