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Our top americana albums of 2021 – Part Three

December 22, 2021 Mark Whitfield 1
Over the last couple of days we have counted down our top albums of 2021, with the Felice Brothers triumphantly taking our album of the year slot. But what about those artists who just missed out? […]
Album Reviews

Herman Dune “Santa Cruz Gold”

December 22, 2021 Lyndon Bolton 0
An idiosyncratic muse from the West Coast. This album may have been ready for release three years ago but it could just as easily have come out fifty years previously such is its warm relaxed 1970s […]
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Video: LOVE BY NUMB3RS “Can’t Lie Like This”

December 22, 2021 Cam Fraser 0
The Portland-based indie trio release a clever, beautiful and wonderfully uplifting song and video inspired by Dan Connor’s chemo treatments and his battle against cancer. LOVE BY NUMB3RS are based around the impressively creative writing and […]
Tracks

Jr. Gone Wild “Five Million Songs” – so, why did you get into music?

December 22, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
‘Five Million Songs‘ is the latest single from Jr. Gone Wild and comes from the new album ‘Still got the Jacket’, the band’s first release for 25 years.  From 1983-1995, Jr. Gone Wild helped introduce Canada […]
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Video: Drew Cooper (ft. Cody Canada & Dierks Canada) “Please Come Home for Christmas”

December 22, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0
It had to be a Christmas song for our final new video post of the year.  Drew Cooper lends his marvellously characterful voice to Christmas classic ‘Please Come Home for Christmas’.  Originally recorded by singer and […]

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Video: Prinz Grizzley “A Mountain to Be Tamed (The Struggling)” – There’s a devil in me waiting

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Here’s the absorbing new single from Prinz Grizzley, also known as singer-songwriter Chris Comper. A Mountain to Be Tamed (The Struggling) has sparse beginnings, but the musical tension builds dramatically as Comper delivers an incredibly intense […]
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Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music

September 21, 2026 5
If a music writer opens ten press releases this month, they’ll spot something odd. They all sound like the same person wrote them. Not because the artists share a publicist, or because there’s a house style […]
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Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”

September 21, 2026 0
A cycle of Appalachian folk songs from writer and activist Si Kahn, subtitled Songs for Strong Kentucky Women The subtitle for this album is “Si Kahn’s Songs for Strong Kentucky Women”. Si Kahn is one of […]

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  • Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music
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  • For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”
  • Genre changing Buena Vista Social Club album 30th Anniversary Edition out now
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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 […]
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 […]
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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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Interview: Only Child Alan O’Hare on emotion, humanity and “Straight Lines”

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How watching his Mum getting ready to go out dancing inspired the musical career of Only Child. It is a long time since the heyday of Merseybeat and the Beatles, but Liverpool still has a vibrant […]
Album Reviews

The Southbound Attic Band “The Best of the Southbound Attic Band 2009-2019”

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First full collection of songs by Liverpool legends are a tonic for the ages. A year of anything can feel like a long time right now, so ten years really does feel like a world away […]
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Video Premiere: Brother Hill “Mother of Our Nature”

February 3, 2022 0
We are delighted to premiere the utterly absorbing ‘Mother of Our Nature’ by Brother Hill.  Musically and lyrically, this ethereal song is steeped in atmosphere and magic.  It flows, growing and evolving through six epic minutes, […]

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