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Month: April 2018

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Old Crow Medicine Show “Volunteer” (Columbia Nashville, 2018)

April 24, 2018 Alan O'Hare 0
‘A World Away’ bursts out of the speakers sounding like another time and another place and all seems right in the world. Well, wrong, as it’s a refugee song… but you know what I mean. Old […]
Album Reviews

Amit Dattani “Santiago” (Independent, 2018)

April 24, 2018 Keith Hargreaves 0
Fingerpicking roots guitarist Amit Dattani has set the bar high for his debut release ‘Santiago’ which features some beautiful playing as well as some noteworthy songwriting. Opening with the title track, he sets the tone early […]
Live Reviews

Littlemen, The Bell Inn, Bath, 11th April 2018

April 24, 2018 Tim Merricks 0
Strange bedfellows are made in the western outpost of Bath, Somerset. It’s a small community, neatly split into three piles. The tourists, who come for the Georgian tea rooms and Roman spas, the students (Bath has […]
Videos

Video: Kate Ellis “I Believe”

April 24, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0
The latest video from the wonderful Kate Ellis accompanies a great song from her album Carve Me Out.   Not only that but if you go on to her site here: https://www.kateellis.com/ibelieve there’s an interactive version with live […]
Interviews

Interview: Jerry Leger

April 23, 2018 Mark Underwood 0
Although it isn’t even the end of April yet, here at Americana UK, there’s already fairly widespread agreement that the whole of 2018 is unlikely to throw up a better album than Jerry Leger and The […]

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Dave Sutherland “Just Like a Black and White Film”

September 22, 2026 0
Warm, wistful country-leaning songs find their strength in memory, reflection and some lovely understated musical touches. There is something appropriately old-fashioned about Just Like a Black and White Film, the sixth studio album from Dave Sutherland. […]
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Lisa LeBlanc announces a new album and 2027 UK dates

September 22, 2026 0
Polaris-nominated Acadian songwriter Lisa LeBlanc has announced her new album, Patchwork, which will come out on 29th January 2027 via Bonsound, and has released the lead single, A Fleeting Thought Becomes Another Fleeting Thought, with a […]
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Dogwood Tales “Every Star in Rockingham County”

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Virginian alt-country band transitions into indie rock on their fourth full-length outing. Dogwood Tales celebrate ten years as a band with the release of their 4th full length album, entitled Every Star in Rockingham County, and […]

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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]
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Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

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As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]
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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

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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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Video: Andrew Swift “King Of The Sky”

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Now this is something.    The new single from Andrew Swift is a beautiful, simple and powerful song about grief as experienced by a child.  It’s taken from his latest album Call Out The Cavalry.

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