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Vox Continental: March 2026

March 26, 2026 Rick Bayles 0
A tribute from a French musician to Terry Reid, new singles from Norway and Portugal, albums from the Netherlands and Italy, and news of a Danish festival. It’s all going on in continental Europe! Many of […]
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The Northern Belle “Bats In The Attic”

March 12, 2024 Darren Lumbroso 0
The best of nordicana and Scandinavian pop summed up on Norwegians’ fifth long player. It’s only just over 30 years ago that writing a letter was the only affordable way to communicate with loved ones in […]
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The Northern Belle “Hell & Back” – where we’re heading

January 30, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
This latest single from The Northern Belle finds the band leaning into their poppier side with ‘Hell & Back‘, which is a jangly, catchy, uptempo pop-tinged Americana tune.  On ‘Hell & Back‘ lead singer Stine Andreassen […]
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Jingle Bells Friday – Snow is falling… somewhere…

November 24, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Actually not so far away – there should be snow in Germany this weekend…not such a hotbed of Americana though (unless, of course, you know differently).  Anyway – this week we have another fine selection of […]
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The Northern Belle “Merchant Navy Hotel” – like paradise, but better

September 29, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
It’s been a while, but here at last is some new music from one of our favourite Nordicana bands – Nordicana of course being the even more finely genre slice that covers the Americana style music […]

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Austin singer-songwriter Alex Amen announces debut album for June

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Benjamin Tod “Vengeance and Grace”

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Steep Canyon Rangers “Roll Of The Dice” – let the bones roll where they will

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Kenny Shore “Happiness & Misery”

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High-quality songwriting makes quietly expressive, personal record. Kenny Shore is not the kind of artist you stumble across via hype. He doesn’t have the infrastructure, profile, or touring machine that typically drives attention; he doesn’t even […]
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Austin singer-songwriter Alex Amen announces debut album for June

April 22, 2026 0
Alex Amen, the 26-year-old indie folk-country singer-songwriter from Texas, has announced his debut album, Sun of Amen, which will be out on 12th June 2026 via ATO Records. Newly signed to the label, Amen’s full-length debut […]
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Benjamin Tod “Vengeance and Grace”

April 22, 2026 0
An experienced and honest songwriter explores both sides of his stylistic background, performing the same songs twice. In a career of around 20 years, this appears to be Tod’s 21st album, either primarily with the Lost […]

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  • Austin singer-songwriter Alex Amen announces debut album for June
  • Benjamin Tod “Vengeance and Grace”
  • Steep Canyon Rangers “Roll Of The Dice” – let the bones roll where they will
  • Video Premiere: Whitney Walker “Solar Princess”
  • Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country
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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

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Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]
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Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

April 17, 2026 0
Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]
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Interview: Thomas Ådland, of Thomas & The Angry Hearts, on Language, Love and Identity

April 13, 2026 0
Two days before I heard them fill Martin’s Bar in Lillestrøm, I watched Thomas & The Angry Hearts make music in a wooden house surrounded by trees. In that studio, sound was built patiently: a harmony […]

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Jesper Lindell “Twilights”

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The Lumineers’ next album will also be a film – Watch the trailer

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The Lumineers will release their third album creatively titled ‘III’ (a la the band Chicago) on September 13th via Decca Records in the UK, and the Toronto International Film Festival have announced they’ll be premiering “a […]
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Video: Nanci Griffith “Across The Great Divide”

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The retro slot this week has Nanci Griffith from 1993 and a lovely version of Kate Wolf’s Across The Great Divide, recorded on Later with Jools Holland.  Have a great weekend everyone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVm5504kC8w

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