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Israel Nash “Ozarker” – it’s where he comes from

June 14, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
All the tracks are good, that’s an article of faith, but today we have Israel Nash – the title song from his new album out 20th October.  ‘Ozarker‘ tells the story of Nash’s great-grandfather, a migrant […]
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Video: Black Deer Festival – Roseanne Reid

June 14, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0
For today’s video, we’re shining a light on one of the artists to look forward to at Black Deer Festival this coming weekend.  Roseanne Reid possesses a wonderfully characterful voice, used to great effect on her […]
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Interview: Esther Rose on moving forward with “Safe To Run”

June 13, 2023 Martin Johnson 0
Is this the beginning of doom country? Americana UK last chatted with then New Orleans resident Esther Rose just over two years ago around the release of what was probably her best album to date, ‘How […]
Album Reviews

The Hackles “What A Beautiful Thing I Have Made”

June 13, 2023 Paul Russell 0
The title says it all. Expanding from a duo to become a trio has worked wonders for Luke Ydstie and Kati Claborn: for their third album they’re joined, now permanently, by their neighbour, Halli Anderson from […]
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Chris Pierce “Tulsa Town” – addressing a shameful moment of American history

June 13, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Chris Pierce has some good news – he’s been picked to be Neil Young’s support act on his first post-Covid tour this July.  He’s quite pleased, saying : “It’s an incredibly sacred honor to be asked […]

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Hurray for the Riff Raff - Alynda Segarra 3rd May 2014
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Essentials: The Top 10 Hurrah For The Riff Raff Songs

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In a nod to Woody Guthrie, a 2014 American Songwriter magazine cover featured Hurrah For The Riff Raff with the strapline, “Bound for Glory”. I’m not sure how the author of that article defined glory, yet […]
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José González “Against The Dying Of The Light”

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first thoughts José González is a Swedish indie-folk singer – with, naturally, the usual background in hardcore punk influenced by Black Flag and choral singing – Against The Dying Of The Light is his fifth album, […]
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Bedouine, the project of LA-based musician Azniv Korkejian, releases her new album, Neon Summer Skin, on 5th June 2026 via Thirty Tigers. Across Neon Summer Skin, Korkejian intentionally returned to the instruments she played as a […]

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Interview: Charlie Musselwhite knows the highway and it knows him

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At age 82, Charlie Musselwhite continues to put out relevant and meaningful albums. Sweet. While his body of work may not conjure memories for some of our younger readers, it’s great to see him continuing his […]
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Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

April 22, 2026 0
Matt Hill has combined his career as a singer-songwriter with his work as a campaigner in the charity sector and currently as a community songwriter. He has tasted success as an americana singer-songwriter and played in […]
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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

April 21, 2026 0
Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]

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Jingle Bells Thursday aka Friday – Here it is, Merry Christmas

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Well, this is it.  We’re putting this feature to bed for another year.  Maybe, just maybe, if you’ll be good then we’ll have another go in 2021.  Quality Christmas songs being available being the real requisite […]
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Classic Americana Albums: Over The Rhine “Drunkards Prayer”

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Never has the complicated, raw and unpredictable path to true love been better laid bare than this beautiful, stunning collection of heartfelt, highly personal songs. The core duo of Karin Bergquist, with her extraordinarily powerful voice, […]
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Listen to new Townes Van Zandt album in full

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Well that’s it for this week dear readers, and what a wretched one it’s been in various ways. We leave you anyway with something decidely not-wretched. The lovely people over at NPR Music are currently streaming […]

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