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Track Premiere: Chatham Rabbits “Gas Money”

January 15, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
The title ‘Gas Money‘ may be hint enough that Chatham Rabbits don’t come from the Kentish town on the Medway.  Nope, these Chatham Rabbits are from North Carolina where the wife and husband duo of Sarah […]
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Video Premiere: Aliza Hava “Into the Light”

January 15, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0
The new single from folk-rock artist Aliza Hava is immediate and compelling.  “Into the Light” is a gloriously uplifting song of hope and redemption, channelling Hava’s positive energy and transmitting these feelings to the listener.  She explains: […]
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Interview: Amy Speace on her view of “The American Dream”

January 14, 2025 Martin Johnson 4
You can take the girl out of New York, but not New York out of the girl. Amy Speace is a favourite of Americana UK and has just released her fourth record in five years, “The […]
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Bluegrass Briefs: John Depew, High Horse, Trace & Baerd. Max Wareham

January 14, 2025 Tim Martin 0
A new year arrives with a batch of albums that stretch the Bluegrass genre to it’s limits. But it’s a style that has always thrived on experimentation, so it will always bounce back, whether from the […]
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John Calvin “Greener Fields And Fairer Seas”

January 14, 2025 Graeme Tait 0
A sophomore album that at times appears a little unsure of its own identity or musical direction. John Calvin released his debut album “Masquerade Monday”, back in 2018 under the watchful eye of producer Nate Campisi, […]

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We are mightily delighted to announce today full details for Americana 25, our celebration of 25 years of Americana UK which comes to two stages across Liverpool’s Rough Trade venue and Quaker Meeting House on Saturday […]
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Award-winning Toronto singer-songwriter Abigail Lapell has announced her upcoming new album Shadow Child, an album about motherhood whose nine songs each represent a month of gestation, will be released May 8th via Outside Music. Lapell has […]

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Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

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A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]
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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

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Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

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While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

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Trucking All Over the UK – Dale Watson Rolls in to Town

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Austin, TX honky-tonker Dale Watson is coming to the UK for select November dates on the heels of his new live album, Live at the Big T Roadhouse, Chicken S#!+ Bingo Sunday. The album is out now […]
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Video Premiere: The Lost Brothers “Echoes In The Wind”

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As regular site readers will know from our news item yesterday the legendary Howe Gelb will be joining Ireland’s Lost Brothers for a few dates next month, opening and performing with them.  Here’s a live version […]
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Interview: Emily Barker on “Fragile as Humans”

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Bringing a more contemporary songwriter feel to americana and folk. It is four years since Emily Barker released “A Dark Murmuration” of words, and her new album “Fragile as Humans” is the chance listeners have had […]

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