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Preview: Words and Music Festival – Nantwich South Cheshire, October 11th – 17th

September 28, 2021 Gordon Sharpe 0

As live music slowly finds its feet again it seems a good idea to give as many shout-outs as possible for upcoming events. On that basis we bring to your attention the ‘Words and Music Festival’, […]

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Iron & Wine “Robin’s Egg” – sweetness follows

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BC Camplight

BC Camplight “A Sober Conversation”

Tracks
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Video: Imogen Clark “The Art of Getting Through” ft. Mickey Raphael

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Margo Price returns with new album “Hard Headed Woman”

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Willie Nile “The Great Yellow Light”

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  • Iron & Wine “Robin’s Egg” – sweetness follows
  • BC Camplight “A Sober Conversation”
  • Video: Imogen Clark “The Art of Getting Through” ft. Mickey Raphael
  • Margo Price returns with new album “Hard Headed Woman”
  • Willie Nile “The Great Yellow Light”
  • Live Review: Michael Weston King, Dan Raza & Michael J Sheehy, The Betsey Trotwood, London – 1st June 2025
  • Chloe Foy “Complete Fool”
  • AMA announces nominations for 24th Annual Americana Honours and Awards
  • Live Review: Cat Power, The Barbican, London – 1st June 2025
  • Preview: Static Roots Festival, Oberhausen, Germany 10th -12th July 2025
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Interview: For Dear Heather a different sound with the same feeling

June 11, 2025 0

The Edinburgh band discusses UK alt-country, The Beatles and what winning the Mercury Prize would mean. “I’ve always had an obsession with Batman: I love Batman”. Rex Binning, guitarist, bassist and vocalist, speaks for the band […]

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Interview: Caleb Caudle values endurance and radical empathy

June 3, 2025 0

Caleb Caudle has been making music for longer than you might guess since the night he walked up to an open mic night, sat down and strummed his first chord in a live setting. He sings […]

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Interview: Chatham Rabbits can pull from a hatful of songs

May 28, 2025 0

It’s hard to pin down and stamp a genre like a Notary Public would on Chatham Rabbits. The husband-and-wife duo of Austin and Sarah McCombie started out in bluegrass and old-timey music, but they have taken […]

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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 […]

Obituaries

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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