Laura Cantrell

artwork for Laura Cantrell album "Just Like A Rose"

Laura Cantrell “Just Like A Rose – The Anniversary Sessions”

June 13, 2023 Graeme Tait 2

Welcome return after nine year hiatus for one of Americana’s most respected artists. “(It is) my favourite record of the last ten years and possibly my life”. Not a quote from myself but rather from legendary […]

Live Preview: Maverick Festival, Easton Farm Park, Suffolk – 30th June – 2nd July 2023

May 16, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

If you love country and Americana, then at Maverick you’ll feel like your music has come home. These days we are blessed with a number of great festivals but there is something particularly special about the […]

Laura Cantrell announces her first new album in 9 years and a UK tour

April 13, 2023 Paul Kerr 0

After a nine-year hiatus, Laura Cantrell, a long-beloved presence in the U.S. and international Americana and Roots music scene, is back with a new studio album ‘Just Like A Rose: The Anniversary Sessions’, set to be […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Laura Cantrell “When the Roses Bloom Again”

February 13, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Last week’s Chain Gang featured Moon Mullican’s ‘I’ll Sail My Ship Alone’ which featured on the ‘Maverick Country’ compilation back in 2005. As Clint West noted, Mullican was known as ‘The King of Hillbilly Piano’ and […]

Interview: Erik Vincent Huey talks about his new album, “Appalachian Gothic” and his West Virginia roots

February 3, 2023 Lyndon Bolton 0

‘The Appalachian Tommy’ Taking a break from the alt-country band The Surreal McCoys that he co-founded, Erik Huey has released his first solo album, ‘Appalachian Gothic’. Descended from four generations of West Virginia coalminers Huey digs […]

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