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'People Get Old' from Lori McKenna's forthcoming album out today!

THE TREE, the anticipated new album from Grammy, CMA and ACM Award-winning singer-songwriter Lori McKenna, will be released July 20, with ‘People Get Old’ emerging today. The new album takes one of McKenna’s signature themes—family—and builds a tapestry of experiences she has lived and overheard, been told and dreamed up. Of the album, McKenna comments, “I love people’s stories about their

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Michael Head

Michael Head launches UK Folk on the Dock music fest in Liverpool

Folk On The Dock producers Fit The Bill have chosen Liverpool legend Michael Head to launch this year’s folk, roots and acoustic music festival with an exclusive, ticketed performance at the Museum of Liverpool on Friday 24th August 2018. Martin Blore, Executive Producer of Folk On The Dock, explained: “It is testimony to the festival’s

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Stay Wild by Shook Twins

“Stay Wild” released today by Shook Twins folk group

The Shooks first emerged in 2008 with their independent debut ‘You Can Have The Rest’ followed by Window, and 2014’s ‘What We Do—which’ garnered acclaim from USA Today and more. Organically stirring up a buzz, they engendered fandom in fellow creators such as Langhorne Slim, The Lumineers, Mason Jennings, and iconic best-selling author Neil Gaiman

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Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes announce return to the UK

Australian alt-country/Americana outfit Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes have announced their return to the UK next month including an appearance at Maverick Festival, coinciding with the European release of their fourth album ‘Some Girls (Quite) Like Country Music’ on June 29th 2018. The album opens with the band’s semi-political brand new single ‘I Hope That I’m Wrong’ – in

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Jessica Risker Produces - Haunting

Jessica Risker produces "haunting" experimental folk

Jessica Risker I SEE YOU AMONG THE STARS Western Vinyl *** Sleep inducing folk from Chicago’s lo-fi experimentalist Also performing under the name DEADBEAT, Jessica Risker’s output veers from electro-psychedelic towards psych-folk. Recently she’s experimented with an electro-psych album BIG FOREVER and SOFT MOONS: TWENTY LULLABIES, a collection of original music box lullabies. For I

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The Yellow Bellied Sapsuckers

The Yellow-Bellied Sapsuckers is "contemporary old-time country with a sense of humour…"

The Yellow-Bellied Sapsuckers DON’T THINK ABOUT TOMORROW TONIGHT Self release **** Contemporary old-time country with a sense of humour If you’re a fan of old-time country music then the new album from The Yellow-Bellied Sapsuckers is going to float your boat so high it will end up ten miles inland. Lovelorn and lost but still

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Mary Chapin Carpenter

Mary Chapin Carpenter & Emily Barker to perform in London on May 15!

Mary Chapin Carpenter is gearing up for another outstanding performance together with Emily Barker this Spring. Five-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee Mary Chapin Carpenter will perform songs from new album SOMETIMES JUST THE SKY on May 15 at the Barbican in London –  a record celebrating the singer’s 30 year career and the new title track.

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Johnny Cash Museum unveils rare artefact commemorating first #1 'I Walk the Line'

The Johnny Cash Museum premiered an artifact today that has never previously been on public display despite being presented to Johnny Cash more than six decades ago. The unveiling of this rare artifact – Johnny Cash’s very first gold record – was released today to commemorate Cash’s first #1 I Walk the Line on what

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