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Star-studded ‘Americana Railroad’ compilation now available for preorder

April 12, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

‘Americana Railroad‘, a collection of songs celebrating the history of trains, has been scheduled for release via Renew/BMG on June 17th. The collection includes popular songs by Graham Nash, Gene Clark, and Jimmie Rodgers as […]

Classic Americana Albums: The Long Ryders “Native Sons”

October 27, 2021 Clint West 2

Following its October 1984 US release on Frontier Records, ‘Native Sons’ hit the UK in March 1985 when it was picked up and released by Demon Records’ Zippo label. Despite some success on the US […]

Interview: Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink, and Marcy Marxer on new songbooks and ongoing activism

Interviews

September 27, 2022 0

Keeping Burl Ives, Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger’s inspiration alive. Tom Paxton has helped to define what is generally understood to be meant by the term folksinger via a career that started in Greenwich Village […]

Andrew Weiss And Friends “When It Rains, It Really F**ks Up My Mood” – Guns, Guns, Guns

Tracks

September 27, 2022 0

You know that the song isn’t really called that, and it’s not that we’re squeamish about words it’s just that if we use the unbleeped version it messes with whatever the internet search facility of […]

Video: Margo Price “Change of Heart”

Videos

September 27, 2022 0

Margo Price’s psychedelic journey to the desert continues in the new video for ‘Change of Heart’. This is the second single from her forthcoming ten-song album ‘Strays’. Solid electric guitars ring out as white-hatted line […]

I Write the Songs – Pat Alger

Features

September 27, 2022 0

Pat Alger is one of those quiet, unassuming songwriters that many will never have heard of; but if you’re a fan of americana music you can’t have failed to have heard his songs. Other considerations […]

Mr Sam & The People People “People, People, People, People!”

Album Reviews

September 27, 2022 0

Music to phone a friend to. If you ever feel your view on the world tends too far towards the cynical then a dose of Mr Sam & The People People could be the antidote. […]

Star-studded ‘Americana Railroad’ compilation now available for preorder

Classic Americana Albums: The Long Ryders “Native Sons”

Interview: Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink, and Marcy Marxer on new songbooks and ongoing activism

Interview: Derek Hoke on keeping americana fresh with ‘70s and ‘80s keyboard sounds

Interview: Norrie McCulloch unveils Canyons & Highlands, a transatlantic Astral Folk collaboration

Interview: Simeon Hammond Dallas on developing an independent roots music career

Interview: Freedy Johnston on his basic urge to write songs

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