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Features

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Fred Arnold

January 4, 2024 FredArnold 8
So, my initial list of candidates for this enterprise, drawn purely from memory without any prompts, added up to 35 artists. Then I went to the prompts (my music collection). That brought the number up to […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Dean Owens & The Sinners, Glad Café, Glasgow – 18th December 2023

January 4, 2024 Paul Kerr 0
It’s somewhat fitting that the last gig this reviewer saw in 2023 was by Dean Owens who, a few days later, was pronounced the winner of Best UK Americana act in our latest annual Readers Poll. […]
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Album Reviews

Martyn Joseph “This Is What I Want To Say”

January 4, 2024 Kimberly Bright 1
Martyn Joseph gathers the world in a giant bear hug, advising listeners how to power through despair and heal everything with radical love. Penarth, Wales’s Martyn Joseph has been called “The Welsh Springsteen,” but it’s hard […]
Tracks

Track Premiere: Diane Coll “Glow, Candlelight”

January 4, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
We’re starting the year with an exclusive first listen to the new single from Diane Coll, it’s called ‘Glow, Candlelight‘ and is taken from Coll’s latest, and second, solo album ‘Old Ghosts‘ which is out on […]
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Video: Mouths of Babes “World Brand New”

January 4, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0
It’s a new year – an opportunity for a reset and a fresh start, a time for renewal and striving for something better.  It’s a time for hopefulness… that we hope will not be swiftly dashed.  […]

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More People Really Should Know About: Carey Ott

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Dave Sutherland “Just Like a Black and White Film”

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Lisa LeBlanc announces a new album and 2027 UK dates

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Album Reviews

Mary Gauthier “Reckoning”

September 22, 2026 2
One of our finest songwriters delivers an album for our times with consummate clarity and lyrical daring. Mary Gauthier was something of a late starter, delivering her first album when she was in her late thirties […]
News

Sylvie finally make a full length debut which arrives in November

September 22, 2026 1
Sylvie, the project of Los Angeles artist Ben Schwab, has announced their forthcoming album, New Season, available November 6th, 2026, via Ghostly International. Rina (feat. Alex Amen) is the single out now. Reflecting on a passing […]
Features

More People Really Should Know About: Carey Ott

September 22, 2026 0
Carey Ott is nothing if not prolific. He hails from Chicago, and he’s a multi-instrumentalist, a producer and engineer and a performer. He’s released seven albums to date as well as numerous singles. In my music […]

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  • Lisa LeBlanc announces a new album and 2027 UK dates
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  • Track Premiere: Gary Marks “Where We Started”
  • Video: Prinz Grizzley “A Mountain to Be Tamed (The Struggling)” – There’s a devil in me waiting
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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
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

August 26, 2026 0
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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The Song Remains: Steve Cropper (1941 -2025)

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Prime creator of the Stax sound in the 1960s and keeper of its flame. The world lost one of its most influential guitarists on December 3rd 2025, when Steve Cropper passed away in Nashville, marking the […]
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Bruce Springsteen “Lonely Night In The Park” – lurkin’ in the dark

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If you’ve recovered from the joy of the recent seven-album release of “Tracks II” then it’s time to move on to the next phase of releases from Springsteen.  This one is a little smaller – on […]
Book Reviews

Book Review: Tamara Saviano “Poets and Dreamers: My Life in Americana Music”

September 10, 2025 0
Firstly, who is Tamara Saviano? Her website describes her as “an author, producer and creative ringleader.” Her productions focus mainly around tribute albums, including the excellent ‘This One’s For Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark’ and […]

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