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Features

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: David Jarman

August 4, 2023 David Jarman 2

A few weeks into the GOAT feature ( to borrow the sporting equivalent) we already have a broad spread of artists, and rationales for choices, and that’s given me my lead–to take my favourite artists across […]

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Chris Carrapetta “Nothing Left to Lose”

August 4, 2023 Andy Davidson 0

A fair bit of Introspection. Still lots of love required. ‘Nothing Left to Lose’ is Australian Chris Carrapetta’s second album. He says: “The songs that I wrote for this album are mostly about what was happening […]

Classic Clips

Classic Clips: Glen Campbell and Leon Russell “Mama Don’t Allow” – In Session, 18th November 1983

August 4, 2023 Martin Johnson 2

Glen Campbell was a multi-talented artist, something his commercial success tended to obscure. One of his many talents was as a phenomenal guitar player who first made a name for himself as a session musician and […]

Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 107

August 4, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0

First world problems … As mentioned last week I am currently on hols in France. It has pissed down most of the time. It’s all very well reading, drinking and eating but occasionally you have to […]

Features

Let’s unpack the haul…

August 4, 2023 Jonathan Aird 1

A favourite YouTube influencer video is the showing off what you bought on your latest shopping expedition, or unpacking a package that came through the post. Well, this isn’t YouTube, and here at Americana UK you […]

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Langhorne Slim “The Dreamin’ Kind”

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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 […]

Interviews

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 […]

Obituaries

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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