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John Calvin Abney “Transparent Towns”

September 22, 2025 Helen Jones 0
Abney poetically channels invaluable self-insight in a way that gives it universal meaning. The sad truth about memory is that it’s inherently unreliable: when you access it, you’re not remembering the event itself so much as […]
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Songs Not Bombs Vol. 2 for Gaza is out today

April 5, 2024 Mark Whitfield 1
We carried news last month of a new project in support of the children of Palestine who are going through unimaginable trauma at the moment, and the project has just released a second compilation featuring previously […]
Previews

Preview: John Calvin Abney heads to UK for dates later this month

January 8, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0
US singer-songwriter John Calvin Abney is kicking off 2024 with a run of much-anticipated tour dates in the UK and Europe. The tour marks Abney’s first trip to the continent since he last visited in 2017 […]
Videos

Video: John Calvin Abney “Watch Me Go (Back in Time)”

September 9, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0
Here’s the latest single from singer-songwriter John Calvin Abney.  Beginning with some beautifully tuneful guitar-work and Abney’s understated, earnest vocal, ‘Watch Me Go (Back in Time)’ builds up in subtle layers, becoming gently rhythmic and demonstrating […]
Album Reviews

John Calvin Abney “Tourist”

August 9, 2022 Paul Kerr 0
Recorded on the road, Tourist is an engaging, lush and poignant set of songs. Unlike most folk who were locked down at home during the pandemic, Tulsa musician John Calvin Abney, his San Francisco lease having […]

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Ewan Macintyre & Herding Cats “On These Islands We Sing”

September 14, 2026 0
An atypical blend of influences results in an album of great appeal. There has never been a time like the present for the merging of traditions. Long before the advent of generative AI (which has certainly […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 252 “Emotions… funny things”

September 14, 2026 0
Been in a heightened state of emotion recently due to bereavement, thought I was settling down and getting back into the rhythm of things, but as I have been told a thousand times, these things are […]
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Track Premiere: Paula Fong “What Are We Running From”

September 14, 2026 0
Paula Fong is a Los Angeles-based Americana singer-songwriter, whose musical foundation began early, and from the start was diverse. Summers spent in the French countryside introduced her to Breton folk music, which left a lasting imprint […]

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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

August 26, 2026 0
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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Interview: Nora Kelly holds space for the quirky in outlaw country music

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It’s always the ride and not necessarily the destination that makes a trip through a Nora Kelly Band album worthwhile. The songs can be zany, intriguing and melancholic all at once, cavorting to their own primal […]

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Video: Chris Canterbury “Christmas In Prison” (John Prine Cover)

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As 2022 draws to a close and we get ready to celebrate the festive season in our different ways, we bring you our final video post of the year.  ‘Christmas in Prison’ is one of the […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 36

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A deep dive into Bandcamp to accompany the marking. One of the biggest parts of a teacher life beyond the day-to-day firefighting, classroom endeavours and relentless admin is MARKING. And when assessments rear their head as […]
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Alela Diane “Who’s Keeping Time?”

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Collaboration brings a beautiful folk album with words of love. This is Alela Diane’s seventh album, and the story behind it starts with the death at the age of eighty-three of her great friend Michael Hurley. […]

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