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The Cadillac Three announce rescheduled UK tour

March 3, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Award-winning fuzz-country band The Cadillac Three will be playing eight shows across the UK, including a headline performance at The Long Road Festival and a celebratory show at London’s legendary Roundhouse. The Hillbilly Hypnotized tour is, […]

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In case you missed it: A UK festival announcement round-up.

January 17, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Just before Christmas, many of the festivals announced their line-ups. They dropped exciting news about headliners, and some early-bird tickets went on sale, but in the wave of office parties, desperate gift wrapping, and dodging ‘Last […]

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The Long Road Festival first wave of line-up released

November 24, 2021 Emily Dongray 0

The Long Road Festival is back for its third festival after two pandemic-related postponements. The festival last ran in 2019 and was host to ARTISTS. The three-day celebration of Americana, folk, and country will occur again […]

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Afton Wolfe “Twenty Three” EP

March 17, 2023 0

An EP that makes you wish it was an album. According to the Press Release that accompanied this EP, “Southern Neo-Beatnik AFTON WOLFE Returns with Mystical, Masterful New EP”! Whilst not entirely sure what constitutes a […]

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Lucero “Should’ve Learned By Now”

March 17, 2023 0

On ‘Should’ve Learned By Now,’ Lucero show us that they’re au contraire, they’re masters of their craft. Maybe it is not exactly clear what Lucero means by naming their latest album ‘Should’ve Learned By Now,’ but […]

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Chickasaw Mudd Puppies “Fall Line”

March 17, 2023 0

Deep South Americana. Fast and furious. Coming from Athens Georgia this duo has reformed from the Eighties following the discovery of some of their songs for the film ‘Tracing Cowboys’. This time they have also added […]

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The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

March 12, 2020 4

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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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 […]

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Live Review: Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit + His Lordship, O2 Apollo, Manchester – 18th November 2022

November 22, 2022 18

AUK’s Clint West sees Jason Isbell complete a journey from small venue troubadour to the first modern americana superstar. On November 25th 2013 Jason Isbell played at Manchester’s Ruby Lounge in support of his newly released […]

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Tiny Ruins “Dogs Dreaming” – heading into a summery dream

Tracks
March 20, 2023 0

So, what do dogs dream of?  We don’t know – but Hollie Fullbrook of Tiny Ruins speculates that “Like the dogs in their dreams, paws know when to run / The body knows what it needs, […]

Video Premiere: Nichols & Phillips “Three Fools”

Videos
March 20, 2023 0

The new single from Nichols & Phillips features gorgeously warm guitar over which there’s a genuinely characterful vocal from Jeb Loy Nichols.  Multi-instrumentalist Clovis Phillips supplies guitars, bass, mandolin and Wurlitzer.  His fine musicianship and layered, […]

Ruston Kelly

Something for the weekend: Ruston Kelly “Michael Keaton”

Tracks
March 17, 2023 0

That’s it from us for another week dearest of readers and we leave you with yet another track from the forthcoming new Ruston Kelly album “The Weakness” but honestly this is the biggest earworm of the […]

The No Ones “304 Molino Way” – again?

Tracks
March 17, 2023 0

What is this then? Didn’t we have The No Ones last Friday?  Yes, we did, and this is their even newer awesome single.  So no apologies – if it looks like favouritism it’s because it is. […]

Afton Wolfe “Twenty Three” EP

Album Reviews
March 17, 2023 0

An EP that makes you wish it was an album. According to the Press Release that accompanied this EP, “Southern Neo-Beatnik AFTON WOLFE Returns with Mystical, Masterful New EP”! Whilst not entirely sure what constitutes a […]

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