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AmericanaFest announces Award Show line-up: Steve Earle, Rawlings, Welch and more!

December 11, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0
The Americana Music Association UK (AMA-UK) has announced the full line-up of performers and events for its first virtual AmericanaFest UK which takes place next month from January 26th – 28th 2021. The UK Americana Awards […]
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Barry Gibb announces new album featuring Isbell, Krauss, Welch and Rawlings – Listen

November 6, 2020 Mark Whitfield 2
And we bet you never thought you’d see that headline. Bee Gees frontman Barry Gibb has announced a new album titled ‘Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. 1.’ The record is inspired by Gibb apparently being […]
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Gillian Welch “There’s A First Time For Everything” – Listen

November 6, 2020 Jonathan Aird 2
Today’s track is another bite at the delicious cherry that is ‘Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 3 ‘, the Acony Records release of demo and unreleased songs from Gillian Welch. Today’s song is a […]
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Gillian Welch “Peace In The Valley” – Listen

November 5, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
Gillian Welch continues the release of rare recordings and demos with the latest instalment of her archival series ‘Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 3.‘  Today’s song is a moving rendition of the tale of […]
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Gillian Welch “Picasso” – Listen

October 6, 2020 Jonathan Aird 1
‘Picasso’ is making Gillian Welch blue – so she suggests that he just pack his things and go, ‘cos everything looks wrong in his pictures.  It’s another release from the Gillian Welch archive – one of […]

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The Cousins Project “Child of the Hills”

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Artisanal roots music from Vermont’s Green Mountains. Kristina Stykos is a songwriter, musician, recording engineer and producer who has been a torchbearer for the music of the Green Mountain State since the 1980s. Her Pepperbox Studio […]

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Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]
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Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

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In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]
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Interview: Dirk Powell on “Wake” and bridging modern and age-old roots music

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Dirk Powell is a special kind of musician, someone who, through family connections, knows and understands both Appalachia and Cajun music, and is at the same time comfortable with modern music technology. He has won four […]

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