Indie Label Market Back At Spitalfields On 25th November

Monday, 13th November 2017

It's almost that time of year again. That time when we put on all our socks, locate the hot cider stand and ready ourselves for a day of flogging music from behind a market stall. It's the Independent Label Market.If we're counting the years...

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Jim White's New Album 'Waffles, Triangles & Jesus' Is Out Today

Friday, 10th November 2017

The wonderfully named new album from Jim White, 'Waffles, Triangles & Jesus' is out today, allowing you just enough time to get familiar with the songs before Jim hits Europe next week to kick off his tour (tickets this way).Streams, downloads,...

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Danny & The Champs, Courtney Marie Andrews & William The Conqueror Nominated For UK Americana UK Awards

Wednesday, 8th November 2017

Last night the nominees were announced for the 2018 UK Americana Awards. There was much cause for celebration amongst Team Loose, with Danny & The Champions Of The World, Courtney Marie Andrews and William The Conqueror all nominated for...

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Gill Landry In Session At City Winery Ahead Of European Tour

Thursday, 2nd November 2017

Last month Gill Landry performed three songs at City Winery, filmed by One To One sessions. Opening with Denver Girls, the opening track from his new album, Gill continued with the fantastic Just Like You from his 2015 solo album, finishing with...

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Hear Andrew Combs Live AT NPR Mountain Stage

Thursday, 2nd November 2017

Andrew Combs (full band) dropped by Mountain Stage to record a few songs for NPR. In the words of NPR, "Much like his live performance, his recent release Canyons Of My Mind boasts a sound that is sparse and restrained, relying on atmosphere...

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Tickets For The Handsome Family's UK Tour On Sale Now

Wednesday, 1st November 2017

The Handsome Family have announced their return to the UK in the Spring, with a month's worth of tour dates throughout March. Tickets are on sale now via loosemusic.com/live.01 Mar – BIRMINGHAM Mama Rou02 Mar – GATESHEAD Sage 203 Mar –...

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Listen To Jim White's New Song 'Drift Away', Out Today

Friday, 27th October 2017

'Drift Away', the second new track to be shared from Jim White's forthcoming new album, is out today.Speaking to Folk Radio, Jim explains the inspiration behind the song: "In my late 20’s I found myself increasingly drawn to the company of...

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Loose Tom Speaks To Billboard About Americana In The UK

Monday, 23rd October 2017

"U.K. Americana Hits America, and Vice Versa, In New Roots Exchange", states Billboard in the title to their feature, exploring the expanding trans-Atlantic Americana music scene as we head towards what will be the third UK Americana Conference &...

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Popmatters Premieres Gill Landry's New Video For Denver Girls

Friday, 20th October 2017

Yesterday Popmatters shared Gill Landry's brand new video for Denver Girls, the opening track from his new album, Love Rides A Dark Horse.Speaking to Popmatters, Gill tells them, "Denver Girls’ is the last song I wrote for the album. It just...

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Andrew Combs' European Tour Starts This Weekend

Friday, 20th October 2017

Andrew Combs kicks off his European tour this weekend, heading to The Netherlands, Sweden, Norway and the UK. Tickets are available via loosemusic.com/live.Andrew recently recorded a cover of Tim Hardin's 1967 song‘Black Sheep Boy’ for...

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New Jim White Album Announced, Hear New Song 'Far Beyond The Spoken World'

Friday, 13th October 2017

"White remains one of modern music's most fascinating artists", according to The Line Of Best Fit, who spoke to Jim White about his forthcoming new record and new song, 'Far Beyond The Spoken World'. Discussing the inspiration behind the new...

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Jim White Returns To Europe Next Month

Wednesday, 11th October 2017

Following a brief visit to Ireland earlier this year, Jim White will be returning to Europe for a full blown tour in November. And there'll be more JW news coming up tomorrow...14 Nov - COVENTRY The Soundhouse17 Nov - SHEFFIELD The HUBS*18 Nov -...

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Gill Landry's New Album 'Love Rides A Dark Horse' Is Out Today

Friday, 6th October 2017

We highly recommend you check out this new album from Gill Landry, Love Rides A Dark Horse. The record is available to stream and download from today, but due to a production fuck up, the CDs and beautiful blood red heavyweight vinyl won't...

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Watch Joana Serrat Live On TV & In Session

Wednesday, 4th October 2017

Whilst the rest of the world is slowly becoming switched on to the talents of Joana Serrat, Spain is ahead of the game, with Joana having made multiple TV and radio appearances throughout Spain and Catalonia these past couple of weeks. Our...

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Joana Serrat's New Album 'Dripping Springs' Is Out Today

Friday, 29th September 2017

Joana Serrat's wonderful new album Dripping Springs is out today.  Here's a little bit about it:-For her fourth album in five years, Joana Serrat travelled from her home in Vic, Barcelona to the Texas Hill Country outside Austin. There she...

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Joana Serrat Live On Spanish National Radio

Wednesday, 27th September 2017

Joana Serrat stopped by Spanish national radio (R.N.E.) channel Radio 4 yesterday. Here she is in the studio playing Trapped In The Fog, taken from new album Dripping Springs, which comes out this Friday. Listen to the accompanying interview en...

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Folk Radio Streams Joana Serrat's New Album Ahead Of Release

Tuesday, 26th September 2017

Eager to hear Joana Serrat's new record? Well you oughta be. Head on here over to Folk Radio where they have an exclusive stream ahead of the release this Friday 29th September. Pre-order your heavyweight vinyl, CD or download of Dripping...

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The Americans Add Scandinavian Dates To Their European Tour

Tuesday, 26th September 2017

The Americans have added a whole week's worth of Scandinavian shows to their European tour, which already included dates in The Netherlands, Belgium, UK and Germany.Meanwhile, The Americans' frontman Patrick Ferris has been chatting to Classic...

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Joana Serrat Shares Perfect New Pop Tune 'Come Closer'

Friday, 22nd September 2017

'Come Closer' is the latest single to be taken from Joana Serrat's forthcoming new album 'Dripping Springs. It's a perfect pop tune of foggy-folk dreaminess, featuring Midlake/Israel Nash guitar hero Joey McClellan on electric guitar, Aaron...

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Andrew Combs Announces European Tour Dates

Wednesday, 20th September 2017

Andrew Combs is gonna back in Europe this autumn for a bunch of solo acoustic shows. Tickets are on sale now here. UK, Germany, stay tuned.Updated: London & Leeds shows just added, plus Andrew has shared this little video teaser of a new...

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The Handsome Family Join Andrew Bird Live On Facebook

Wednesday, 20th September 2017

Brett & Rennie from The Handsome Family recently featured in Andrew Bird's Facebook Live series Live From The Great Room.Andrew has long been a friend and collaborator of  The Handsome Family, with covers of their songs having appeared on...

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Billboard Premieres Gill Landry's New Song 'Denver Girls'

Wednesday, 13th September 2017

Mega music site Billboard have premiered Gill Landry's brand new single ‘Denver Girls’, taken from his upcoming album 'Love Rides A Dark Horse' due out on October 6 2017. (Pre-order here.)Gill tells Billboard the song is "about a person as...

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Hear Courtney Marie Andrews' New Song 'Sea Town'

Friday, 8th September 2017

"I've probably driven north up I-5 towards Seattle five hundred times by now. I wanted to write a song that documented that feeling I get when I'm driving back up north after many months spent on the road. So much of my life has been spent...

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Joana Serrat Shares First New Song From Forthcoming Album 'Dripping Springs'

Friday, 8th September 2017

There have been whispers that Joana Serrat has a new album on the way. A new album titled Dripping Springs, named after the Texas Hill Country town near where Joana recorded with label-mate Israel Nash. Well now we're very excited to share the...

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Ian Felice 'In The Kingdom Of Dreams' In The Charts

Wednesday, 6th September 2017

Rather nice to see Ian Felice's debut solo record 'In The Kingdom Of Dreams' in at #10 in the UK's Official Americana Albums Chart this week, with the re-issue of Courtney Marie Andrews' 2013 album 'On My Page' in at #25. Ian's album is also #14...

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