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Songs for the apocalypse: Witness “My Time Alone”

June 6, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Back in 2002 when Americana UK was one years old, we held a mini-festival at the Masque venue in Liverpool which celebrated the best of UK americana. Thanks to my shambolic organisational skills, the event over-ran […]

Album Reviews

Thea Gilmore “Small World Turning” (Proper Recordings, 2019)

June 6, 2019 Keith Hargreaves 0

The first release for a couple of years ‘Small World Turning’ represents a return to the more acoustic stylings of earlier Thea Gilmore recordings. Opening with an a cappella cover of ‘Mockingbird’ that fades into the […]

Album Reviews

Ari “Radikoj” (Independent, 2019)

June 6, 2019 Mark Johnson 0

Icelandic Americana? As the genre evolves, the label becomes a useful tag, but ‘What Even is Americana?’ as The Milk Carton Kids asked us. To be honest, it would be a stretch to call this Americana, […]

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hd hausmann “Recognise Faces” – Listen

June 6, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

‘Recognise Faces‘ is the new single taken from hd hausemann’s third album ‘Find A Weight, Form A Ground’ set for release on 28 June on Panda Cassettes.  The band are a project by vocalist and songwriter […]

Live Reviews

Tyler Ramsey, St Pancras Old Church, London, 20th May 2019

June 6, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

As they had an hour earlier for support Alex Carson, the sounds of cans cracking open greeted Tyler Ramsey as he made his way on stage at this wonderfully intimate London venue. Tyler Ramsey is tall […]

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

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From the first, rhythmically strummed notes of Blue Mind, Tess Liautaud, the Ōtautahi-based Franco-American singer-songwriter who has immersed herself among the characters on the New Zealand roots music scene, creates a lush, twangy, rock and country-soul […]

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Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains

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Jonathan Bernstein did not set out to sanctify Justin Townes Earle, nor to reduce him to a cautionary tale. With What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, Bernstein instead accomplishes something far more difficult: he restores dimensionality […]

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What a glorious piece of music to start a new week of with – and it’s a blend of traditions with the Shetland fiddle tune ‘Deltingside‘ being married with the tune ‘Squirrel Hunters‘ at the suggestion […]

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A return to the old format… sort of Following extensive market research (asking a couple of people at a bus stop) I’ve decided that there isn’t enough music in these posts from the abyss. Therefore, there […]

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Something for the weekend: The Milk Carton Kids “When You’re Gone”

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Well that’s it for another week dear reader. I started writing this post and then realised my beloved colleague Jon Aird had already started writing a piece on it. So over to you Jon… To say […]

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