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The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Richard Parkinson

November 20, 2025 Richard Parkinson 6
Every writer faced with distilling the entire history of music into the Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time is faced with a need to place some boundaries around the task in order to get some […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 203 “Out of the ashes…”

October 10, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
So last week’s column talked about Black Deer’s demise and how I was a bit cut up about it. One of the things I did for BD was host an hour-long news show each week, which […]
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Live Reviews

Live Review: Jolie Holland + Annie Dressner, Neon 194, London – 18th September 2025

September 23, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
A show from Jolie Holland is always a cause for celebration as the much-travelled multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter comes towards the end of the UK leg of her tour with dates in Ireland to follow. The venue […]
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Grey DeLisle helms all-star tribute to Cindy Walker – out in October

September 22, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
Grammy-winning artist Grey DeLisle has put together a tribute to her hero, Cindy Walker. “It’s All Her Fault: A Tribute To Cindy Walker” is due out on 10th October 2025 via Hummin’bird Records. One of the most […]
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Jolie Holland to release Michael Hurley tribute with Max Knause

July 7, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
Jolie Holland is to release an album of songs in tribute to the late Michael Hurley.  The album is entitled “Wolf Dispatch” and will be released on 18th July 2025 via Holland’s Cinquefoil Records imprint. Hurley […]

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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

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Abigail Lapell to play extensive UK and European tour in November

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Track Premiere: Candace Hastings “Horses I Left Behind”

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Interviews

Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

April 21, 2026 0
Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]
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Abigail Lapell to play extensive UK and European tour in November

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Toronto singer-songwriter Abigail Lapell, who is releasing her new album Shadow Child on 8th May 2026 via Outside Music, has announced a run of six UK headline shows as part of a wider UK and European […]
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Track Premiere: Candace Hastings “Horses I Left Behind”

April 21, 2026 0
Candace Hastings is long steeped in songwriting. Her first came when she was in fifth grade; it had just one chord and was written on the three-quarter-size Kay guitar that her mother bought for her the […]

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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

April 21, 2026 0
Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]
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Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

April 17, 2026 0
Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]
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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 […]

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“Sights & Sounds of Tennessee” to debut at Waterloo Station next week

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We leave you with this for this week which is quite exciting if you’re anywhere near London next week. The beckon call of live music, complimentary Jack Daniel’s and what’s described as “an immersive multisensory experience” will […]
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Luther Black And The Cold Hard Facts “Long Way To Go” – More Hard Travellin’

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Taken from the new album ‘Moment Of Truth‘ (out on may 12th), new song ‘Long Way To Go‘ is a blue-collar testament of perseverance in the style of Bruce Springsteen and John Mellencamp. Singer-songwriter-producer Rick Wagner […]
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Ann Liu Cannon “Letters” – better in the written word

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On “Letters“, the somewhat rabbit-obsessed Ann Liu Cannon admits that “I’m better at letters, ‘cos letters can’t talk back, so neither can you, so I can stay here, hands on my ears, avoiding the truth.” Yeah, […]

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