Peter Rowan

Book Review – Mike Fiorito “Mescalito Riding His White Horse”

April 4, 2023 Lyndon Bolton 0

A connection between bluegrass and Buddhism may not appear obvious. But fans of legendary bluegrass artist Peter Rowan will know they are inextricably bound. Since he was a teenager, author Mike Fiorito has loved bluegrass generally […]

Classic Clips: Muleskinner “Dark Hollow” 1973

December 23, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

The band Muleskinner first played on a television celebration of the music of Bill Monroe on 13th February 1973. Ex-Bluegrass Boy Richard Greene was asked to put together a band to appear on the show with […]

Bluegrass legend Peter Rowan nominated for 2023 Grammy

November 23, 2022 Emily Dongray 1

American roots music legend Peter Rowan has just been nominated for a 2023 Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album. The nomination is for his recently released album, ‘Calling You From My Mountain‘, on Rebel Records. The […]

Live Review: Peter Rowan and Los Texmaniacs, The Uptown! Knauer Performing Art Center, West Chester, Pennsylvania – 23rd July 2022

August 2, 2022 Mike Fiorito 2

Peter Rowan and the Free Mexican Airforce, featuring Los Texmaniacs, completed their East Coast tour at the Uptown! Knauer Performing Art Center in West Chester, PA on July 13, 2022. Originally built as an armoury, the […]

Peter Rowan “Calling You From My Mountain – A Bluegrass Journey”

July 22, 2022 Tim Martin 0

If you ever doubted bluegrass’s continuing relevance then this is the album to hear. The rollicking take on Woody Guthrie’s ‘New York Town’ that starts ‘Calling You From My Mountain’ proves that Peter Rowan’s voice is […]

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Dead Goat to release self titled debut amid talk of an Irish supergroup

March 23, 2026 0

Dead Goat has announced the release of their first album, which is self-titled and comes out this Friday (26th March) via AV8 Records. Who are they, you ask? Well, individually, they are each accomplished artists in […]

Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”

March 23, 2026 0

Superb fourth from Canadian song thrush. Mud Blood Bone is Cat Clyde’s fourth album and arrives just over four years since its predecessor, Down Rounder. In between times, Clyde released a live album, Live At Rare […]

For the Sake of the Song: Marah “Round Eye Blues”

March 23, 2026 0

Marah is at their best when singing about lonely urban streets where bums warm their hands around trash fires in rusty 50-gallon cans, transvestite prostitutes wrap their feather boas a little tighter against an unforgiving 4:00 […]

Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0

Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]

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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 2

While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

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Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

March 4, 2026 2

At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

Album Reviews

Eve Williams “Peregreni” (Independent, 2016)

October 10, 2016 0

Eve Williams is a singer and songwriter from Northern Ireland with a distinctive voice and a wide range. She became a full time singer songwriter after developing a disability due to rheumatoid arthritis and being unable […]

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Will Oldham and John Sayles – “Matewan”

March 16, 2022 0

A powerful tale of working life in the 1920’s Virginia coal mines. Americana goes to the movies, as Gordon Sharpe takes another of his occasional looks at films making good use of an Americana-based soundtrack… Film […]

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AmericanA to Z: Simone Felice

June 10, 2020 0

When Simone was thirteen, he died. He flatlined in a frozen New York state January after suffering a brain haemorrhage. No one expected him to make it, but somehow he did. The doctors had to remove […]

Book Review – Mike Fiorito “Mescalito Riding His White Horse”

Classic Clips: Muleskinner “Dark Hollow” 1973

Bluegrass legend Peter Rowan nominated for 2023 Grammy

Live Review: Peter Rowan and Los Texmaniacs, The Uptown! Knauer Performing Art Center, West Chester, Pennsylvania – 23rd July 2022

Peter Rowan “Calling You From My Mountain – A Bluegrass Journey”

Dead Goat to release self titled debut amid talk of an Irish supergroup

Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”

For the Sake of the Song: Marah “Round Eye Blues”

Elgin and the Marbles “The Sun Never Sets”

Jack Studer “Falling Forward”