My Darling Clementine

Interview: Michael Weston King on why “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

April 2, 2026 Martin Johnson 0

How the worst kind of family tragedy can lead to a career high British americana stalwart and music award winner Michael Weston King is releasing a new solo album, Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore. On the […]

Michael Weston King “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

March 27, 2026 Tim Martin 4

Tragedy turned into thoughtful, considered, often uplifting songwriting. At the end of 2024, Michael Weston King and Lou Dalgleish shared their first artistic reactions to the loss of their granddaughter Bebe King, at Southport with a […]

Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Andy Raw

December 4, 2025 Andrew Raw 5

Under Andy Short’s recent Top 10, there was praise from a reader for his choices that had “objectivity and historical context” as opposed to others, which had been “Some songs I like”. The reader, it has […]

Live Review: My Darling Clementine @ The Fallen Angels Club, The Glad Cafe, Glasgow – 27th July 2025

August 4, 2025 Paul Kerr 2

It was a good-sized crowd who packed into Glasgow’s Glad Café on a Sunday afternoon for a new series of occasional matinee sessions promoted by Kevin Morris’ Fallen Angels Club. The draw was the return, after […]

The Long Road Festival announces first acts for 2024

March 6, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Following 2023’s sell-out, The Long Road festival returns to the picturesque grounds of Stanford Hall in Leicestershire over the August bank holiday weekend this year from 23rd to 25th August. The festival has a track record […]

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Live Review: Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Guthrie Green, Tulsa, Oklahoma – 29th April 2026

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There is something quietly compelling about seeing Gillian Welch and David Rawlings in a setting like Guthrie Green. Beneath a full moon hanging low in a cloudless and distinctly chilly Oklahoma sky, this free, open-air show, […]

Adam Donen “Bible Stories”

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Tom Waits inspires industrial Gothic gospel blues. Now this is a strange one. Adam Donen is a multi-faceted artist; apparently, he “invents art forms, writes, directs and composes” Hmmmm. To be fair, to back this up, […]

Folk Roundup – Anna McLuckie, Arthur Coates & Kerran Cotterell, Emily Portman, Gareth Davies-Jones, Lady Maisery and Jimmy Alkdridge & Sid Goldsmith, Old Spot, Songs of the Folk

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With springtime now upon us, it is time to delve into some of the recent folk and roots music embracing these warmer, albeit not always drier, times. A plethora of new releases landed in the inbox […]

Interview: Michael Weston King on why “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

Michael Weston King “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Andy Raw

Live Review: My Darling Clementine @ The Fallen Angels Club, The Glad Cafe, Glasgow – 27th July 2025

The Long Road Festival announces first acts for 2024

Live Review: Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Guthrie Green, Tulsa, Oklahoma – 29th April 2026

Adam Donen “Bible Stories”

Folk Roundup – Anna McLuckie, Arthur Coates & Kerran Cotterell, Emily Portman, Gareth Davies-Jones, Lady Maisery and Jimmy Alkdridge & Sid Goldsmith, Old Spot, Songs of the Folk

Deer Tick “ACI” – a place for porridge

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