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Chris Wenner “Not Old Enough”

February 6, 2025 Graeme Tait 0
Five years after recording his debut album at the age of 64, Wenner continues to bloom with his third offering imbued with the spirit of Laurel Canyon. Chris Wenner is something of an outlier in the […]
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Jeffrey Lewis is back and this time he’s even more freewheelin’ and sweary

February 6, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
The celebrated, idiosyncratic indie-rock/folk songwriter and comic book artist Jeffrey Lewis has announced his new album, “The EVEN MORE Freewheelin’ Jeffrey Lewis,” which is due for release on 21st March on Blang Records. The announcement also […]
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Kassi Valazza “Weight Of The Wheel” – pressing down…

February 6, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
You’ll recall that 2023 was, pretty much, the year of Kassi Valazza, whose album ‘Knows Nothing‘ provided a slew of our favourite songs that year and whose live performances were amongst the very best of the […]
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Video: Gary Louris “Getting Older”

February 6, 2025 Andrew Frolish 1
Check out “Getting Older”, the recent single by Gary Louris, frontman of Americana legends The Jayhawks.  The song is driven by Louris’s acoustic strum and the rhythmic piano, enhanced by flourishes of electric guitar and harmonica.  […]
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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without it – The Grateful Dead

February 5, 2025 Graeme Tait 25
With the first few weeks of the new year comfortably under our belts, we now return for a second series of what was one of our most popular features of 2024, ‘Cant Live With It, Can’t […]

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It’s September already, and with it the first signs of Autumn’s “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”, inviting us to bid a fond farewell to another year of outdoor festivals culminating in last weekend’s ‘Long Road’ at […]
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Lisa Bouchelle “Vandals, Thieves and Lovers”

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Classy vocals from Lisa Bouchelle are front and centre of a fine country soul collection, featuring Amanda Shires, with some unexpected twists. It’s always a pleasure as a reviewer to discover a new top vocalist – […]
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Mac Cornish “Wayfaring Woman”

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Californian singer reminds you of the days when country music was country music, and that’s no bad thing. Mac Cornish grew up on the eastern slopes of the Santa Cruz mountains in northern California, where she […]

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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

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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 […]
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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 […]
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Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

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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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