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Tracks

Track Premiere: Everett Wren “Billboard”

May 16, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
It’s been fiddling pretty much all the way for Everett Wren – who gained his first performance credit in his family band at the age of 4.  A few years later and he’d won an Arkansas […]
Album Reviews

The Wave Pictures “When The Purple Emperor Spreads His Wings”

May 16, 2022 Michael Macy 0
There is a whole lot goin’ on here, and it is all good. The ‘Purple Emperor Spreads His Wings‘, the new double album by The Wave Pictures is a tour de force.  It energetically revives the […]
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Videos

Video: Pharis & Jason Romero “Souvenir”

May 16, 2022 Ed Donnelly 0
If you could imagine the soundtrack for restoring an old barn by hand in British Columbia, it would sound an awful lot like ‘Souvenir’ by Pharis & Jason Romero.  The much lauded duo, who have won […]
Elliah Heifetz 2022
Album Reviews

Elliah Heifetz “First Generation American”

May 16, 2022 Mark Nenadic 0
Disappointing.Traditional country-folk, veering into parody and pastiche. Elliah Heifetz, from the City of Brotherly Love, born of Russian immigrants to the USA, is today’s musical cosmonaut.  He’s a ‘First Generation American’, he grew up knowing poverty […]
AUK's Chain Gang

AUK’s Chain Gang: Woody Guthrie “1913 Massacre”

May 16, 2022 Clint West 0
Last week Dave Jarman brought us Bob Dylan’s version of the much covered ‘Man of Constant Sorrow’ which as he pointed out,  was first published by Dick Burnett in 1913. So it is to that year that […]

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Album Reviews

Greyhounds “Live On 29th Street”

September 29, 2026 0
An analogue, funky, live experience that truly lifts the soul. It would be a stretch to call Live On 29th Street an Americana album in the truest sense of the term; however, if three superb musicians […]
Tracks

Ella Spencer “Howlin’ Wolf” – one lie too many

September 29, 2026 0
Here’s a song we know; Americana UK was lucky enough to hear a very early, possibly first, outing at the Americana Showcases back in 2025, when it was fresh off the page from the previous weekend. […]
Videos

Video: Louise Bichan “Binnorie-o” Feat. Aoife O’Donovan – adorned with bits of old fiddles

September 29, 2026 0
Here is the gorgeous, richly layered new single from Scottish fiddler, vocalist and visual artist Louise Bichan. Her latest release features the clear, pure voice of Aoife O’Donovan, who brings such a timeless quality and breathtaking […]

  • Greyhounds “Live On 29th Street”
  • Ella Spencer “Howlin’ Wolf” – one lie too many
  • Video: Louise Bichan “Binnorie-o” Feat. Aoife O’Donovan – adorned with bits of old fiddles
  • For the Sake of the Song: Lucinda Williams “Metal Firecracker”
  • Ian Noe “Canyon Falls Trailer Band”
  • Live Review: The Jayhawks, Electric Ballroom, Camden – 16th September 2026
  • Bluegrass Briefs: Sociograss, Triple Fiddle, The Runaway Strings, Lindsay Lou
  • Jack Browning “Painted Skies”
  • Preview: Glasgow Americana Festival 2026, 30th September – 4th October
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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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