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Margo Price returns with new album “Hard Headed Woman”

June 12, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Margo Price has announced the release of new album “Hard Headed Woman”,  described as “a hell-bent collection of country music that reconnects with her roots and further redefines what it means to be a modern outlaw”, […]

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Album Reviews

Willie Nile “The Great Yellow Light”

June 12, 2025 Graeme Tait 2

The bard of New York City returns with a cautionary message for the times, laced with hope and lashings of rock ‘n’ roll. Willie Nile and his music require little introduction to Americana music aficionados, with […]

Live Reviews

Live Review: Michael Weston King, Dan Raza & Michael J Sheehy, The Betsey Trotwood, London – 1st June 2025

June 12, 2025 Phil Weedon 0

The trio performs After All These Years, A Celebration of the Music of Mickey Newbury. I’ve spent more than 40 years having to explain my love of Mickey Newbury and his music to those who should […]

Album Reviews

Chloe Foy “Complete Fool”

June 12, 2025 FredArnold 0

After an acclaimed debut, UK’s Chloe Foy continues a hot streak with her sophomore album. Chloe Foy (originally from Gloucestershire) has been building a solid reputation over a number of years, with singles and EPs starting […]

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AMA announces nominations for 24th Annual Americana Honours and Awards

June 12, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

The Americana Music Association (AMA) – the US one that is – has announced the nominations for their 24th Annual Americana Honours & Awards for 2025.  The awards will be presented at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on […]

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  • Something for the weekend: Joy Oladokun feat. Sheryl Crow “I’d Miss the Birds”
  • Jingle Bells Friday – I want to see the bright Xmas lights tonight
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  • Classic Clips: Warren Zevon “Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner” – The Late Show With David Letterman – 30th October 2002
  • Live Review: Natalie Wildgoose + Elanor Moss, St. Pancras Old Church, London – 17th November 2025
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Interview: Dan Bern has still got his fastball, and a change-up

December 2, 2025 1

In the smart and lively songs of Dan Bern, nuances are at work like honeybees in a hive. A busy swarm of subtleties generates a nucleus of narrative honeycomb that has more layers than an archaeologist’s […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Dillon Warnek “As the Neighbors Tried to Sleep”

December 2, 2025 0

Dillon Warnek’s “As the Neighbors Tried to Sleep” is a sharp and dizzying collection of songs about everything and anything. “Rolling Stone” raved that his debut album “Now That It’s All Over”, was full of “wry character […]

Interviews

Caught Light: Tony Dekker of Great Lake Swimmers on time, trust and the art of letting go

November 24, 2025 1

As we meet, Tony Dekker is sitting outside a café in Vancouver, Canada. It’s a fitting setting for a conversation with the Great Lake Swimmers’ frontman – calm, thoughtful and quietly attuned to the world around […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

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As always in these prescriptive articles there must be a drawing of boundaries and Clint’s first article in the series seemed to have dealt with the idea that you should define americana in a narrow sense […]

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Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

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Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

Obituaries

The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

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I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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