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Features

For the Sake of the Song: Bob Dylan & The Band “Tears of Rage” (Bootleg Version)

January 6, 2025 Dean Nardi 0
“See if you can do something with this.” There are inconsistencies galore in the story of how events unfolded that ultimately led to Bob Dylan writing lyrics for ‘Tears of Rage’. First and foremost is disabusing […]
Album Reviews

John Hammond “You’re Doin’ Fine, Blues At The Boarding House June 2 & 3, 1973″

January 6, 2025 Paul Kerr 0
  “You’re Doin’ Fine” is the latest release from the Owsley Stanley Foundation, named for the famed sound man and chemical wizard (also known as Bear) who, aside from his mass production of LSD, developed the […]
Dylan LeBlanc live at The Sun Inn, Beverley, - 11th December 2024
Live Reviews

Live Review: Dylan LeBlanc, The Sun Inn, Beverley – 11th December 2024

January 6, 2025 Graeme Tait 6
Tonight’s concert saw my return to the historic Minster town of Beverley for the third time this year, and my second visit to its premier live music venue, The Sun Inn, that sits within the shadow […]
News

Western Massachusetts singer/songwriter Kris Delmhorst releasing the “Ghosts in the Garden” in March

January 6, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
Nothing to fear but much to celebrate. Kris Delmhorst has announced the impending release of her tenth studio album “Ghosts in the Garden”  and it comes out on March 7th 2025 on Big Bean Music. Delmhorst […]
Tracks

Jessie James “Rise And Shine” – let’s kick this year off with positivity

January 6, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
What kind of year are we going to have on Americana UK?  Well, there’s worse things to envisage than a year of folk/punk energy focused through the kick-arseist of all instruments the ukulele.  Jessie James, from […]

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For The Sake Of The Song: Dean Owens “Sally’s Song (I Dreamed Of Michael Marra)”

July 27, 2026 0
Dean Owens is, of course, no stranger to these pages. With twelve albums and numerous AUK awards behind him, a search on this site will provide pages of reviews, interviews and videos. Typing the name Michael […]
Album Reviews

Mick Flannery “The House Must Win”

July 27, 2026 0
A labour of love, twenty years in the making from renowned Irish singer-songwriter. It is more than twenty years since Mick Flannery released his debut album Evening Train, but the tale it told of (as he puts […]
Robert Plany Savking Grace
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Robert Plant to receive Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award

July 27, 2026 0
The Americana Music Association has announced that singer, songwriter and musical trailblazer Robert Plant will receive the Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award during the 25th Annual Americana Honours & Awards, taking place on 16th September 2026, at […]

  • For The Sake Of The Song: Dean Owens “Sally’s Song (I Dreamed Of Michael Marra)”
  • Mick Flannery “The House Must Win”
  • Robert Plant to receive Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Tucker Zimmerman “Dream Me A Dream”
  • Sounds from beyond the Shed 241 “Back in the swim”
  • Morton Valence “So Far Away” – all the distance inbetween
  • Video: James White & The Wild Fire “The Girl From Fort Worth” – peace on the other side
  • Something for the weekend: Starpainter “Rabbits”
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Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward

July 24, 2026 0
End Times Elevator Music is a special record to behold. From the Link Wray fuzz guitar rumbles on opener No Alarm to the title track closer, which arrives like Ben Schneider and Brendan Urie collaborated, there […]
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Interview: Have Gun, Will Travel is constantly evolving – What a concept!

July 22, 2026 0
Have Gun, Will Travel is the name of the band with the emphasis on travel. Not so much touring all over the world, but exploration, whether in their three concept albums or the songs written for […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Alex Amen on “Sun Of Amen” as he comes of age as a songwriter

July 21, 2026 4
Alex Amen is making waves as one of the new breed of songwriters to keep a very close eye on. Born in Texas, he has lived in communes on the West Coast, formed and played in […]

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Real bar band music from Arkansas and Louisiana from a seasoned road dog. I had not heard of 46-year-old Reece Sullivan until his self-released record ‘Middle Sea’ came whizzing through the ether and I suspect that, […]
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UK Americana Music Week 2025 – AMAUK announces conference, showcases, awards and more

December 5, 2024 0
As January comes around it’s time for UK Americana Music Week over a number of venues in Hackney, East London from 20th to  23rd January 2025.  The event provides a great opportunity to catch up with […]
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Karan Casey “The Rocks Of Bawn” – a mighty hard row to hoe

March 10, 2023 0
Karan Casey’s latest album ‘Nine Apples Of Gold‘ contains a range of topics across its ten tracks – but this beautiful rendering to ‘The Rocks Of Bawn’ is strangely topical for a song so traditional.  There’s […]

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