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Month: November 2021

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Jake Bugg announced as latest act joining Black Deer Festival 2022

November 25, 2021 Emily Dongray 0
Black Deer Festival organisers have announced more acts for their three-day festival. The event will return to Erridge Park, Kent, in June 2022 after two pandemic-related postponements. New additions to the 2022 lineup include: Pokey LaFarge, […]
Book Reviews

Paperback Riders: Ken Kesey “Sometimes a Great Notion”

November 25, 2021 Gordon Sharpe 0
A dark family drama played out in a rough world of its own. It feels like a good idea to widen the scope of this feature with a novel or two, perhaps a volume that has […]
Tracks

Del McCoury Band “Once Again” – some blues are just blues, these are the low down blues

November 25, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
Del McCoury has a new album on the way, ‘…Almost Proud‘, and this is the new single from it which sees Del in a blue state of mind.  It’s a bluegrass blues, of course.  What can […]
Interviews

Interview: Joel King and Taylor Burns of the Wild Feathers talk americana rock’n’roll

November 25, 2021 Martin Johnson 0
How COVID and New West Records helped reinvigorate a ten-year-old band. The Wild Feathers are a band who have been playing americana infused rock’n’roll for ten years and are entering a new phase of maturity in […]
Album Reviews

Janet Batch “You Be The Wolf”

November 25, 2021 Martin Johnson 0
Classic country sounds with 21st Century lyrics from America’s Rust Belt Janet Batch is not quite what she seems. Her music is infused with the spirits of classic female country artists such as Patsy Cline and […]

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

September 24, 2026 0
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

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 […]
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 […]
Interviews

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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Willie Nelson has announced the release of his 70th (!) solo studio album (and 14th for the Legacy label)–on Friday, April 24 (right before Willie’s 87th birthday on April 29th). The record is described as “an […]
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Grayson Capps “Heartbreak, Misery And Death”

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Grayson Capps delves deep into classic covers and ‘Old Weird America’. Hailing from Alabama, Grayson Capps started his musical career at Tulane University forming  The House Levellers and later a blues band Stavin’ Chain – who […]
Tracks

David Berkeley “Oh My America” – when the dream gets tarnished

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David Berkeley’s latest song takes a fairly bleak look at his homeland – a land which is riven with distrust and hatred, where the old ideas of working together for a better world have given way […]

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