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Live Reviews

Live Review: Take Root Festival 2025, De Oosterpoort Groningen – 1st November 2025

November 10, 2025 NickBarber 1
Long a mainstay of the European americana festival scene, once again, Take Root Festival took over the six stages of the De Oosterpoort complex in Groningen, the Netherlands. The building itself is a multi-room/multi-space cultural centre […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Courtney Marie Andrews + Charlie Jonas Walter, St Mary’s Church – Twyford, Hampshire – 23rd October 2025

October 29, 2025 NickBarber 0
It’s been two long years since Courtney Marie Andrews graced these shores, so it was perhaps unsurprising that her autumn 2025 run of smaller, but characterful venues sold out in short time. The first date of […]

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Track Premiere: Todd Albright “Frankie”

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April 16, 2026 0

Video Premiere: Leeroy Stagger “Fiddler’s Daughter” – honouring creativity and whimsy

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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Chris Smither

Can't Live with it, Can't Live without it
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Cover art for Dale Watson album "Unwanted"

Dale Watson “Unwanted”

Album Reviews
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Live Review: Ryan Davis and the Roadhouse Band, Chickie Wah Wah, New Orleans – 7th April 2026

Live Reviews
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Tracks

Track Premiere: Todd Albright “Frankie”

April 16, 2026 0
Todd Albright has a dedication to the 12-string acoustic blues that he doesn’t actually own a 6-string guitar.  It’s a music that he was drawn to in his mid-teens, being first introduced to finger style blues […]
Videos

Video Premiere: Leeroy Stagger “Fiddler’s Daughter” – honouring creativity and whimsy

April 16, 2026 0
Brighten your day with a joyous celebration of love – Leeroy Stagger’s Fiddler’s Daughter. The words feel authentic and real: “The pretty little poet, with the ribbon in her hair,” and the song is an unself-conscious […]
Can't Live with it, Can't Live without it

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Chris Smither

April 15, 2026 0
Chris Smither is one of the most consistent artists working in americana, having started playing music professionally in 1966 after he saw some pivotal artists playing live and feeling energised to do the same thing. These […]

  • Track Premiere: Todd Albright “Frankie”
  • Video Premiere: Leeroy Stagger “Fiddler’s Daughter” – honouring creativity and whimsy
  • Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Chris Smither
  • Dale Watson “Unwanted”
  • Live Review: Ryan Davis and the Roadhouse Band, Chickie Wah Wah, New Orleans – 7th April 2026
  • Sons of Town Hall “Of Ghosts and Gods”
  • Oklahoma jamgrassers The Steppers announce release of new album
  • Spencer Cullum “Coin Collection 3”
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Interview: Thomas Ådland, of Thomas & The Angry Hearts, on Language, Love and Identity

April 13, 2026 0
Two days before I heard them fill Martin’s Bar in Lillestrøm, I watched Thomas & The Angry Hearts make music in a wooden house surrounded by trees. In that studio, sound was built patiently: a harmony […]
Interviews

Interview: The Breath’s Stuart McCallum and Ríoghnach Connolly on collaborating with the Paraorchestra

April 7, 2026 0
How to achieve true musical Symbiosis. The Breath are guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer Ríoghnach Connolly, and they ensure that the song is always at the centre of their alt-folk sound. That sound is rich, reflecting […]
Interviews

Interview: Cynthia Marchant on the Ozarks, fast cars and the passing of time

April 7, 2026 0
In 2022, with her second studio album, Flesh and Bone, Cynthia Marchant explored spiritual truth and depth, and the magic of connecting with self and others in the many stages of life. Three years later, she’s […]

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Tift Merrit announces European autumn dates

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On Friday Yep Roc Records released the digital deluxe version of the Limited Edition CD of Tift Merritt’s Stitch of the World which features three bonus tracks – “Stitch of the World” and “Something Came Over Me” […]
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Album Reviews

Josh Ritter “I Believe In You, My Honeydew”

September 23, 2025 0
Another quality set of stories and tunes from the American songwriter. A new Josh Ritter album is a time for celebration and excitement. His latest includes ten well-crafted songs with exceptional writing, which we have come […]
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Video: The Americans “The Right Stuff”

June 13, 2017 0
LA band The Americans release their new album I’ll Be Yours on July 7th and this urgent slice of rock/rockabilly bodes well for it.

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