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Peter Graham “Nowhere in Tacoma” (Skyefarmrecords, 2017)

July 18, 2017 Peter Churchill 0
Peter Graham is a Canadian singer-songwriter from the village of Millbrook, Ontario. Despite having a decade of song writing behind him this 5 track EP, Nowhere in Tacoma, is his debut. His music blends traditional country […]
News

Steve Martin and Steep Canyon Rangers announce new album

July 18, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers will release “The Long-Awaited Album” on Rounder Records/Decca Records on 22nd September. The record is Martin’s newest collaboration with the Grammy-winning North Carolina-based band the Steep Canyon Rangers, and “full of […]
Live Reviews

Roxanne de Bastion, York City Screen Basement Bar, York, 4th May 2017

July 18, 2017 Rudie Hayes 0
Support for this show is from ‘Fawn UK’, part, it would appear, of York’s hip crowd. Her teenage vigour makes me feel old; reading lyrics from an iphone for a new song rather than a fag […]
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Micah P Hinson – “Oh, Spaceman” – Listen

July 18, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0
Idiosyncratic Americana troubadour Micah P Hinson returns with a new album Presents The Holy Strangers, out on Full Time Hobby on 8 September.  Oh, Spaceman is the first track made available from it – and it’s […]
Album Reviews

Paul McClure and the Local Heroes “Paul McClure and the Local Heroes” (Clubhouse Records, 2017)

July 18, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0
Given the number of gigs he plays up and down the country it comes as something of a surprise to find that Paul McClure, aka the Rutland Troubadour, has managed to find the time to record […]

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Iron & Wine announces “Hen’s Teeth (Deluxe edition)”

August 28, 2026 0
Iron & Wine aka Sam Beam has announced the release of Hen’s Teeth (Deluxe Edition) due out 22nd September from Sub Pop. This expanded edition features six new recordings in total: four previously unreleased songs along […]
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Album Reviews

Damien Dempsey “Holywell”

August 28, 2026 0
Excellent new versions of Irish folk songs that keep the flame of Irish history and pride alive. Damien Dempsey is a well-known Irish folk musician who has supported, for example, Sinead O’Connor, Bob Dylan and The […]
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The latest AUK Podcast is now available featuring MMJ’s Jim James on being Wowed Out

August 28, 2026 0
As the month draws to a close, Keith talks to Jim James about his solo album Wowed Out, which… comes out… today. Do you see what we did there! Also out today are new albums from […]

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  • Fairport Convention announce extensive 2026 Autumn tour
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Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0
Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]
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Interview: Nora Kelly holds space for the quirky in outlaw country music

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It’s always the ride and not necessarily the destination that makes a trip through a Nora Kelly Band album worthwhile. The songs can be zany, intriguing and melancholic all at once, cavorting to their own primal […]
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Interview: Issy Ferris and Archie Sylvester on why “It’s A Joy To Be Alive”

August 19, 2026 0
One thing everyone quickly learns as they get older is that time waits for no one, and that life continues its unstoppable flow forward. Americana UK has followed Ferris & Sylvester’s career since their first album, […]

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Video: The Attention Seekers “The Background Action Game”

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We’re always happy to share new material from Newcastle’s Attention Seekers who have just realised a superb new song recorded in the Cluny Studios there. Lead singer Alan Fish told us: “Having personally worked in the […]
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Pick of the Political Pops: Wilbert Harrison “Let’s Stick Together”

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This week we have noted with a strange combination of amusement and disbelief that the UK’s negotiating strategy regarding Brexit (yep – that again) continues to consist mainly of our glorious leaders throwing their toys out […]
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Michelle Malone “I Choke On My Words” – thanks for reminding me…

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Michelle Malone wants you all to know that she’s aware that she did all those things – every one of them: “I said it, regret it, I did it, I thought it, I took it, I […]

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