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Album Review: The Hanging Stars – Songs for somewhere else

Since their first album London’s The Hanging Stars have changed band members and opened their eyes a little beyond the charming indie/americana of their first full length. For their second…

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Live Review / Gallery: Glen Hansard – London, Royal Festival Hall 9/2/18

It’s easy to see why Glen Hansard won an Oscar and a Grammy, after his performance at the Royal Festival Hall, where he moved smoothly between heartbreak and soul stirrer…

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Album Review: First Aid Kit “Ruins”

It’s amazing to find Swedish country folk duo First Aid Kit already releasing their fourth album and between releasing fascinatingly authentic Americana-drenched albums, they’ve conquered the world, cracking the US…

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Live Review: Ryan Keen / Corey Harper, The Islington, London, 30/11/17

Totnes-born singer-songwriter Ryan Keen has graced the same stages as megastars like Ed Sheeran and X Factor champion Leona Lewis playing support slots on huge national and indeed world tours,…

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Album Review: Deer Tick – Volume 1 and Volume 2

Acclaimed roots-rock-americana-country-folk-acoustic-boundary-breakers Deer Tick have released their first new material in four years via Partisan Records. The good news for fans is that they have released not just one, but…

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Mark Eitzel – The Greystones, Sheffield

It’s a terrific thing that one of the best songwriters and most heartfelt singers of the last four decades can come and play the back room of a local pub.…

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Live Review: Tift Merritt at The Lexington, London, 31.1.2017

On this last day in January, with the rain pouring down in the cloying cold outside, upstairs at the Lexington is snug. There’s a dampness in the air as we…

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Track / Video

Track: Magic Trick share two tracks from forthcoming album Other Man’s Blues

Ahead of the release of their forthcoming album Other Man’s Blues, out on August 26th via Empty Cellar, San Francisco’s Magic Trick have released a couple of tracks from the…

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See: Billy Bragg and Joe Henry release video ahead of Shine A Light

A preview of the Shine A Light project, looking at the history and songs of the American railway, Billy Bragg and Joe Henry have released a video of the recording…

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Track / Video

Trackc: John Jefferson – The Voyeur

Taken from his forthcoming EP, Helmsman, The Voyeur is the new track from singer-songwriter John Jefferson. Taking elements of the likes of Townes Van Zandt, Bob Dylan, Blaze Foley and…

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