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Interview: Alan Fletcher on the point of Australian Americana

February 21, 2023 Martin Johnson 2
You may know him as Dr Karl Kennedy but Alan Fletcher is a serious singer-songwriter. Releasing your first full solo album at the age of 65 may seem a strange career move for an up-and-coming Aussie […]
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Lachlan Bryan & the Wildes head to UK for ripper dates

May 17, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0
Aussie alt-country/Americana outfit Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes have announced their return to the UK next month including an appearance at Maverick Festival; along with the European release of their fourth album ‘Some Girls (Quite) Like Country Music’ on June […]
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Maverick Festival add further names to 2018 line-up

March 14, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0
Following their 10th anniversary last year, the UK’s first major Americana festival has announced further additions to its 2018 line up, including an act who’ve been pitched as “the most talked about band in  Memphis” Southern Avenue, […]
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Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes set to make their first UK appearances.

May 18, 2017 Paul Kerr 0
One of Australia’s premier Americana artists (if that isn’t a contradiction) have lined up their first UK appearances this June. Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes have pioneered the alt-country and Americana music movement in Australia. The […]

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Fruit Bats “That Goddamn Sun” – when will it be my time

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It was all going so well, wasn’t it?  We had a theme – a great theme – running through this week’s Tracks and now we’ve gone and thrown it all away.  Alas.  Alack.  Oh well, let’s […]
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Video Premiere: Bob Sumner “Baby I Know”

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We’re delighted to premiere the latest video from Canadian singer-songwriter Bob Sumner. Baby I Know is a typically melodic, country-infused ballad that showcases Sumner’s outstanding voice. Smooth and resonant, sweetly melancholic, rising high before dipping low […]
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Behind the Songs: Thin Lear

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The songs on Thin Lear’s sophomore album Many Disappeared are tied to each other not in their locale or their cast of characters, but instead in strange tragedies that have taken place, some many years ago. Current […]

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Behind the Songs: Thin Lear

May 13, 2026 0
The songs on Thin Lear’s sophomore album Many Disappeared are tied to each other not in their locale or their cast of characters, but instead in strange tragedies that have taken place, some many years ago. Current […]
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Interview: Judy Collins doesn’t look back, she looks forward

May 12, 2026 0
“My home is in New York City, on the Upper West Side,” Judy Collins said, proudly holding up a painting by her sister of cats and dogs that resembles a Monet. When I mentioned travelling up […]
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Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

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Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]

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A Circle Of Friends is a Danish Americana/Indie-Folk band whose members have notched up a few years experience in previous bands and musical ventures.  They aim to bring a Danish twist to their take on Americana, […]

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