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To Russia with love: How I took americana to Moscow

June 25, 2020 Richard Townend 0

Experiences in life are what chisels us into who we are and each new blow shapes us further, for good or for bad. With this in mind an opportunity arose last year to do 5 […]

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Richard Townend and The Mighty Bosscats “Ticket to Memphis” (Independent, 2020)

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It’s not often that a review of an Americana album features a lead artist whose previous musical life saw him play and tour with a diverse range of stars such as The Platters, Tony Christie, […]

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Graber Gryass “Spaceman’s Wonderbox”

April 21, 2021 0

Graber Gryass’s second album shows a profound relationship with nature and the earth. Of all the new grass bands that have popped up over the last few years, Memphis-based Graber Gryass tower over their peers. […]

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Airpark “Quiet Type: An Intimate Collection of New & Old”

April 21, 2021 0

A unified Americana musical outlook by the Ford brothers. From the cover of Airpark’s latest EP, ‘Quiet Type: an Intimate Collection of New & Old,’ it could be hard for the uninitiated to realise that […]

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High Coast “Mind Pictures”

April 20, 2021 0

Scandinavian duo reflect on love and drinking and making one’s own decisions. High Coast are a Swedish duo of Daniel Walke on gently finger-picked guitar and August Wegestål on a lap steel that can’t help […]

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Interview: Lauren Housley on her Northern and americana roots

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How AMAUK and Folk Alliance helped develop americana music recorded in Rotherham and Sheffield This can be seen as a companion piece to the recent interview with Declan O’Rourke (here) as both he and Lauren […]

Classic Americana Albums: Palace Brothers “There is no-one what will take care of you”

Classic Americana Albums
April 21, 2021 0

‘There is no-one what will take care of you‘ was the first full-length release created by Will Oldham, a native of Kentucky, in 1993 which began his longstanding musical journey involving a variety of monikers […]

Rod Picott to release album of co-writes with Slaid Cleaves

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April 21, 2021 0

Rod Picott has announced a new album ‘Wood, Steel, Dust & Dreams’ which will be released on May 21st. The double CD contains fresh recordings of every song that Rod has written over the past […]

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Graber Gryass “Spaceman’s Wonderbox”

Album Reviews
April 21, 2021 0

Graber Gryass’s second album shows a profound relationship with nature and the earth. Of all the new grass bands that have popped up over the last few years, Memphis-based Graber Gryass tower over their peers. […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – week 15

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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 […]

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