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Fruit Bats “A River Running to Your Heart”

May 5, 2023 Guy Lincoln 0
Gorgeous latest from the hardest-working man in indie-folk. ‘A River Running to Your Heart’ is a low-key beauty of a record, a small and lovely triumph for a too often despondent and agitated world. It is […]
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Something for the weekend: Fruit Bats “We Used to Live Here”

March 24, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0
That’s it from us for another week dearest of readers and we leave you today with a new song from our favourite Chiropteran mammals, Fruit Bats ‘We Used to Live Here’ which is the final sneak […]
Tracks

Fruit Bats “It All Comes Back” – like riding a bike

February 27, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
So, when your smug friends tell you that there’s no great music being made any more, throw the new album from Fruit Bats in their lap (or…elsewhere…depending on just how smug they are being). You won’t […]
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Live Review: Bonny Light Horseman + Cat Clyde @ Celtic Connections, Saint Luke’s – 5th February 2023

February 16, 2023 Cam Fraser 0
To say that there was excitement that Bonny Light Horseman were returning to Celtic Connections was an understatement. Described previously in AUK as “the greatest psychedelic-tinged folk-rock band in the world” it was clear that great […]
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Fruit Bats “Rushin’ River Valley” – tour the UK man

January 24, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Eric D. Johnson should need no introduction by now, and nor should Fruit Bats.  But lookee here –  new album coming out on April 14th.  It’s called “A River Running To Your Heart” and it’s on […]

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Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a new song from Teenage Fanclub who will release their new album Do Not Dare To Dream on 9th October via […]
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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”

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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

August 28, 2026 1
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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Jane Bruce “My Bed”

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A raw and emotional debut album from singer/songwriter and Broadway actress Jane Bruce. It’s been a couple of turbulent years for singer/songwriter Jane Bruce. She moved to the east coast where she was due to start […]

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