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Classic Clips: The Handsome Family “The Bottomless Hole” – Whelan’s, Dublin, 25th April 2015

November 4, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

The welcome return of live shows has brought a deeper sense of gratitude and community amongst music-lovers and raised the importance of enjoying the moment, of being transported away from your everyday to somewhere new, different […]

Live Reviews

Live Review: The Handsome Family, Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich – 7th September 2022

September 16, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

The summer heatwaves may be over but there were still waves of heat in the Norwich Art Centre last week.  Indeed the temperature was so high that Brett Sparks of The Handsome Family noted that it […]

Videos

Video: The Handsome Family “Gold”

August 19, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

Sonically and lyrically, few band’s can match the atmospheric delivery of The Handsome Family.  ‘Gold’ is the opening song from the 2016 album ‘Unseen’, the duo’s tenth studio recording.  The sonorous quality, depth and range of […]

Small Venue Heroes

Small Venue Heroes: The Handsome Family

January 25, 2022 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

If there ever was a band that could be described as the essence of modern Americana, it is Chicago’s The Handsome Family. The husband and wife duo of Brett and Rennie Sparks, with an occasional cast […]

Columns

What should I do, Americana UK?

March 4, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

It’s been a slightly longer pause than anticipated since the last attempt to answer all conundrums posed in a song through the words of another song.  But here we are, back by the clamour of popular […]

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Behind the Songs: Chris Stamey “Anything Is Possible”

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North Carolina singer-songwriter and producer Chris Stamey is an indie rock icon with a long and illustrious history, starting in the mid-70s with Mitch Easter in the band Sneakers, then co-founding the avant-pop band The dBs […]

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Interview: Michelle Billingsley on honky-tonkin’ and two-steppin’

July 2, 2025 0

It was a windy, wintry January day in Chicago when June, Michelle Billingsley’s 50-pound Australian Shepherd, jumped up beside her on the couch. “Yeah, she saw me putting on my makeup, which usually means I’m going […]

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Interview: Swarme of Beese finds more poetry in darkness than in light

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The term mutant folk seems to fit. In the band’s early days, before The Victor Mourning emerged from the pupa into an adult Swarme of Beese, their songs elicited unusual receptions. Co-songwriter Lynne Adele recalls performing […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

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As always in these prescriptive articles there must be a drawing of boundaries and Clint’s first article in the series seemed to have dealt with the idea that you should define americana in a narrow sense […]

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Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

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Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

Obituaries

The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

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I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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