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Icarus Phoenix “Mark & Kyle” – taking big steps together

July 4, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

When we say that Icarus Phoenix are friends of the site it is more true than that phrase sometimes conveys, as Drew Danburry is indeed both a long time friend of the site and a long […]

Icarus Phoenix
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Icarus Phoenix “Bright Eyes” – let ’em shine

May 19, 2025 Ed Donnelly 0

Icarus Phoenix revives an old song from the ashes with ‘Bright Eyes’. Singer Drew Danburry revisits an old song he released as a solo artist with his new band. Joining Danberry on the track are Eli […]

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Icarus Phoenix “Love” – all you need, really

April 17, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Things that you should know – one time – Icarus Phoenix is the front for prolific songwriter Drew Danburry.  The band has existed in many forms since 2020, and the current lineup is Drew Danburry (gtr/vox), […]

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Essentials: The top 10 Icarus Phoenix/Drew Danburry songs

March 13, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Editing an americana site for the last 24 years, one of the things I often get asked is the age old question “what is Americana?” and while not particularly having an answer, I commented on our […]

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Icarus Phoenix “Poor Sad Indie Thing” – touching the beautiful sad thoughts

March 4, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Ah, Icarus Phoenix – Drew Danburry is like the musical Juggernaut, an unstoppable force pushing through the world, only in this case not crushing down but lifting up – or, at the least, consoling.  ‘Poor Sad […]

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  • Los Straitjackets to release first album of original material in thirteen years
  • Ruby Friedman Orchestra “Chimes after Midnight”
  • Live Review: Yvonne Lyon and Boo Hewerdine + Sharon Maher, Kirton in Lindsey – 5th July 2025
  • Peter Rowan “Tales of the Free Mexican Air Force”
  • The Fisherman Three “Electricity” – the alternative is only what?
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  • Live Review: John Fullbright, Guthrie Green, Tulsa, Oklahoma – 28th June 2025
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Behind the Songs: Chris Stamey “Anything Is Possible”

July 10, 2025 0

North Carolina singer-songwriter and producer Chris Stamey is an indie rock icon with a long and illustrious history, starting in the mid-70s with Mitch Easter in the band Sneakers, then co-founding the avant-pop band The dBs […]

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Interview: Michelle Billingsley on honky-tonkin’ and two-steppin’

July 2, 2025 0

It was a windy, wintry January day in Chicago when June, Michelle Billingsley’s 50-pound Australian Shepherd, jumped up beside her on the couch. “Yeah, she saw me putting on my makeup, which usually means I’m going […]

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Interview: Swarme of Beese finds more poetry in darkness than in light

June 30, 2025 0

The term mutant folk seems to fit. In the band’s early days, before The Victor Mourning emerged from the pupa into an adult Swarme of Beese, their songs elicited unusual receptions. Co-songwriter Lynne Adele recalls performing […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

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As always in these prescriptive articles there must be a drawing of boundaries and Clint’s first article in the series seemed to have dealt with the idea that you should define americana in a narrow sense […]

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Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

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Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

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The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

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I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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