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Interview: Kevin Connolly builds songs with passion, wit and wordcraft

July 29, 2025 Dean Nardi 0
Anyone who’s caught Kevin Connolly’s live act knows he’s rarely at a loss for words. Speaking his mind like a street-corner preacher, the folk bard uses the stage as a pulpit for his witty wordcraft, both […]

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Americana Stories – Stuart Anderson “The Doubts That Make Us Strong”

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The Male Pattern “I Was Shot In The Heart”

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Élise LeBlanc “Lavender Honey” – honkey-tonk romance

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Video Premiere: Wyatt Lowe “Deserts” – Let me lay down and rest

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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Old Crow Medicine Show

Can't Live with it, Can't Live without it
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Features

Americana Stories – Stuart Anderson “The Doubts That Make Us Strong”

October 8, 2026 0
Stuart Anderson concludes our Americana Stories series with The Doubts That Make Us Strong. Stuart says: I’m a retired network engineer who was shown three guitar chords by a good friend at school, and who hasn’t […]
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The Male Pattern “I Was Shot In The Heart”

October 8, 2026 0
A dramatic modern-day tale of alienation and its tragic consequences, skilfully and humourously told by an expert storyteller. This record is a humorous, disconcerting yet ultimately riveting soap opera. Its episodic nature makes you want to […]
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Élise LeBlanc “Lavender Honey” – honkey-tonk romance

October 8, 2026 0
Ah, Lavender Honey, is there anything sweeter and yet so aromatic? Better than clover honey. Élise LeBlanc agrees, it seems, although…we are not 100% sure that we’re thinking of the same thing. Well, let’s rejoice in […]

  • Americana Stories – Stuart Anderson “The Doubts That Make Us Strong”
  • The Male Pattern “I Was Shot In The Heart”
  • Élise LeBlanc “Lavender Honey” – honkey-tonk romance
  • Video Premiere: Wyatt Lowe “Deserts” – Let me lay down and rest
  • Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Old Crow Medicine Show
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  • Anniversary Cheers: The Chicks “Taking The Long Way” celebrates 20 years
  • Live Review: My Darling Clementine, Hen & Chicken, Bristol – 1st October 2026
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Interview: Fischer-Z’s John Watts reminisces on 50 years of making heartfelt music

October 1, 2026 0
The songs of John Watts, whether in his band Fischer-Z, in his other bands or as a solo artist, aren’t technically Americana, but everything in their construction and recording has the feel of exactly what Americana […]
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Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

September 29, 2026 2
Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]
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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
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 track on Maya de Vitry’s 2026 release, but […]

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The Cadillac Three announce UK and Ireland dates for 2024

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Acclaimed Nashville trio The Cadillac Three have announced ‘The Years Go Fast’ tour, which will be taking place in May 2024 and concluding with a headline performance at The Royal Albert Hall on May 17th as […]
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Willie Watson new album due September

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And if this list of musical associates doesn’t impress you then no list will. God you are hard to please. Rolling Stone Country reports: “Joining the ranks of the Grateful Dead, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan and many […]
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Video: Blaze Foley “Clay Pigeons”

August 24, 2018 0
This week in the retro slot we have a short but extremely sweet live version of Clay Pigeons by the late lamented Blaze Foley.  Probably recorded sometime in the mid-eighties.  Have a good weekend everyone.

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