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Video: The Sky Chiefs “House Full Of Company”

December 3, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0

Check out the brilliant new single from The Sky Chiefs, the musical project of Virginia-based artists Stephen McCarthy (of The Jayhawks and The Long Ryders) and Kevin Pittman. ‘House Full of Company’ is full of upbeat […]

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36 years later – Stephen McCarthy and Kevin Pittman to release The Sky Chiefs debut

November 19, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

Richmond, Virginia-based artists Stephen McCarthy (The Long Ryders, The Jayhawks) and Kevin Pittman (The Dads) have joined forces as The Sky Chiefs and announced their forthcoming self-titled LP will be released on 13th February 2026. In […]

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  • Cambridge Folk Festival announces second tranche of acts as well as day splits
  • Latest Podcast now live featuring Wesley Stace
  • Old Sap “February Blues” – arriving this weekend
  • Video: Sounding Arrow “Zero Gravity” – leaving the earth forever
  • Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Jonathan Aird
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Interview: Bernie Leadon Too Late to Be Cool? No way!

January 21, 2026 0

When pigs can fly and cows jump over the moon …. when hell freezes over …. when an NBA player gets called for “palming the ball” …. when George Costanza picks up a check … when […]

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Interview: Trevor Sensor on connection, bataille and love in the time of confusion

January 13, 2026 0

“Are you really real, do you feel the same thing that I do, girl, when I touch you, girl?” ~ Ricky Nelson According to iconic filmmaker Federico Fellini, “The visionary is the only true realist.” Before […]

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Interview: Mikel Jollett of the Airborne Toxic Event on struggles, joys and the journey

December 12, 2025 1

Hard times, no, unusually hard times served to bring the Airborne Toxic Event frontman Mikel Jollett a sense of purpose in life as a singer, songwriter, band leader, author and speaker about childhood trauma. As he […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

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As always in these prescriptive articles there must be a drawing of boundaries and Clint’s first article in the series seemed to have dealt with the idea that you should define americana in a narrow sense […]

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Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

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Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

Obituaries

The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

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I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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