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Video: Starter Car “Throwing Down” – guitar music for race-car drivers

March 30, 2026 Andrew Frolish 0
Here is the latest single from London-based four-piece band Starter Car. In Throwing Down, the band deliver bright, country-infused twanging guitars over upbeat, bouncing percussion. Lush backing vocals lend the song a dreamy feel and, towards […]

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Video: Starter Car “Throwing Down” – guitar music for race-car drivers

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Something for the weekend: Mary Chapin Carpenter & the Mountain Goats “Put the Message in the Box”

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Video: Starter Car “Throwing Down” – guitar music for race-car drivers

March 30, 2026 0
Here is the latest single from London-based four-piece band Starter Car. In Throwing Down, the band deliver bright, country-infused twanging guitars over upbeat, bouncing percussion. Lush backing vocals lend the song a dreamy feel and, towards […]
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Americana 25 festival comes to Liverpool in November with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more!

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We are mightily delighted to announce today full details for Americana 25, our celebration of 25 years of Americana UK which comes to two stages across Liverpool’s Rough Trade venue and Quaker Meeting House on Saturday […]
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Something for the weekend: Mary Chapin Carpenter & the Mountain Goats “Put the Message in the Box”

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Well that’s it from us for this week, an exciting day for us as we announce full details for our 25 year event which takes place in Liverpool later this year – you can find more […]

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A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]
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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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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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