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Folk Roundup – Spafford & Campbell, Mikey Kenney, Merlyn Driver, Sarah-Jane Summers & Juhani Silvola, Eva Goodman & SERA, Kate Gregory and Brendan Hearn, Sons Of Perdition

January 13, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0
A new year and a new batch of folk albums to listen to and review. A small confession, some of these have been awaiting review for a short while, so this is also something of a […]

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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Mary Chapin Carpenter

Can't Live with it, Can't Live without it
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Great Lakes “Fear of the Fear”

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Bruce Cockburn “The Blood of Others”

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Dave Alvin - Promo shot for album Eleven Eleven - January 2010

Anniversary Cheers: Dave Alvin “Blackjack David” celebrates 28 years

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artwork for Maddie Medley album Fawn's Enemy

Maddie Medley “Fawn’s Enemy”

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Mary Chapin Carpenter at The Bottom LIne, New York City 24th October 2006
Can't Live with it, Can't Live without it

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Mary Chapin Carpenter

October 14, 2026 0
Mary Chapin Carpenter is one of those artists who sets the bar very high when it comes to recorded output. Not for her the experimental path of, say, Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music or Neil Young’s […]
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Album Reviews

Great Lakes “Fear of the Fear”

October 14, 2026 0
A deeply personal album, Ben Crum’s Memphis Record hits the spot. The band Great Lakes was formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1996 with members Ben Crum, Dan Donahue, and Jamey Huggins, and from there, the numbers […]
Album Reviews

Bruce Cockburn “The Blood of Others”

October 14, 2026 0
An homage to the songs that shaped his long life, award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter and acoustic guitar maestro releases his 39th album. If you were asked to vote in a poll of the most activist artists in […]

  • Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Mary Chapin Carpenter
  • Great Lakes “Fear of the Fear”
  • Bruce Cockburn “The Blood of Others”
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  • Maddie Medley “Fawn’s Enemy”
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Interview: Wesley Stace “I’m never satisfied with my artistic output”

October 13, 2026 0
Since his birth in Sussex in 1965, Wesley Stace has become a man of all colours, releasing 21 albums (17 under the nom de auteur-interprète John Wesley Harding), writing four books, organising the Cabinet of Wonders […]
Interviews

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 […]
Interviews

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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Tracks

Track Premiere: Steve Noonan “Either Way”

March 25, 2022 0
Steve Noonan is a former recording engineer for Prince, however Steve’s music is a blend of influences from postmodern British bands, ’70s songwriters, and Prince, himself.  During his tenure with Prince, Steve worked side by side […]
Album Reviews

Dan Israel “You’re Free” (Independent, 2018)

May 3, 2018 0
Dan Israel is going for it. After 13 albums as a part-timer Israel quit his Minnesota day job to concentrate fully on his music. So, probably not a coincidence that his first subsequent release is entitled […]
News

Americana Music Association (UK) Announces Award Winners

January 27, 2023 0
By the miracle of the electric railway your dedicated late night news reporter was able to hot-foot (hot-rail?) it from London’s Hackney Empire where the AMA-UK Awards show was held on Thursday night and get back […]

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