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Suzanne Vega “Chambermaid” – and pickpocket?

April 9, 2025 Jonathan Aird 2
On this, the latest single from Suzanne Vega’s soon-to-be-released album ‘Flying With Angels‘ we find the coffee shop folk-rock rebel picking up crumbs and re-arranging the books on their shelves for the looming singer-songwriter genius of […]
Videos

Video: The Swell Season “People We Used To Be”

April 9, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0
Sometimes, a song will come along that affects and moves you on a deeper level.  The latest single from The Swell Season is one such song.  “People We Used To Be” is masterfully composed and arranged, […]
Features

More People Really Should Know About: Bob Martin

April 8, 2025 Lyndon Bolton 2
Typically the purpose of this feature is to draw attention to an emerging artist. However, candidates also deserving of greater recognition are artists from long ago or who are no longer with us. Bob Martin is […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Lynne Hanson + Maggie May Treanor, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 28th March 2025

April 8, 2025 Graeme Tait 0
Tempus Fugit was the overriding thought running through my head as I travelled to Lincolnshire’s premier Americana Music venue, the Town Hall at Kirton in Lindsey. Though it didn’t seem possible, it had been almost three […]
Cover of the Blue Cactus album, 'Believer'
Album Reviews

Blue Cactus “Believer”

April 8, 2025 Jonny Brick 0
Meditative melodies with an alt-country feel. From out of the college town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Blue Cactus have here fashioned the same kind of Cosmic Americana that the likes of Marty Stuart and Kacey […]

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Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

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Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers

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Greg Freeman announces new album and UK dates

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All-star line-up for Bob Harris event announced for Royal Albert Hall in December

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Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes, live at the Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey - 25th July 2026

Live Review: Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes + Riley Catherall, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 25th July 2026

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Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0
The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]
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Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers

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Includes tracks from My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams and MJ Lenderman among others. Cinema Music Group, Killphonic Records, and City Slang have announced Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 2 – Out of […]
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Greg Freeman announces new album and UK dates

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Greg Freeman has announced his new album, All Set The Bone, along with a video for its lead single Indu. The John Congleton-produced album is due October 2nd via Transgressive/Canvasback. Freeman was barely done making his […]

  • Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”
  • Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers
  • Greg Freeman announces new album and UK dates
  • All-star line-up for Bob Harris event announced for Royal Albert Hall in December
  • Live Review: Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes + Riley Catherall, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 25th July 2026
  • Clayton Denwood “Looking for a Road”
  • Ferris & Sylvester “The Game” – going back to the beginning
  • Video: Inland Isle “White Collar Breakdown” – a dark fantasy about AI
  • Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider
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Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider

August 4, 2026 0
Nashville East resident Aaron Lee Tasjan has long been a favourite of Americana UK, and with 12 albums to his name, including his latest Get Over It, Underdog, and approaching 40, he is no longer the […]
Interviews

Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

July 29, 2026 0
American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]
Interviews

Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0
“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]

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Video: Little Feat (with Emmylou Harris & Bonnie Raitt) “Dixie Chicken”

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Video: Ailbhe Reddy “Time Difference”

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The Dublin singer-songwriter, Ailbhe Reddy, has released a personal song about the moment when you realise a relationship is ending and you’re beginning to move in a different direction from your partner.  The song came together […]

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