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Month: April 2019

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Video: Ordinary Elephant: “Jenny & James”

April 23, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0
Another track from the great Ordinary Elephant, taken from their forthcoming album “Honest”, out on May 3rd.  It’s an ultimately triumphant love story about interracial love and is quite beautiful.
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Happy Easter from Americana UK

April 19, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0
We’re taking a break until Tuesday next week to celebrate the ascension of the Easter bunny into heaven. Don’t forget ‘Three Chords and the Truth’ the Woody Guthrie documentary which shows on BBC4 tomorrow night at […]
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Video Premiere: Anton & The Colts “My Favourite Song”

April 19, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0
Now this is rather good from Glasgow’s Anton & The Colts.  It’s the new single from their album “No End Of The Line”, out now and has real heart and soul.  Nice video too.  Anton is […]
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Danny Schmidt announces UK dates for May

April 18, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0
Austin, Texas-based folk-Americana singer-songwriter Danny Schmidt has announced details of a UK tour next month in support of his new album ‘Standard Deviation’ which we described as a collection of “songs of the troubadour, the worldly-wise […]
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NPR previews new Josh Ritter album in full

April 18, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0
Well this is a treat for the Easter weekend – NPR are previewing today the new Josh Ritter album ‘Fever Breaks’ which is due out on Friday next week and which, of course, is produced by […]

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Ady Johnson “Under Gainsborough Skies”

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Gently charming, melody-rich folk reflections from Suffolk. Suffolk-born and Colchester-based Ady Gainsborough presents his third album. Apparently inspired by life on the Essex-Suffolk border, the acoustic-based songs were recorded live in the studio, using vintage equipment […]
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Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

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As an animal lover and caretaker of horses, dogs and cats, the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Patershuk certainly caught my attention. Dog Tiger Horses on Red Hen Records (2025) is green as grass, country-folk […]
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Electric Elm “Play The Velvet Underground” – back in those endless days

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Electric Elm is a collaboration between singer-songwriter Chris Bousquet (aka American Elm) and multi-instrumentalist and producer Eric Lichter (Earl Slick, Mercury Rev). Bousquet and Lichter are longtime friends who grew up in adjacent Connecticut shoreline towns. […]

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Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

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As an animal lover and caretaker of horses, dogs and cats, the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Patershuk certainly caught my attention. Dog Tiger Horses on Red Hen Records (2025) is green as grass, country-folk […]
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Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

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Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]
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Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

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In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]

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Book Review: Paul Slade “Blood On The Leaves”

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A few years ago, at a local gig to see the Pennsylvania band The Stray Birds, the crowd was overall polite and receptive to the music; however, let us just say they needed to warm up. […]
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Pick of the Political Pops: The Spencer Davies Group “Every Little Bit Hurts”

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At Americana-UK Towers we don’t really have much truck with party politics. Granted we believe ourselves to be progressive in our outlook but essentially we pick and choose ‘policies’ according to our individual and collective wants […]
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Track Premiere: The Morning Yells “Natural Feel”

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The Morning Yells is an American band based in the Beach Cities of Los Angeles.  The band are led by siblings Phil and Laura Stancil, and The Morning Yells have released two LPs, two EPs, as […]

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