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Folk Tracks Roundup – April 2025

April 29, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
As ever, we’re more than well supplied with Track choices (it’s not a problem, and of course, we try and fit in as many as possible), and that goes as much for ones we tag with […]

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Dan Pye “Room 7, on the 7th”

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Bonnie “Prince” Billy releases live album “Ghosts of American Psychonauts” in September

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Album Reviews

Dan Pye “Room 7, on the 7th”

August 18, 2026 0
An impressive modern folk debut where creativity shines through. London-based Dan Pye is a creative individual. Alongside Room 7, on the 7th, his debut album, he has produced films, zines, handmade copper etchings, a diptych and […]
Cover art for Eric Hgen album "Make Country Sad Again"
Features

More People Really Should Know About: Eric Hagen

August 18, 2026 0
In his excellent review of the album Revival, published in these hallowed pages upon its release in 2023, my esteemed colleague Michael Macy compared the songs of Eric Hagen to those of the great American realist […]
News

Allison de Groot and Rich Ruth collaborative project to be released in October

August 18, 2026 0
Allison de Groot is a clawhammer banjo player from Winnipeg, a Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo recipient and Americana Music Association Instrumentalist of the Year nominee, best known for her duo with fiddler Tatiana […]

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  • Bonnie “Prince” Billy releases live album “Ghosts of American Psychonauts” in September
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Interview: Waylon Payne on the ‘family’ business and pulling Willie Nelson’s beard

August 13, 2026 0
Americana UK’s Ian Rothery caught up with Waylon Payne via Zoom at his home in Nashville on one of the few days of the year when it might actually have been hotter in the UK than […]
Interviews

Interview: The Roseline play sweet music but you must accept the thorns

August 12, 2026 1
It’s no secret that americana music in all its colorful variations has been prevalent and in vogue for years now as countless bands and singer/songwriters from the last two decades have found success filtering their music […]
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Interview: Frank Turner reflects on 20 years of Campfire Punkrock

August 11, 2026 0
Remarkably, it is twenty years since Frank Turner released his first solo EP: Campfire Punkrock. The very title was both a statement of intent and a conscious identifier, defining his sound and the purpose of his […]

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Jeffrey Foucault “Blood Brothers” (Blueblade Records/Tone Tree, 2018)

June 22, 2018 0
Time is precious. Things to do. People to see. So straight to the point. ‘Blood Brothers’ by Jeffrey Foucault is a bloody marvellous album. There are many albums that are slow growers, gradually getting under the […]
Album Reviews

Ben Reel “Land Of Escape” (Independent, 2018)

July 24, 2018 0
Ben Reel is an Irish artist who has been in the business for over 20 years, this being his eighth studio album release.  This is a homegrown affair having been recorded and produced in his home […]
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Video Premiere: Doyle Turner “Paper Maps”

January 27, 2025 0
Check out the latest single from Northern Minnesota singer-songwriter Doyle Turner.  “Paper Maps” is a thoughtful, sensitive song about being parted from loved ones who are finding their own way in the world.  When Turner sings, […]

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