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Josh Ritter is back with Jason Isbell produced record

January 11, 2019 Mark Whitfield 1

Rolling Stone Country have got a lovely little piece up today about Josh Ritter’s forthcoming new album which is more political than some of Ritter’s offerings to date, and which features the 400 Unit as his band. […]

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The 2018’s Americana UK readers’ poll results are here!

December 21, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

So here we go again – the last day of term and it’s prize day at Americana UK Towers. It was a classic year for americana in the UK, a year in which you actually had […]

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Sturgill and Isbell to play Tibet House benefit

December 5, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

News from Pitchfork this afternoon that Sturgill Simpson and Jason Isbell have announced that they’ll be performing at the 32nd annual Tibet House US Benefit Concert which takes place at Carnegie Hall on February 7th. They report: “They […]

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Jason Isbell’s Ryman residency wins RS plaudits

October 25, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

Jason Isbell has begun six nights of performances in Nashville this week for this year’s residency (which have been happening since 2014) and RS Country has been writing about them in glowing terms. They wrote of […]

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RS Country interview Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires

October 18, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

RS Country are running a nice little (not so little actually) interview today with Americana royalty (in a Republican way) (that’s Republican in the UK sense) (why did I start this?) Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires who […]

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The banjo is a glorious instrument that can do a lot of ill in the wrong hands. It’s not easy to proudly, confidently pluck out some hot licks and really hard to play it with the […]

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Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”

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Alan Gregg is a native Kiwi transplanted to North London with a spotty resumé to his credit. Not intending to be impolite, but prospective employers might be taken aback, curious as to what he has been […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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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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Video: Chris Smither “I Am The Ride”

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Captured live in Bristol in 1995, this is the great American folk/blues performer Chris Smither with his classic I Am The Ride.  Have a great weekend everybody.

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Golden Oak “Maple Spring” – Listen

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Siblings Zak and Lena Kendall make up the Maine based GoldenOak released the gently grooving folk-tinged EP ‘Foxgloves‘ last year and have a new release coming together for later this year.  Their latest single is ‘Maple […]

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