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Finn Bonel “Spectral Songs”

January 20, 2021 Mark Nenadic 0

A worthy downer folk collection that flattens the spirits nicely. Louche, stoner-esque , psych-folk is served up piping lukewarm (in a good way) by South Londoner Finn Bonel. Beck Hansen is a significant influence here; that […]

Unsung Heroes of Americana – Asylum Records

January 11, 2021 Rick Bayles 2

We’re back with our first Unsung Heroes of Americana article for 2021 and Tim Martin returns to take a look at a record company that has become synonymous with the genre. David Geffen has a reputation […]

Gordon Barry “All The Live Long Year” (Froggy Bug Music, 2020)

October 29, 2020 Viv Fish 0

Gordon Barry, an award-winning Irish singer-songwriter from charming Wexford, has remarkably handsome vocal talent and refined musical skills. ‘All the Live Long Year‘, the follow up to Barry’s debut album ‘The Best Way To Kill A […]

Book Review: Todd Westbrook “Americanaville” (Independent, 2020)

October 28, 2020 Richard Phillips 0

Americanaville is a project created by Todd Westbrook that saw its inception as an essay but which has now burgeoned into a series of chapters that are currently available for free at http://tswestbrook.com. Westbrook describes a […]

10 songs about truckers and trucking – Part 2

October 27, 2020 Gordon Sharpe 6

So many good things were left out of the recent first offering that here’s a second helping of songs about truckers and trucking, including two very different takes on the same track, some thoughts about female […]

Sarah McQuaid takes to the road again in the UK in November

September 23, 2026 0

With her new recording and rehearsal studio nearing completion, Sarah McQuaid is once again heading out on the road, this time for a 9-week, 36-show coast-to-coast US tour beginning on the 11th of September, and a […]

artwork for Levi Foster's album Appalachian Funk Tree

Levi Foster “Appalachian Funk Tree”

September 23, 2026 0

Levi Foster takes his yarn-spinning country tunes to the heart of Hollywood. After two EPs and the success of his critically-acclaimed first album, We Made Fire, the Nashville-based singer-songwriter who draws his inspiration from the likes […]

Margo Cilker “Molly & Me” – and the devil’s right hand

September 23, 2026 0

Molly & Me is the latest single from the upcoming album from Margo Cilker, Little White Cross, which is out on October 9th via Fossil Records. Molly & Me starts out as a story about a teenage friendship […]

Finn Bonel “Spectral Songs”

Unsung Heroes of Americana – Asylum Records

Gordon Barry “All The Live Long Year” (Froggy Bug Music, 2020)

Book Review: Todd Westbrook “Americanaville” (Independent, 2020)

10 songs about truckers and trucking – Part 2

Sarah McQuaid takes to the road again in the UK in November

Levi Foster “Appalachian Funk Tree”

Margo Cilker “Molly & Me” – and the devil’s right hand

Video: Bird “The Lady Who Reads The Cards” – a strange but beautiful spiritual encounter

Mary Gauthier “Reckoning”