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Video Premiere: Katy Guillen & The Drive “Goodbye Charlie”

September 16, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0
The latest release from Katy Guillen & The Drive has a compelling, slow groove and a sweetly absorbing melody that hooks you into the heartache and loss of ‘Goodbye Charlie’. The found-footage style of the video […]

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Penelope Isles “3”

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Kaz Murphy “Songs of Rebellion & Redemption”

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Robert Plant’s Saving Grace EP “All That Glitters” Record Store Day treasure to be released digitally

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Vinny Peculiar “The Curse of You Know Who”

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Freightliner “Canadian Cowboys” – blue jeaned dreams

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Penelope Isles - album cover for "3" 2026
Album Reviews

Penelope Isles “3”

September 17, 2026 0
Lush airy floatiness abounds as the siblings from the hippest city in the UK make it a hat trick. There is a floaty, gentle quality to this album.  The vocals appear to understate yet fully capture […]
Album Reviews

Kaz Murphy “Songs of Rebellion & Redemption”

September 17, 2026 0
Political activist takes aim at…. Guess who? Kaz Murphy’s fifth album finds him in sparky forms – taking on a multitude of targets and one racist, orange liar in particular.  Straight from the start on the […]
News

Robert Plant’s Saving Grace EP “All That Glitters” Record Store Day treasure to be released digitally

September 17, 2026 0
Robert Plant’s Saving Grace: All That Glitters… is out digitally on October 9th on Nonsuch Records. The EP, previously released on vinyl for Record Store Day, follows Plant’s 2025 critically acclaimed album, Saving Grace; both feature […]

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  • Kaz Murphy “Songs of Rebellion & Redemption”
  • Robert Plant’s Saving Grace EP “All That Glitters” Record Store Day treasure to be released digitally
  • Vinny Peculiar “The Curse of You Know Who”
  • Freightliner “Canadian Cowboys” – blue jeaned dreams
  • Video: Fruition “Compass” – we all get lost, but we all can be found
  • New(ish) Dean Owens album out next month with intimate tour dates to support
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  • Live Review: Bright Phoebus Revisited, EartH, London – 8th September 2026
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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]
Interviews

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 […]
Interviews

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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Essentials: The Top 10 Jimmy LaFave Albums

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To my great regret, I was a latecomer to the Jimmy LaFave fan club. In the 90s and 00s you could see some of his earlier albums such as ‘Buffalo Return to the Plains’ or ‘Highway […]
Album Reviews

Mock Deer “The Art of Loneliness” (Independent, 2020)

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Ryanhood “The Fight” – Listen

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Ryan Green and Cameron Hood (who clearly chose not to go with the Robin Hood vibe of GreenHood) got together as a busking duo in Boston’s Quincy Market.  They got spotted by a college circuit booking […]

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