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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 58

May 30, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0
Half term and festival time. I have dragged my sorry arse to the end of the week and cannot communicate how grateful I am for half term. This term has been full of all the usual […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: The Sheepdogs + Andrew Cushin, Lafayette, London – March 5th 2022

March 15, 2022 David Chalfen 1
The Sheepdogs hail from the Canadian prairie city Saskatoon, the small capital of Saskatchewan – which interestingly has given us Deep Dark Words, Kacy and Clayton, Colter Wall and Steph Cameron, all very fine Americana musicians. […]
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The Sheepdogs start UK tour next week

February 25, 2022 Emily Dongray 0
Canadian stars The Sheepdogs have announced a UK tour starting February 28th. The boys from Saskatoon have crossed the pond several times in recent years to perform at festivals like Red Rooster with their six-album repertoire. […]
Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 10

March 17, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 0
So we’re back and the kids are alright. The beauty of teaching teenagers is their innate ability to appear completely indifferent to giving a tuppenny toss about anything other than their tiny world view. So as […]
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Red Rooster announce 2020 festival line-up

November 29, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0
The always excellent Red Rooster festival has announced the first line-up for 2020, a 3-day event which takes place in the parkland and woods of Euston Hall, Suffolk from May 28th –30th. Described as “a good-time […]

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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

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The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]
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Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0
The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]
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Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers

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Includes tracks from My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams and MJ Lenderman among others. Cinema Music Group, Killphonic Records, and City Slang have announced Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 2 – Out of […]

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  • Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”
  • Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers
  • Greg Freeman announces new album and UK dates
  • All-star line-up for Bob Harris event announced for Royal Albert Hall in December
  • Live Review: Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes + Riley Catherall, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 25th July 2026
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  • Ferris & Sylvester “The Game” – going back to the beginning
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Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider

August 4, 2026 0
Nashville East resident Aaron Lee Tasjan has long been a favourite of Americana UK, and with 12 albums to his name, including his latest Get Over It, Underdog, and approaching 40, he is no longer the […]
Interviews

Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

July 29, 2026 0
American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]
Interviews

Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0
“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]

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Patterson Hood “Scott’s Sister” – sibling rivalry

October 27, 2025 1
The latest single from Drive By Truckers co-founder Patterson Hood is taken from the solo album “Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams” and is a song that he describes as coming from “The Family Mythology,” a vein […]
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B. Hamilton “Good Foot” – keepin’ on

July 19, 2022 0
A solid rocker from B. Hamilton – who hail out of Oakland.  This is one of two digital singles that the band are releasing in the wake of their fourth album ‘Nothing and Nowhere‘ which came […]
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Something for the weekend: Jason McNiff “My Mississippi”

April 12, 2024 2
Just typing that song title reminded me of being at school – have looked at the word about 5 times but still not sure I’ve spelt it right. ANYWAY – that’s it from us dear reader […]

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