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Live Review: Suzie Ungerleider + Christina Martin, Green Note, London – 5th July 2023

July 19, 2023 David Chalfen 0

Both tonight’s acts are Canadian-based and raised, albeit now separated by the 3000+ miles between Nova Scotia and Vancouver. Christina Martin is up first. The previous weekend she was casting her musical pearls barely 10 metres […]

Features

Allison Russell breaks through

July 19, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

We’ve all been following the spectacular direction the career of Allison Russell has taken in the last couple of years – a landmark album with ‘Outside Child‘ and a new album ‘The Returner‘ to be released […]

Album Reviews

Lori McKenna “1988”

July 19, 2023 Martin Johnson 0

Back to the future for Lori McKenna. Lori McKenna has two musical careers running in tandem, the first is as one of the leading songwriters in the country genre, with her songs being covered by artists […]

Tracks

Track Premiere: Toler Gibson “Old Dark Spirit”

July 19, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Toler Gibson is releasing a new single titled ‘Old Dark Spirit‘ on July 21st on Meadows Heavy Recorders, but Americana UK readers get an early listen today. This is the 2nd single from the band’s upcoming […]

Videos

Video Premiere: The Kennedys “Headwinds”

July 19, 2023 Andrew Frolish 4

Here is the latest single from multi-instrumentalist and songwriting duo The Kennedys.  Pete and Maura Kennedy have written a song that sounds instantly like a classic, a timeless piece of music that could easily be a […]

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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

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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

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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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Here’s a gorgeous video for a gorgeous song.  ‘Coal Country’ is the lead single from Charles Wesley Godwin’s debut album, ‘Seneca’, which was released to critical acclaim in 2019.  The album transports the listener to the […]

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Canicules, Courgettes and Creedence. Summer in France is a wonderful time. The children are out from school, holidays are being anticipated and, in the villages, the night markets have started. The night markets are really just […]

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Track Premiere: Moon Shine “I Tried to Keep On Loving You”

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Moon Shine (aka Angie Glasscock) is a Brooklyn based singer-songwriter whose debut album ‘The Land in Between‘ will be hitting the streets on November 11th.  The name Moon Shine was chosen because, Angie explains, “The Moon […]

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