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Sounds from beyond the Shed 192 “Blood”

August 1, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
Every three months or so, depending on circumstances, health, or holiday, I go and give blood. It has always seemed like a good thing to do, costs me nothing but a bit of time… and a […]
Live Reviews

Americana Music Association UK Awards Launch Party, Omerea, London 8th November 2022

November 9, 2022 Jonathan Aird 1
As you can probably imagine, dear regular reader, there is little in this world that Americana UK enjoys more than a party – a bowl of jelly and cream and a lukewarm Vimto is a second […]
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Manchester Folk Festival to take place this October

August 19, 2022 Emily Dongray 0
Established in 2017 as the development of the Homegrown festival in Bury, Manchester Folk Festival takes place over four days in venues around the festival hub venue, Home Manchester. Running from October 13th headliners include Treetop […]
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Mid-Sussex Music and Ale festival is back this August Bank holiday

August 12, 2022 Emily Dongray 0
Brighthelmstone Promotions has announced their annual Mid-Sussex Music and Ale Festival in Hassocks just outside Brighton. Less than a month away, the three-day festival will take place over the August Bank Holiday. Headliners include Andrew Combs, […]
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Live Review: Americana Fest, American Museum & Gardens. Bath – 2nd/3rd July 2022

July 15, 2022 Tim Martin 0
Holding a festival of Americana music in the grounds of Claverton Manor, home of the Museum of American history and Culture, on the edge of Bath was the inspired idea of Matt Owens, best known as […]

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Videos

Video: Ringo Starr “Long Long Road”

May 8, 2026 0
Directed by Francesca Gregorini, Ringo Starr’s latest video is a memorable and brilliantly shot exploration of his musical life. Opening with gorgeous images of the Yellow Submarine, the video for Long Long Road travels into the […]
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Album Reviews

Alela Diane “Who’s Keeping Time?”

May 7, 2026 1
Collaboration brings a beautiful folk album with words of love. This is Alela Diane’s seventh album, and the story behind it starts with the death at the age of eighty-three of her great friend Michael Hurley. […]
Asheville North carolina August 2006
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Essentials: The Top 10 David Lowery Songs

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David Lowery is an icon of americana who has been making music for over forty years and has never lost his passion for all things rootsy, rocky and melodic. His first band was Sitting Ducks which […]

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Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

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Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]
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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

April 28, 2026 0
Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

April 27, 2026 0
David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

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Track Premiere: Humbletown “Drink to the Desert”

February 14, 2023 0
Humbletown is a folk/bluegrass duo from Sioux Falls South Dakota featuring Morgan Carnes on clawhammer banjo and Dylan Lewis on flatpick guitar and mandolin.  They both sing a bit too, as you’ll hear soon.  In fact […]
Album Reviews

Ani Di Franco “Binary” (Righteous Babe/Aveline Records, 2017)

July 4, 2017 0
A new album from American Folk Rocker and Feminist Icon Ani Di Franco has to be cause for celebration, not least because she is one of the most creative songwriters out there and her music always […]
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Anthony D’Amato “Five Songs From New Orleans” EP (Elk, 2019)

November 28, 2019 0
A true ‘does what it says on the tin’ record, this EP comes steeped in the sounds and spirit of The Big Easy. New Jersey native Anthony D’Amato is one of those artists that always seem […]

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