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Black Deer Full Line up announced – Friday headliner revealed!

April 25, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Black Deer Festival organisers have announced the final lineup for this year’s weekend of Americana. The big reveal is the addition of James to headline slots on the Friday. They will be joining the big names […]

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Walker Tex “Death” – as inevitable as taxes

April 25, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Well, here’s a cheerful start to the week – but amongst all the love and goodwill we like to spread around we at Americana UK know that there’s a darker side to this life.  And Walker […]

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Video: Father John Misty “Goodbye, Mr Blue”

April 25, 2022 Andrew Frolish 1

With gorgeously delicate finger-picking guitar and a wistfully warm, conversational vocal, Father John Misty, AKA Josh Tillman, delivers the beautiful ‘Goodbye Mr. Blue’.  The song brings to mind the 1970s country singer-songwriter sound and, indeed, ‘Goodbye […]

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Something for the weekend: Margo Price (feat. The Band of Heathens) “Later On”

April 22, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

That’s it for another week dear reader and we leave you with a new song taken from the deluxe edition of Margo Price’s ‘That’s How Rumors Get Started’ which is out today and adds eight new […]

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Beans On Toast & The Kentish Folk Collective “Swimming In It” – come on in the water is… polluted

April 22, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

It’s not that hard a concept – unless you’re a Tory government in its 12th year – the increasing of pollution is not a positive thing and letting the water companies (aka your mates) routinely pour […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

February 10, 2026 0

From the first, rhythmically strummed notes of Blue Mind, Tess Liautaud, the Ōtautahi-based Franco-American singer-songwriter who has immersed herself among the characters on the New Zealand roots music scene, creates a lush, twangy, rock and country-soul […]

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Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains

February 9, 2026 0

Jonathan Bernstein did not set out to sanctify Justin Townes Earle, nor to reduce him to a cautionary tale. With What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, Bernstein instead accomplishes something far more difficult: he restores dimensionality […]

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Black Deer Festival Interview: Willi Carlisle talks about Arkansas and his musical heritage

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A tale of paternal  lederhosen and Cheap Suit Serenaders and a love of writing. In the third of our Black Deer Festival interviews, I spoke to the fascinating and hugely talented Willi Carlisle. His appearance at […]

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Video Premiere: Connor Daly “Wishin'”

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Check out the new video from Virginia singer-songwriter Connor Daly.  The infectious ‘Wishin” features a rolling, flowing vocal delivery and catchy melody, buoyed by a strong beat and building instrumentation as the story unfolds.  Daly’s words […]

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Video Premiere: Wood Willow “So Much Runnin'”

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We are delighted to premiere the new single from Wood Willow.  ‘So Much Runnin” is a dramatic contemporary bluegrass song, full of foot-tapping rhythm and atmospheric melody.  It builds on the bluegrass tradition that shaped the […]

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