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Tom Williams has unveiled a beautiful acoustic video for his current single ‘Early Morning Rain’. The single was premiered by Steve Lamacq on BBC 6Music, and has also received plays on the station from Shaun Keaveny, Chris Hawkins, Tom Robinson, and Huey Morgan, and by Jo Whiley & Simon Mayo, Dermot O’Leary, and Graham Norton on Radio 2.
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London-based singer-songwriter Vanessa Anne Redd releases new digital single What’s Next on 14th December.
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Critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Amy Lawton has released her brand new single ‘Don’t Bring Louise’. The new song is one of heartfelt unrequited love, featuring beautiful harmonies among its sincere country pop.
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West Country folk-rock duo Sound Of The Sirens have announced their new album, This Time, out January 25th via DMF Records, as well as a 20-date UK tour starting in January.
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Cambridge Folk Festival is excited to announce the first 15 names confirmed for 2019’s line-up, with legendary artists joining relative newcomers to take to the stages of Cherry Hinton Hall.
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The fourth annual UK Americana Awards will take place on Thursday 31st January 2019 at Hackney Empire; its second year in this iconic venue. The Americana Music Association UK has chosen iconic singer, songwriter and musician Graham Nash OBE to receive its highest honour, the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award, in recognition of his contribution to the Americana genre over the span of his career and life in music.
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Nathan Ball will embark on a headline European tour next month in support of his new single ‘All Or Nothing’, available now via AWAL. The UK leg includes a show at London’s Asylum Chapel on December 2nd which sold-out in less than twelve hours.
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Bleeding on the Soundtrack is a new album from William the Conqueror, set for release on 15th February via Loose. The trio also share album teaser The Curse of Friends which is described by frontman Ruarri Joseph as a song about “a leopard trying to change its spots”.
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With his breathtaking new single ‘The Last Day’ released a couple of weeks back, Luke Sital-Singh has announced a short, intimate headline European tour. The December dates are a chance to see the acclaimed Bristol-based singer-songwriter before he re-locates to Los Angeles in January 2019.
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Curse Of Lono have been announced as the recipients of the Bob Harris Emerging Artist Award, which will be presented at the UK Americana Awards at Hackney Empire January 31st.
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