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Praise be! Kevin Morby announces new album and UK dates

February 27, 2026 0

Kevin Morby has announced his eighth studio album, Little Wide Open, will come out on 15th May via Dead Oceans. The album was produced by Aaron Dessner, and the single Javelin is out now. Additionally, Morby […]

The Long Road adds new acts to 2026 bill including Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Jim Lauderdale, Felice Brothers

February 27, 2026 0

The UK’s largest outdoor country, americana and roots festival, The Long Road, is returning for a seventh year on the August 2026 Bank Holiday weekend (27th to 30th August). The festival, which takes place in the […]

Latest Podcast now available featuring Rupert Orton from PRB Presents talking Red Rooster and more

February 27, 2026 0

This week’s podcast features an interview with Rupert Orton of PRB Presents, who not only programmes loads of americana shows around the UK and EU but also is lead booker for the Red Rooster Festival that […]

Track Premiere: P.J. M Bond “Ponderosa Pine”

February 27, 2026 0

We’re very happy to offer an early listen to today’s premiere – Ponderosa Pine is the second single by Dutch singer-songwriter P.J.M. Bond off his new album Coyote (King of the Island). It’s one of a […]

Video: Effie Zilch “Evergreen”

February 27, 2026 0

It’s time to get moving with Evergreen, the latest single from Bay Area duo Effie Zilch, comprised of GRAMMY-winning producer and guitarist Steve Wyreman and guitarist and singer Evanne Barcenas. In this immediately-engaging single, Barcenas invites […]

Features
The Top Ten Americana Songs of All Time: Andrew Frolish
As ever, with features of this type, a great deal more time was spent reflecting, taking notes and re-listening to a huge number of great songs than was actually spent on the writing. Like most [...]
Interviews
Interview: Willie Nile keeps the light on for great American rock’n’roll
I do a lot of my listening to music while out walking in the mornings, with or without a dog. The day after Willie Nile’s The Great American Light arrived in the mailbox, I popped [...]
Classic Americana Albums
Classic Americana Albums: Bobbie Gentry “The Delta Sweete”
Another in our series of occasional Features looks at one of the great unsung albums of the 60s. After the fanfare of recording a #1 hit single in Ode to Billy Joe, in 1968 Bobbie [...]
Interviews
Interview: Hal Cannon on cowboy poetry, songs and folklore
For Hal Cannon, life should be very simple – love the place you live, love the ones you know, if you’re needy, why not give, then see if you’re still low. Words to live by, [...]
Features
More People Really Should Know About: Lowpines or Oli Deakin
Lowpines is the performing name of Oli Deakin, a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer currently based in Brooklyn, New York, but originally from Penrith at the edge of the Lake District in the UK. The [...]

The Top Ten Americana Songs of All Time: Andrew Frolish

February 26, 2026 1

As ever, with features of this type, a great deal more time was spent reflecting, taking notes and re-listening to a huge number of great songs than was actually spent on the writing. Like most of […]

Interview: Willie Nile keeps the light on for great American rock’n’roll

February 26, 2026 0

I do a lot of my listening to music while out walking in the mornings, with or without a dog. The day after Willie Nile’s The Great American Light arrived in the mailbox, I popped the […]

Preview: Bill Callahan plays UK instore shows and announces Autumn band tour of UK and Europe

February 26, 2026 0

Bill Callahan’s latest album, My Days of 58, is released on Friday 27th February 2026 and the occasion will be celebrated with a series of solo instore dates in the UK. Callahan has also announced a […]

Vox Continental: February 2026

February 26, 2026 1

This month sees new albums from German, Swiss and Norwegian artists, along with singles from France, Iceland and Denmark! Hi, and welcome to Vox Continental for the month of February, which has largely been maked by […]

Red Rooster Festival announces full list of acts for 2026

February 26, 2026 0

The Red Rooster Festival has announced its full line-up for this year’s festival which takes place 28th-30th May 2026 and, as usual, it digs deep into roots, rock and Americana. The festival is set against the […]

Something for the weekend: Rodney Crowell featuring Emmylou Harris and Lera Lynn “Go Light a Candle”
February 27, 2026 1
Well that’s it from us for this week on a day which a friend of mine said to me this morning feels like Christmas following the Greens’ by-election win in Gorton and Denton. Who knew [...]
Track Premiere: P.J. M Bond “Ponderosa Pine”
February 27, 2026 0
We’re very happy to offer an early listen to today’s premiere – Ponderosa Pine is the second single by Dutch singer-songwriter P.J.M. Bond off his new album Coyote (King of the Island). It’s one of [...]
Video: Effie Zilch “Evergreen”
February 27, 2026 0
It’s time to get moving with Evergreen, the latest single from Bay Area duo Effie Zilch, comprised of GRAMMY-winning producer and guitarist Steve Wyreman and guitarist and singer Evanne Barcenas. In this immediately-engaging single, Barcenas [...]
The Gated Community “Hope To Hell” – not looking for trouble, and yet it arrives
February 26, 2026 0
In the face of violence in the streets and unlawful detention what can a musician do, really? They can document what’s going on, make their point and try and raise awareness (and maybe the odd [...]
Video Premiere: Joe Martin “Alone in Valentine”
February 26, 2026 1
Here is the title track from Joe Martin’s forthcoming album, “Alone in Valentine”. Recorded in Nashville last summer, the album was created with the help of Cal Campbell and Cornelius Webb, sons of the country [...]

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