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Album Reviews

Ally Kerr “True Nature”

April 28, 2025 Helen Jones 0
A bright light of hopefulness shines from an album that finds promise even when things may look bleak. “Feels like a lifetime, I’ve been gone so long / But now I’m back again,” Scottish singer-songwriter Ally […]
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Suzanne Vega “Alley” – or allies?

April 28, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
Continuing our theme from last week of Big Names, and few stand higher than Suzanne Vega (she’s the same height as Bob Dylan, and if 1.69m is good enough for Bob, then it’s good enough for […]
Videos

Video Premiere: Lee Squires “Good Team”

April 28, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0
From the opening notes on guitar, the new single from Lee Squires is an absorbing, memorable musical tale.  In ‘Good Team’, The instrumental layers are warm and beautifully composed and arranged.  Squires’ understated voice and low […]
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Something for the weekend: Jack O’Connell, Brian Dunphy and Darren Holden “Rocky Road To Dublin”

April 25, 2025 Jonathan Aird 1
What?  Him?  Again?  That’s right, sorry.  But don’t worry, it’s not a permanent annexation of the week’s last posting, and the Editor will return…soon.  Honest. So, what excitement will the weekend bring?  As a music website, […]
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Classic Clips: Venice, with America, Richard Page and David Crosby “Suite:Judy Blue Eyes” at Barnum Hall, Santa Monica High School 2011

April 25, 2025 FredArnold 2
If, dear reader, you trace your love of the Americana genre back to the 60s you would probably agree that there were a number of bands in the California music firmament that can be considered as […]

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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

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The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]
Album Reviews

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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  • 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
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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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Continuing our new theme of Big Names that matter – and this time it’s I’m With Her who are tapping into something of a Crosby-Nash vibe on their new song ‘Standing On The Fault Line‘ which […]
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Classic Clips: Glen Campbell and Leon Russell “Mama Don’t Allow” – In Session, 18th November 1983

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