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Video Premiere: Crimson Calamity “My Best Friends”

May 12, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0
In this joyful, humorous video premiere, Crimson Calamity have a lot of fun with puppets representing the two best friends in the narrative, Mary and Jane.  It’s the perfect accompaniment to a song that is charming, […]
A Night to Remember

A Night to Remember: Saturday night at Black Deer Festival 2019

May 11, 2021 Emily Dongray 0
I hope you will forgive me, dear reader, in that my ‘Night to Remember’ is in fact, a whole day. Like Guy Lincoln’s post, my ultimate americana gig moment came as a trio of artists, and […]
Tracks

Annie Keating “Kindred Spirit” – Listen

May 11, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
Annie Keating didn’t have a great 2020. There was the global pandemic, and New York City was badly hit by that. This was the spur for Annie Keating to relocate from Brooklyn to Massachusetts to experience […]
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Album Reviews

Jesse Terry “When We Wander”

May 11, 2021 Viv Fish 5
A treasure chest of precious experiences. Followers of Jesse Terry have waited a long time for the release of this, his seventh album, which was recorded in 2019 and primed for release in Spring 2020. With […]
Book Reviews

Paperback Riders: John Howard Griffin “Black Like Me”

May 11, 2021 Gordon Sharpe 0
Blackface or bravery – you decide. ‘Rest at pale evening / A tall slim tree / Night coming tenderly / Black like me’  – from, ‘Dream Variations‘ by  Langston Hughes John Howard Griffin disguised himself as […]

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The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks

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It’s week 2 of the search for our writers’ Top 10 UK americana albums, and Jonathan Hincks will doubt add to the debate with his choice, as follows: With the hands of the Doomsday Clock edging […]
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Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

September 24, 2026 0
Norwegian queer-country assertively and affectionately delivering. Embla Karidotter was the drummer for Norwegian indie band Razika for 13 years, before she chose to change direction and build on her love of country music with new band […]
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Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

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On the 16th of October, Béla Fleck is to release the recording of a stellar Nashville night as a live album called Live Heart. On January 8, 2022, he and a multigenerational gang of musical heavy […]

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

September 15, 2026 0
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

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

August 26, 2026 0
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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Loretta Lynn and Margo Price “One’s on the Way” – Listen

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Loretta Lynn’s 50th studio album ‘Still Woman Enough’ is due out next month. The album features updated versions of classics like ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’ plus covers of some of her favourite songs such as ‘I Saw […]

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