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Larry Efaw and the Bluegrass Mountineers “Fling Ding” – it’s a fast fling

August 31, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
Well, it’s been a mighty long time since the midweek afternoon joy of the relax and de-stress instrumental zone.  Maybe the driving single, ‘Fling Ding,’  which comes from Larry Effaw’s latest album, ‘The Old Home’ is not […]
Classic Americana Albums

Classic Americana Albums: Neil Young “Comes a Time”

August 31, 2022 Emily Dongray 0
There are twenty-six pages of ‘Classic Americana Albums’ you can view on the AUK website, and the section has been running for many years, and yet somehow, this is the first mention of Neil Young. His […]
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Album Reviews

Jim Lauderdale “Game Changer”

August 31, 2022 Rhys Kelly 0
Consummate Classic Country. Jim Lauderdale has achieved a particular type of musical success: a long career, a significant and critically lauded body of work, a long list of ‘name’ collaborators, songs being covered by other artists […]
Book Reviews

Book Review: Max Wareham “Rudy Lyle: The Unsung Hero of the Five-String Banjo”

August 31, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
Max Wareham is well placed to write a book on the five-string banjo- he plays the instrument in the Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band and has had a long career as a music tutor and himself studied […]
Album Reviews

Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer “All New”

August 31, 2022 Paul Kerr 0
These three veteran Grammy winners look set to win another one with this excellent collection of bluegrass and good old fashioned folk songs. Tom Paxton, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Winner, surely needs no introduction here […]

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Album Reviews

Mary Gauthier “Reckoning”

September 22, 2026 2
One of our finest songwriters delivers an album for our times with consummate clarity and lyrical daring. Mary Gauthier was something of a late starter, delivering her first album when she was in her late thirties […]
News

Sylvie finally make a full length debut which arrives in November

September 22, 2026 1
Sylvie, the project of Los Angeles artist Ben Schwab, has announced their forthcoming album, New Season, available November 6th, 2026, via Ghostly International. Rina (feat. Alex Amen) is the single out now. Reflecting on a passing […]
Features

More People Really Should Know About: Carey Ott

September 22, 2026 0
Carey Ott is nothing if not prolific. He hails from Chicago, and he’s a multi-instrumentalist, a producer and engineer and a performer. He’s released seven albums to date as well as numerous singles. In my music […]

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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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Americana singer-songwriter David Starr, with a well-received tour of the UK and a new 6-track under his belt, finds his reputation as a performer has taken on another dimension. Such is the quality of the recording […]

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