‘Strange Like Trees’ by Jonny Debt (Single)
May 25, 2016 in Music
Unique, honest and with an oozing style, the Canadian songwriter Jonny Debt is a supremely talented instrumentalist and gifted lyricist…
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EXCLUSIVE! ‘The North Wind And Sun’ by Ben Hunter & Joe Seamons
January 18, 2016 in Music, News
Our Monday exclusive this week is a whole gosh-darned album – and a treat for fans of raw, rootsy Americana…
Interview: The Stray Birds
September 22, 2015 in Features, Interviews
Songwriting goes to Cambridge and meets a young American band who are steeped in the most venerable of folk traditions…
Songwriting goes to Nashville
July 7, 2015 in Features, Interviews
On a recent trip to the US, Songwriting got to spend some time in the home of c0untry music, Nashville…
Smoky Mountains Songwriters Festival: last call for entries
May 16, 2015 in News
If you’d like to submit a song to this year’s song contest, be quick: the deadline’s been extended till Wednesday…
Krauss and Nelson recommence US tour
February 28, 2015 in News
Alison Krauss and Willie Nelson are picking up where they left off after joint tour dates were cancelled last summer…
New additions to Hohner’s A+ bluegrass range
December 16, 2014 in Gear, News
Hohner Inc. is expanding its A+ line of student guitars to include uniquely styled bluegrass instruments – banjos and mandolins…
House Of Jacks by Blair Dunlop (Album)
May 11, 2014 in Music
On his sophomore release ‘House Of Jacks’, award-winning folk songwriter Blair Dunlop displays a craftsmanship that taps into southern bluegrass…
Interview: Valerie June
November 7, 2012 in Features
Having recently appeared on ‘Later…’, could this self-effacing purveyor of refreshingly raw ‘American roots music’ be America’s next superstar singer-songwriter?…
