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Swarme of Beese “Fruits of the Golden Land”

August 31, 2023 Cam Fraser 0

A bewitching journey into the haunted landscapes of gothic Americana. Swarme of Beese describe their music as ‘hillbilly noir’ and ‘Fruits of the Golden Land’, their latest album, as a “Collection of sonic postcards from an […]

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Arielle Silver “Ghost Ships” – spectres of old relationships

August 31, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

‘Ghost Ships‘ is an airy folk song from Arielle Silver’s new album ‘Watershed‘, it floats – naturally enough – on the waters of recollection and consolation as Arielle Silver reflects on things that happened and the […]

Videos

Video premiere: Wayward Jane “Little Satchel”

August 31, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Edinburgh-based Wayward Jane’s music is a modern, transatlantic interpretation of American folk and old-time traditions, blending roots music with fresh arrangements and original compositions, and we’re delighted today to be premiering the new video for their […]

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Evan Charles “Between Two Worlds”

August 30, 2023 Graeme Tait 0

Former Altamesa frontman delivers a debut solo album full of Texan-flavoured heartaches and distant horizons. Hailing from Austin Texas, Evan Charles has up to now been best known as the singer, guitarist and songwriter behind the […]

Videos

Video: The Prudhoe Lad “The Prudhoe Song”

August 30, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Newcastle-based songwriter Alan Fish whose band The Attention Seekers’ superb latest release we covered here on the site last year, has released a new song in collaboration with Prudhoe singer/songwriter Rob Wanless to help him develop […]

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  • Something for the weekend: This Is Lorelei “SF & GG” – the spirit of Elliott Smith in two minutes
  • The Gordon Sharpe Americana UK Book Award 2025
  • Classic Clips: Josh Ritter “All Some Kind of Dream” – Paste Studios, New York, 2019
  • The Third Mind make a ‘Spellbindingly’ quick return
  • Lucky Came To Town “The River Knows My Name”
  • The latest Americana UK podcast is now live featuring Courtney Marie Andrews
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Interview: Trevor Sensor on connection, bataille and love in the time of confusion

January 13, 2026 0

“Are you really real, do you feel the same thing that I do, girl, when I touch you, girl?” ~ Ricky Nelson According to iconic filmmaker Federico Fellini, “The visionary is the only true realist.” Before […]

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Interview: Mikel Jollett of the Airborne Toxic Event on struggles, joys and the journey

December 12, 2025 0

Hard times, no, unusually hard times served to bring the Airborne Toxic Event frontman Mikel Jollett a sense of purpose in life as a singer, songwriter, band leader, author and speaker about childhood trauma. As he […]

Interviews

Interview: Ian Gomm on Brinsley Schwarz, Nashville, Jeb Loy Nichols and football records

December 11, 2025 0

The Brinsley’s “Silver Pistol” was the album that perfected their Band obsession and, at the same time, showed that there was a lot more to them than being simple wannabes. Coincidentally, it was the first time […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

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As always in these prescriptive articles there must be a drawing of boundaries and Clint’s first article in the series seemed to have dealt with the idea that you should define americana in a narrow sense […]

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Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

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Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

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The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

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I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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