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Book Reviews

Book Review: Cidny Bullens “TransElectric: My Life as a Cosmic Rock Star”

November 27, 2023 Rick Bayles 0
On the surface, this book could be just another story of rock and roll excess and the struggle for fame – if it wasn’t for the fascinating addition of the transition of wannabe female rock star […]
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Interviews

Interview: Rodney Crowell discusses new album “The Chicago Sessions”

May 26, 2023 Alasdair Fotheringham 0
Chicago blues, John Prine,  Jeff Tweedy and loving Guy Clark enough to safely hate him. He may be seventy-two but that doesn’t mean Rodney Crowell has stopped developing as an artist. His latest album, ‘The Chicago […]
Album Reviews

Rodney Crowell “The Chicago Sessions”

April 18, 2023 Peter Churchill 0
 Joyous collaboration a cause for celebration. A new Rodney Crowell record is always a cause for celebration and for ‘The Chicago Sessions’ he has engaged the services of Jeff Tweedy who not only produces but features […]
Classic Americana Albums

Classic Americana Album: Roseanne Cash “King’s Record Shop”

April 12, 2023 Rick Bayles 0
The 80s wasn’t a great period for classic americana albums. The fashion at the time dictated that many albums were overproduced and featured lots of synthesisers and effects and these are not styles that suit roots-based […]
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Videos

Video: Rodney Crowell “Everything at Once”

April 4, 2023 Ed Donnelly 0
Crowell and Tweedy join forces for the ‘Everything at Once’ video.   The first single from Rodney Crowell’s new album ‘The Chicago Sessions’ shows the artist and his producer Jeff Tweedy recording the song in Wilco’s The […]

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Something for the weekend: Clem Snide “Where Have You Gone”

June 19, 2026 1
Well that’s it from us for this week and we can’t let today pass without acknowledging the massive sense of relief after last night. Maybe the Reform guy is a better plumber than politician, although you […]
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American Aquarium “New Ways To Lose”

June 19, 2026 2
Twenty albums in and yet another hugely impressive release from American Aquarium. A look back through the Americana UK archives will find plenty of references to American Aquarium, including a very rare 10 out of 10 […]
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Shearwater return with “The New World” next month

June 19, 2026 0
Shearwater’s new album The New World will be released on 31st July 2026 via the band’s own Polyborus label in partnership with Secretly Distribution. In the past quarter-century, Shearwater slyly became a distinctive, consistent and adventurous […]

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Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

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Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]
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Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

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In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]
Interviews

Interview: Dirk Powell on “Wake” and bridging modern and age-old roots music

June 11, 2026 2
Dirk Powell is a special kind of musician, someone who, through family connections, knows and understands both Appalachia and Cajun music, and is at the same time comfortable with modern music technology. He has won four […]

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Transatlantic duo debuts with exceptional folk opera. ‘Traveler’s Rest’ is the debut album by The Foreign Landers, Tabitha Agnew Benedict and David Benedict. They both were established musicians when they met. A banjo player, she  was […]
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Video: Little Misty “Alma”

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Montreal’s Little Misty returns with another gorgeous video from the Treehouse Collective. Tommy Gaultier’s fiddle soars over this tight-knit unit as they perform ‘Alma’.  The tale of a young girl running through life with Kathryn Samman […]
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Album Reviews

Ben Bedford “Valley of Stars”

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“A strange and adventurous romp through a magical landscape of quadrupedic musical characters”. Bedford’s last release here, ‘Portraits’ (2020), was a curated selection of songs from his first three albums with ones you want to play […]

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