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Beans On Toast “Kill Them With Kindness”

December 4, 2025 Andy Short 0

Yearly offering from Essex-born folk troubadour has something for everyone. If you have never listened to or heard of Beans On Toast before, thinking of it as only an absolutely delicious evening snack, then you are […]

Taylor Swift “The Fate Of Ophelia” – unlikely

October 6, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

You may have heard that Taylor Swift has a new album out called ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ and this is the first single from it. Now, we do not claim to be the experts par […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Songs from Season Two of “The Bear”

September 11, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

There was an Essentials feature on season 1 of Hulu’s hit TV series “The Bear” posted back in June (2025). Much has changed leading into season 2. Picking up seemingly days after the first season’s end, […]

Essentials: The Top Ten Songs That Name-Drop Other Artists

July 17, 2025 Andy Short 33

It has long been a tradition in music for artists to cover their favourite songs. Some take the original to the next level, while others are straight copies; some are plain weird, and finally, there are […]

Interview: Amy Speace on her view of “The American Dream”

January 14, 2025 Martin Johnson 4

You can take the girl out of New York, but not New York out of the girl. Amy Speace is a favourite of Americana UK and has just released her fourth record in five years, “The […]

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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 […]

Elgin and the Marbles “The Sun Never Sets”

March 23, 2026 0

An ambitious debut album that bravely tackles some very British subjects with an americana-folk twang. The genre may be americana – and America is most certainly struggling with its own set of problems right now – […]

Jack Studer “Falling Forward”

March 23, 2026 0

An album with some credible moments and interesting songs which lay the foundations for his solo career. Country music can divide opinion at the best of times. It’s praised for its tropes and cliches as often […]

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 […]

Interviews

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 […]

Interviews

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 […]

Tracks

Paddy Nash & Paul Casey “Hard Act To Follow” – Listen

May 4, 2018 0

‘Hard Act To Follow’ is the first song from a forthcoming brand new album by two of Derry’s finest singer-songwriters, Paddy Nash & Paul Casey. It’s something of a heartfelt roots-rocker of a tune about the […]

Album Reviews

Jade Jackson “Wilderness” (ANTI-, 2019)

June 14, 2019 0

Jade Jackson’s sophomore album ‘Wilderness’ is her first music release in two years. The twelve track album focuses heavily on self-discovery using country and folk rock to aid in her storytelling. The first single released from […]

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VanWyck “Annekin’s Bay” – Listen

April 16, 2021 0

It’s always a pleasure to hear new music from VanWyck, and this latest song is a first sample from a new album that is due towards the end of the year. VanWyck has told us that […]

Beans On Toast “Kill Them With Kindness”

Taylor Swift “The Fate Of Ophelia” – unlikely

Essentials: The Top 10 Songs from Season Two of “The Bear”

Essentials: The Top Ten Songs That Name-Drop Other Artists

Interview: Amy Speace on her view of “The American Dream”

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

Elgin and the Marbles “The Sun Never Sets”

Jack Studer “Falling Forward”

Sounds from beyond the Shed 228 “Don’t Panic”

Track Premiere: Bill Scorzari “Open Door”