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Sunny Sweeney announces 2023 UK tour

July 25, 2023 Mark Whitfield 1
Following stand-out shows in the UK last summer, including The Long Road and Millport festivals, ACM-nominated recording artist Sunny Sweeney is returning to our shores this coming November for tour dates, kicking off in Newcastle’s Cluny […]
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Seven Dark Lords “Ghost in Here”

July 25, 2023 Andy Davidson 0
There’s no sin in trying. At first, the name of this band conjured up an image of a wayward metal group offering up their album to Kerrang but Seven Dark Lords describe themselves as a new […]
Tracks

The Fighting Side “Can’t Help Myself” – just not stopping

July 25, 2023 Jonathan Aird 1
Rarely have we seen a press image that more loudly screams out “caption competition.”  This is The Fighting Side, a band from St. Louis who bring in disparate musical backgrounds with members whose backgrounds are members […]
Videos

Video Premiere: Dwight Twilley “No Place Like Home”

July 25, 2023 Andrew Frolish 1
Check out the latest single from the acclaimed Dwight Twilley.  ‘No Place Like Home’ is a stirring, upbeat song with an engaging singalong melody.  In this absorbing song, a catchy vocal tune soars above the powerful […]
The Black Feathers, live, (THL) Festival, 16/7/23
Live Reviews

Live Review: The (THL) Festival, Kirton in Lindsey, North Lincolnshire – 16th July 2023

July 24, 2023 Graeme Tait 2
The lyrics, “Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun, if the sun don’t come you get a tan from standing in the English rain,” by some small band from Liverpool with an uncanny understanding […]

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Something for the weekend: Listen to the unreleased Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers track from 1978 “Parade Of Loons”

September 25, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a previously unreleased song from Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers. His estate recently unveiled a comprehensive new box set, Origins 1971-1978, […]
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Bob Dylan to unleash a 39 CD set of The Rolling Thunder Revue in November – start saving!

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Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalogue division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release Bob Dylan’s The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1976 Live Recordings on November 6th. The 39-CD box (I say again, 39!!!) set captures […]
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There are only 50 tickets left for Americana 25 – join us in Liverpool in November!

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If you’ve been mulling it over for a while, then mull no more! We are now down to our last 50 odd tickets for Americana 25, our celebration of 25 years of Americana UK, which comes […]

  • Something for the weekend: Listen to the unreleased Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers track from 1978 “Parade Of Loons”
  • Bob Dylan to unleash a 39 CD set of The Rolling Thunder Revue in November – start saving!
  • There are only 50 tickets left for Americana 25 – join us in Liverpool in November!
  • Beck “Ride Lonesome”
  • Live Review: Levellers, The Meffs, Brakes, Kid Kapichi and Sleeper, Hove Park, Brighton – 5th September 2026
  • Josh Ritter is coming this way in January – Happy New Year!
  • The latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Israel Nash and Sid Griffin
  • Leon III “Invisible Ink” – heating the lemon juice
  • Video Premiere: The Cashville Trash Pandas “Worker’s Song (Handful of Earth)”
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  • Graeme Tait: Hi Alan. I know, time, as tide waits for no man, lol. Can I suggest you focus on the first…
  • Angus MacSwan: "Ride Lonesome" is also a good Western starring Randolph Scott and directed by Budd Boetticher. Any connection, I wonder?

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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

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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

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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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