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Classic Clips: Junior Brown “Another Honky Tonk Burned Down” live session at the Continental Gallery, Austin, Texas

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Junior Brown is usually to be found playing his unique and iconic ‘guit-steel’ guitar, a double necked instrument that combines electric guitar with lap steel guitar.  However on this clip he is playing an acoustic guitar […]
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Whatever Happened To… Junior Brown

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This time around on “Whatever Happened To…” Features Editor, Clint West, joins us to take a look at one of the great characters of Americana music and a firm favourite with those of us who enjoy […]

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The Cousins Project “Child of the Hills”

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The Cousins Project “Child of the Hills”

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Artisanal roots music from Vermont’s Green Mountains. Kristina Stykos is a songwriter, musician, recording engineer and producer who has been a torchbearer for the music of the Green Mountain State since the 1980s. Her Pepperbox Studio […]
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Live Review: Emmylou Harris, The Farewell Tour, De Doelen Rotterdam – 20th May 2026

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Electrifying, scarily powerful and quietly charismatic to the last, Harris runs the rule one final time in Europe over her exceptionally long career. Perhaps one of the most touching moments of the Emmylou Harris Farewell Tour […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 241 “The Rugby”

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Not the usual subject of this column, but as a fellow of Northampton, I’m heading to Twickenham tomorrow, driving a coach-load of supporters for the Prem Final. Exciting times for the town as the club seems […]

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Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]
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Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

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In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]
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Interview: Dirk Powell on “Wake” and bridging modern and age-old roots music

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Dirk Powell is a special kind of musician, someone who, through family connections, knows and understands both Appalachia and Cajun music, and is at the same time comfortable with modern music technology. He has won four […]

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