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Preview: UK trio pay live tribute to legend Michael Hurley

June 8, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0

Sweet Lucy are a UK-based trio who have come together to celebrate the music, songs and spirit of the late Michael Hurley. Johnny Fewings (banjo/guitar), Michele Stodart (bass/acoustic guitar) and Holly Carter (pedal steel/electric guitar) share […]

Album cover artwork for Alela Diane "Who's Keeping Time?"

Alela Diane “Who’s Keeping Time?”

May 7, 2026 Andrew Raw 1

Collaboration brings a beautiful folk album with words of love. This is Alela Diane’s seventh album, and the story behind it starts with the death at the age of eighty-three of her great friend Michael Hurley. […]

Jolie Holland to release Michael Hurley tribute with Max Knause

July 7, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

Jolie Holland is to release an album of songs in tribute to the late Michael Hurley. The album is entitled “Wolf Dispatch” and will be released on 18th July 2025 via Holland’s Cinquefoil Records imprint. Hurley […]

Book/Album Review: Josh Rosenthal (editor) “Treasures Untold: A Modern 78 RPM Reader”

April 17, 2025 Tim Martin 4

We’ve had vinyl, CD, and cassettes all making a “comeback.” So are 78s the next format we’ll all be hankering after. It feels unlikely simply on the grounds of breakability alone. But 78s refuse to go […]

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Something for the weekend: Clem Snide “Where Have You Gone”

June 19, 2026 1

Well that’s it from us for this week and we can’t let today pass without acknowledging the massive sense of relief after last night. Maybe the Reform guy is a better plumber than politician, although you […]

American Aquarium “New Ways To Lose”

June 19, 2026 2

Twenty albums in and yet another hugely impressive release from American Aquarium. A look back through the Americana UK archives will find plenty of references to American Aquarium, including a very rare 10 out of 10 […]

Shearwater

Shearwater return with “The New World” next month

June 19, 2026 0

Shearwater’s new album The New World will be released on 31st July 2026 via the band’s own Polyborus label in partnership with Secretly Distribution. In the past quarter-century, Shearwater slyly became a distinctive, consistent and adventurous […]

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