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Album Reviews

Tasha Robertson “Sweet Hearts EP” (Independent, 2018)

August 15, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0
‘Sweet Hearts‘ is the debut EP from Essex singer-songwriter Tasha Robertson, and is made up of four tracks. Tasha Robertson’s music falls solidly into the ‘quirky-pop’ category, with a light dusting of folky arrangements. So, from […]
Tracks

Kin Hana “Long Hair” – Listen

August 15, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0
Aaron Carroll Hodges is a musician, composer working in New York here he has previously created a body of work that straddles the line between dark-pop, krautrock, and ambient hum.  For his latest album ‘Au Sable‘ he […]
Album Reviews

Elephant Micah “Genericana” (Western Vinyl 2018)

August 15, 2018 Michael Farley 0
As has been said many times before Americana is a broad church and thus many musical styles are accepted inside and indeed they add to its rich diversity. However, it is a challenge to consider this […]
Live Reviews

Cambridge Folk Festival, Cherry Hinton Hall, Cambridge, 2nd-5th August 2018

August 15, 2018 Jeremy Searle 2
While there are several “specialist” Americana festivals like Maverick and Ramblin’ Roots, for the Americana fan Cambridge Folk Festival has for many years always had much to offer.  It rightly prides itself on its eclecticism – […]
Videos

Video: Alden Patterson & Dashwood “The Time Song”

August 15, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0
This is a live cut from the wonderful Christina Alden, Alex Patterson & Noel Dashwood.  Their new album By The Night is available now and very good it is too.

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Sarah McQuaid takes to the road again in the UK in November

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With her new recording and rehearsal studio nearing completion, Sarah McQuaid is once again heading out on the road, this time for a 9-week, 36-show coast-to-coast US tour beginning on the 11th of September, and a […]
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Levi Foster “Appalachian Funk Tree”

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Levi Foster takes his yarn-spinning country tunes to the heart of Hollywood. After two EPs and the success of his critically-acclaimed first album, We Made Fire, the Nashville-based singer-songwriter who draws his inspiration from the likes […]
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Margo Cilker “Molly & Me” – and the devil’s right hand

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Molly & Me is the latest single from the upcoming album from Margo Cilker, Little White Cross, which is out on October 9th via Fossil Records. Molly & Me starts out as a story about a teenage friendship […]

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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 […]
Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
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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