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Riley Moore “Vagrant” (Independent, 2018)

July 27, 2018 Elise Kennedy 0
Nashville native, Riley Moore’s world travels have inspired his new album ‘Vagrant,’ which reflects on his experiences and his musical influences. The album pays tribute to Bob Dylan,  who is a clear inspiration for the singer-songwriter, on […]
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Video: The Jayhawks “Sioux City”

July 27, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0
In the retro slot we have the frigshockingly young Jayhawks from 1991, live in Germany with Sioux City.  Have a great weekend y’all.
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Iron & Wine announce new EP “Weed Garden” – Listen

July 26, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0
Two of the best things in life are ironing and wine, and in celebration of that fact Iron & Wine aka Sam Beam has announced a new EP ‘Weed Garden’ which comes out on August 31 via Sub Pop. […]
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River Whyless “Kindness, A Rebel” (Roll Call Records, 2018)

July 26, 2018 Mark Underwood 0
Kindness as an act of rebellion. North Carolinian indie folksters have a mission statement of sorts: “Like America itself, kindness is an ideal, a thing we must strive to attain even as we know we’ll always […]
Live Reviews

Del Amitri, Manchester Apollo, 22nd July 2018

July 26, 2018 Mark Whitfield 3
It’s funny how some artists who don’t ever label themselves as americana have a certain resonance with americana audiences – Del Amitri are one of those bands and notwithstanding the fact that they sometimes tend to […]

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Well that’s it from us for this week. If you haven’t got your tickets yet for our 25 year knees up featuring Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and a whole load more americana, you can pick them […]
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Charley Crockett “Age of the Ram”

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Americana favourite delivers the final chapter of his adventurous Sagebrush Trilogy that concludes with the mythological and wide-ranging story of the ‘Outlaw’ Billy MacLane. Readers of Americana UK are likely to be very familiar with the […]
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Listen to the first single to be taken from it below. Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Tift Merritt has announced Sugar, her first album in nearly a decade, due out June 26th via One Riot which is described as […]

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How to achieve true musical Symbiosis. The Breath are guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer Ríoghnach Connolly, and they ensure that the song is always at the centre of their alt-folk sound. That sound is rich, reflecting […]
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Interview: Cynthia Marchant on the Ozarks, fast cars and the passing of time

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In 2022, with her second studio album, Flesh and Bone, Cynthia Marchant explored spiritual truth and depth, and the magic of connecting with self and others in the many stages of life. Three years later, she’s […]
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Interview: Michael Weston King on why “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

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How the worst kind of family tragedy can lead to a career high British americana stalwart and music award winner Michael Weston King is releasing a new solo album, Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore. On the […]

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In advance of their new album ‘Room to Grow‘, GoldenOak – who are brother and sister Zak and Lena Kendall – have released ‘Falter‘, a song which perfectly encapsulates the climate and environment concerns that are […]
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Video Premiere: Jim Keaveny “Golden Carmen”

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At the age of nineteen, Jim Keaveny set off travelling around the USA, hitch-hiking, hopping on and off freight trains, playing guitar and harmonica and finding his voice as a song-writer.  Keaveny remembers these times fondly: […]
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Our focus with this new feature is to look at the artists who have helped lay the foundations and pave the way for the emergence of the musical genre we know today as ‘americana’. Now there […]

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