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River Drivers “Everlasting Faint (The Tale of the Greenbrier Ghost)” true tales that sadly continue

October 25, 2022 Jonathan Aird 1
River Drivers are a Celtic influenced folk band from Phildelphia.  They are a four piece consisting of Mindy Murray (vocals, guitar, banjo, bass), Kevin McCloskey(vocals, guitar, banjo, mandolin, bass), Marian Moran (tin whistle, low whistle, concertina) […]
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Video Premiere: The Wanton String Band “Deb’s”

October 25, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0
There’s a bit of everything in The Wanton String Band’s exciting blend of musical styles: their energetic brand of folk is as much influenced by indie-pop and electronic dance music as it is by Celtic and […]
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Americana Bedrock – Linda Ronstadt

October 24, 2022 Rick Bayles 1
In introducing this new series, Features Editor Clint West said that “this series will explore some of the artists that have laid down the foundations of what we now refer to as ‘americana’”. I think one […]
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Stacey McNeill & Jonathan Smith “Walking Barefoot”

October 24, 2022 Andrew Raw 0
Sweet melodies and strong, emotional lyrics from folk duo. From North Wales, Stacey McNeill and Jonathan Smith formed as a songwriting duo in 2020 when they realised that they had a musical compatibility. This is their […]
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AUK’s Chain Gang: Jesse Winchester “Biloxi”

October 24, 2022 Kimberly Bright 0
Rather than immediately hopping to another American state after Ljubinko Zivkovic’s stop in ‘Mississippi’ last week, let’s stick around long enough to visit ‘Biloxi.’ Biloxi is on the Gulf coast of Mississippi and singer-songwriter Jesse Winchester […]

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We are mightily delighted to announce today full details for Americana 25, our celebration of 25 years of Americana UK which comes to two stages across Liverpool’s Rough Trade venue and Quaker Meeting House on Saturday […]
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Something for the weekend: Mary Chapin Carpenter & the Mountain Goats “Put the Message in the Box”

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Well that’s it from us for this week, an exciting day for us as we announce full details for our 25 year event which takes place in Liverpool later this year – you can find more […]
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Abigail Lapell announces new album “Shadow Child” out in May

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Award-winning Toronto singer-songwriter Abigail Lapell has announced her upcoming new album Shadow Child, an album about motherhood whose nine songs each represent a month of gestation, will be released May 8th via Outside Music. Lapell has […]

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Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

March 25, 2026 1
A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]
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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

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Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

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While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

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Dan Raza “Water Reflects (What It’s Shown)” – take care in your choices

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Dan Raza’s third album ‘Wayfarer’ is due for release on February 14th, and today’s song is – as you may have guessed – the latest single from it.  We’ve already said something about the album here, […]
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The Builders And The Butchers “Stop The Rain” – who’s gonna do that?

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The members of The Builders and the Butchers had already made recording together something of a challenge – the band members are all originally from Alaska but are now more dispersed. Justin Baeir (drums) bought a […]
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But is it Americana? – Santana

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And so we ask the question for the last time in this current series – But is it Americana? Deputy Editor, Jonathan Aird, throws his rhinestone-encrusted Stetson into the ring with a well argued case for […]

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