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Solstice Songs Thursday – Let us to the darkened woods

December 21, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Well, this really is it – the final batch of seasonal songs for the year.  Apologies to all those we couldn’t fit in, we’ve really done out best.  And what have we today?  Darkened woods, the […]

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The Male Pattern - I Was Shot In The Heart 2026

The Male Pattern “I Was Shot In The Heart”

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Élise LeBlanc “Lavender Honey” – honkey-tonk romance

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Video Premiere: Wyatt Lowe “Deserts” – Let me lay down and rest

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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Old Crow Medicine Show

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The Male Pattern - I Was Shot In The Heart 2026
Album Reviews

The Male Pattern “I Was Shot In The Heart”

October 8, 2026 0
A dramatic modern-day tale of alienation and its tragic consequences, skilfully and humourously told by an expert storyteller. This record is a humorous, disconcerting yet ultimately riveting soap opera. Its episodic nature makes you want to […]
Tracks

Élise LeBlanc “Lavender Honey” – honkey-tonk romance

October 8, 2026 0
Ah, Lavender Honey, is there anything sweeter and yet so aromatic? Better than clover honey. Élise LeBlanc agrees, it seems, although…we are not 100% sure that we’re thinking of the same thing. Well, let’s rejoice in […]
Videos

Video Premiere: Wyatt Lowe “Deserts” – Let me lay down and rest

October 8, 2026 0
The new single from Wyatt Lowe is immediately captivating. Opening with heavenly steel lifted by light percussion, Desert bursts into life with more urgent and ranging guitar, moody sounds that locate us in the desert. This […]

  • The Male Pattern “I Was Shot In The Heart”
  • Élise LeBlanc “Lavender Honey” – honkey-tonk romance
  • Video Premiere: Wyatt Lowe “Deserts” – Let me lay down and rest
  • Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Old Crow Medicine Show
  • Dude Cervantes and The Panchos “Billion Dollar Art”
  • Big names combine as Rainbow Body to create environmentally focussed album
  • Anniversary Cheers: The Chicks “Taking The Long Way” celebrates 20 years
  • Live Review: My Darling Clementine, Hen & Chicken, Bristol – 1st October 2026
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  • Kelly Hunt “Requiem for a Sleepless Night”
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Interview: Fischer-Z’s John Watts reminisces on 50 years of making heartfelt music

October 1, 2026 0
The songs of John Watts, whether in his band Fischer-Z, in his other bands or as a solo artist, aren’t technically Americana, but everything in their construction and recording has the feel of exactly what Americana […]
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Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

September 29, 2026 2
Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]
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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final track on Maya de Vitry’s 2026 release, but […]

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Classic Clips: Wilco, Mavis Staples and Nick Lowe “The Weight” – Chicago Civic Opera House, 2012

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Featuring three greatly loved artists round these ere parts, this a glorious piece of film from the green room of the Chicago Civic Opera House in 2012 as they rehearse the encore they are about to […]
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Tom Russell announces new album “October in the Railroad Earth”, UK dates

December 19, 2018 0
American troubadour Tom Russell, once described by Rolling Stone as “The greatest living folk-country songwriter” has announced a new album ‘October in the Railroad Earth’ confusingly not out in October but on March 15th via Proper Records.

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