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Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan to be celebrated in Ace compilation featuring a myriad of stars

April 8, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0
Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan are to be celebrated by artists such as Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry, Randy Newman, Carole King and Gerry Goffin, Leonard Cohen, Lee Hazlewood, Brian Wilson and Laura Nyro as part of […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 211 “Distractions”

November 24, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 2
Following last week’s brief posting, there might be a bit more meat on the bones this week, so to speak. Given the size of my right leg, there’s plenty to go around as the swelling reminds […]
Tracks

Lucinda Williams “We’ve Come Too Far to Turn Around” – with Norah Jones

November 24, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
To be totally honest – and this isn’t the first time – it always comes as a bit of a surprise that we’re featuring Norah Jones, who adds piano and additional vocals on this latest song […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed – week 15

April 21, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 3
The postman delivered something smashing this week. As a committed music lover I have over the year experimented with all sorts of formats but have continually found myself drawn back to the vinyl LP. My ears […]

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The Male Pattern - I Was Shot In The Heart 2026

The Male Pattern “I Was Shot In The Heart”

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Élise LeBlanc “Lavender Honey” – honkey-tonk romance

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Video Premiere: Wyatt Lowe “Deserts” – Let me lay down and rest

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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Old Crow Medicine Show

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Dude Cervantes and The Panchos “Billion Dollar Art”

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The Male Pattern - I Was Shot In The Heart 2026
Album Reviews

The Male Pattern “I Was Shot In The Heart”

October 8, 2026 0
A dramatic modern-day tale of alienation and its tragic consequences, skilfully and humourously told by an expert storyteller. This record is a humorous, disconcerting yet ultimately riveting soap opera. Its episodic nature makes you want to […]
Tracks

Élise LeBlanc “Lavender Honey” – honkey-tonk romance

October 8, 2026 0
Ah, Lavender Honey, is there anything sweeter and yet so aromatic? Better than clover honey. Élise LeBlanc agrees, it seems, although…we are not 100% sure that we’re thinking of the same thing. Well, let’s rejoice in […]
Videos

Video Premiere: Wyatt Lowe “Deserts” – Let me lay down and rest

October 8, 2026 0
The new single from Wyatt Lowe is immediately captivating. Opening with heavenly steel lifted by light percussion, Desert bursts into life with more urgent and ranging guitar, moody sounds that locate us in the desert. This […]

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  • Élise LeBlanc “Lavender Honey” – honkey-tonk romance
  • Video Premiere: Wyatt Lowe “Deserts” – Let me lay down and rest
  • Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Old Crow Medicine Show
  • Dude Cervantes and The Panchos “Billion Dollar Art”
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  • Anniversary Cheers: The Chicks “Taking The Long Way” celebrates 20 years
  • Live Review: My Darling Clementine, Hen & Chicken, Bristol – 1st October 2026
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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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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final track on Maya de Vitry’s 2026 release, but […]

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Album Reviews

Love Me In The Dark “Love Me In The Dark” (Independent, 2020)

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Love Me In The Dark comprises of Steve McCormick and Heather Donavon, the two having met on stage five years ago in Venice, CA., each having had their own individual careers as songwriter/artists. This self-produced and […]
Videos

Video Premiere: The Tillers “Tecumseh On The Battlefield”

October 21, 2019 0
Here’s something good from Cincinnati outfit The Tillers, taken from their ‘Hand On The Plow’ album.  This is a band that knows its Americana and can play it superbly.  They’re on tour in the UK in […]
Album Reviews

William Prince “Stand in the Joy”

April 21, 2023 0
An exceptionally well crafted outing from William Prince, the masterful production being the cherry on top of an already delicious cake. If there is one producer’s name that’s sure to quicken the heart of any Americana […]

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