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Live Review: Margo Price + Maya Lane, Scala, London – 18th June 2025

July 1, 2025 Fiona Golden 0
Ahead of her upcoming release, “Hard Headed Woman”, Margo Price took a pre-emptive victory lap in Europe last week and ushered in her new era of rhinestone-studded classic country. Heralded by her single, ‘Don’t Let The […]
Album Reviews

Chris Murphy “Live In England”

July 1, 2025 Paul Russell 0
Really atmospheric live album from New York violinist extraordinaire. Chris Murphy is no musical slouch. Over a 25-year career, he has amassed an astonishing 500-plus works, including just under 20 solo albums and around 20 collaborative […]
Tracks

Ruth Hazleton “Letter From A Friend (Fire Song)” – all things have passed

July 1, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
‘Letter From A Friend (Fire Song)‘ is the lead track from Ruth Hazleton’s upcoming album “Heronbones“, which will be released in September 2025.   “Heronbones” draws on Hazleton’s love of traditional song and folkloric themes, using sampling, […]
Videos

Video Premiere: Jason McNiff & Tobias Panwitz “Impossible to Love”

July 1, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0
Old friends Jason McNiff and Berlin’s Tobias Panwitz deliver an infectious new single with ‘Impossible to Love’. This excellent co-write explores the theme of human relationships and miscommunication. The singers deliver their lines in their native […]

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Track Premiere: Todd Albright “Frankie”

Tracks
April 16, 2026 0

Video Premiere: Leeroy Stagger “Fiddler’s Daughter” – honouring creativity and whimsy

Videos
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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Chris Smither

Can't Live with it, Can't Live without it
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Cover art for Dale Watson album "Unwanted"

Dale Watson “Unwanted”

Album Reviews
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Live Review: Ryan Davis and the Roadhouse Band, Chickie Wah Wah, New Orleans – 7th April 2026

Live Reviews
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Tracks

Track Premiere: Todd Albright “Frankie”

April 16, 2026 0
Todd Albright has a dedication to the 12-string acoustic blues that he doesn’t actually own a 6-string guitar.  It’s a music that he was drawn to in his mid-teens, being first introduced to finger style blues […]
Videos

Video Premiere: Leeroy Stagger “Fiddler’s Daughter” – honouring creativity and whimsy

April 16, 2026 0
Brighten your day with a joyous celebration of love – Leeroy Stagger’s Fiddler’s Daughter. The words feel authentic and real: “The pretty little poet, with the ribbon in her hair,” and the song is an unself-conscious […]
Can't Live with it, Can't Live without it

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Chris Smither

April 15, 2026 0
Chris Smither is one of the most consistent artists working in americana, having started playing music professionally in 1966 after he saw some pivotal artists playing live and feeling energised to do the same thing. These […]

  • Track Premiere: Todd Albright “Frankie”
  • Video Premiere: Leeroy Stagger “Fiddler’s Daughter” – honouring creativity and whimsy
  • Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Chris Smither
  • Dale Watson “Unwanted”
  • Live Review: Ryan Davis and the Roadhouse Band, Chickie Wah Wah, New Orleans – 7th April 2026
  • Sons of Town Hall “Of Ghosts and Gods”
  • Oklahoma jamgrassers The Steppers announce release of new album
  • Spencer Cullum “Coin Collection 3”
  • Track Premiere: Lone Piñon “El Tecolote”
  • Video Premiere: Naomi Campbell “The Cottage” – who will sleep in that old White House tonight?
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  • Fred Beck: Nice piece, Chas! How about that other slice of Stones Americana from the same LP, “Dead Flowers”?
  • Richard Parkinson: That one is classified as an EP (Wiki; Discogs)

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Interview: Thomas Ådland, of Thomas & The Angry Hearts, on Language, Love and Identity

April 13, 2026 0
Two days before I heard them fill Martin’s Bar in Lillestrøm, I watched Thomas & The Angry Hearts make music in a wooden house surrounded by trees. In that studio, sound was built patiently: a harmony […]
Interviews

Interview: The Breath’s Stuart McCallum and Ríoghnach Connolly on collaborating with the Paraorchestra

April 7, 2026 0
How to achieve true musical Symbiosis. The Breath are guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer Ríoghnach Connolly, and they ensure that the song is always at the centre of their alt-folk sound. That sound is rich, reflecting […]
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Interview: Cynthia Marchant on the Ozarks, fast cars and the passing of time

April 7, 2026 0
In 2022, with her second studio album, Flesh and Bone, Cynthia Marchant explored spiritual truth and depth, and the magic of connecting with self and others in the many stages of life. Three years later, she’s […]

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AUK Mini-Gig: Wes Collins

February 24, 2026 0
Last spring, I asked Chapel Hill, North Carolina singer-songwriter extraordinaire, Wes Collins, to record a mini-gig session for Americana UK. Since you can view it below by pressing the reclining red triangle, he obviously came through. […]
Album Reviews

Alpha Mule “Peripheral Vision” (Giant Meteor Records, 2018)

February 1, 2018 0
Eric Stoner and Joe Forkan, both visual artists by day, come together to form a potent partnership much greater than its parts. Their website claims influence by rock, blues, bluegrass, folk and traditional country and to […]
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Dave Alvin “From an Old Guitar: Rare and Unreleased Recordings” (Yep Roc, 2020)

November 18, 2020 1
The front cover’s black and white Dave Alvin playing his road-worn 1964 Fender Stratocaster, pretty much sets the tone for this round up of his songs that have escaped general release until now. On his Bandcamp […]

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