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Brinsley Schwarz “Shouting at the Moon”

November 25, 2025 Darren Lumbroso 0
Third solo release for veteran musician with tinges of southern soul and new wave. Although Brinsley Schwarz has had a rich and varied musical career spanning six decades, playing with the likes of Duck Deluxe, Graham […]
Neil Young & Chrome Hearts
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Neil Young, Kings of Leon, Lumineers headline new three day State Fayre in Essex in June 2026

November 25, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
Festival Republic and Live Nation have announced State Fayre, a brand-new major weekend camping festival celebrating rock music, americana, and barbecue, taking place 26th-28th June 2026 in Chelmsford, Essex. The festival, with a capacity of around […]
Tracks

The Lowest Pair “The Uncertain Seas” – setting out without delay

November 25, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
It’ll have been getting on for four years since there last studio album when the new collection of songs “Always As Young As We’ll Ever Be” is released next January.  In advance of the release comes […]
Videos

Video Premiere: Claire Hawkins “Wants Me Back”

November 25, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0
Here’s the video premiere of ‘Wants Me Back’, the latest single from New York singer-songwriter Claire Hawkins. The song was written during Hawkins’ time as an Artist-in-Residence at the Odyssée Artist Residency Program in Canet-en-Roussillon, France, […]
Gillain Wwelch @ Jazz Fest, New Orleans, 29 April 2007
Features

For the Sake of the Song: Gillian Welch “Everything Is Free”

November 24, 2025 Helen Jones 2
It’s hard to remember now, but there was a time in the early-00s when music piracy was the hot topic. At the turn of the millennium, Metallica member Lars Ulrich famously took the free file-sharing service […]

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Something for the weekend: case/lang/veirs “People Have The Power”

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Jack Browning to release his long awaited second album in September

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Americana Stories – Rick Bayles “The Little Shop of Hollers”

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There’s a joyful festival to be Found in Buckingham on the August bank holiday

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Classic Clips: Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” – Studio Recording, 1981

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Something for the weekend: case/lang/veirs “People Have The Power”

July 31, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a new song from case/lang/veirs who have this week shared their cover of Patti Smith’s track People Have The Power which […]
News

Jack Browning to release his long awaited second album in September

July 31, 2026 0
London-based singer-songwriter Jack Browning will release his sophomore album, Painted Skies, on September 16th via Too Fine Records. The twelve-song collection follows Browning’s signing to the Nashville label earlier this year and arrives after two years […]
Features

Americana Stories – Rick Bayles “The Little Shop of Hollers”

July 31, 2026 0
The next Americana Story comes from one of our own. Rick Bayles escaped the UK to live in the Dordogne region of France, and from there he reports back through his monthly Vox Continental column, sharing […]

  • Something for the weekend: case/lang/veirs “People Have The Power”
  • Jack Browning to release his long awaited second album in September
  • Americana Stories – Rick Bayles “The Little Shop of Hollers”
  • There’s a joyful festival to be Found in Buckingham on the August bank holiday
  • Classic Clips: Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” – Studio Recording, 1981
  • Jason McNiff “Ten Blue Songs”
  • Live Review: Maverick Festival, Easton Farm Park, Suffolk – 3rd-5th July 2026
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  • The latest Americana UK podcast now available featuring Haylie Davis and Leeroy Stagger
  • Twilark “Tired To Sleep” – to sleep , perchance to forget
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  • Andrew Frolish: Indeed! There is great pleasure in remembering and writing about such a fantastic weekend! Always excellent and I love trying…
  • David Chalfen: You must have spent as long writing this massive review as you did at the festival! Super piece and captures…

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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 […]
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 […]
Interviews

Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward

July 24, 2026 0
End Times Elevator Music is a special record to behold. From the Link Wray fuzz guitar rumbles on opener No Alarm to the title track closer, which arrives like Ben Schneider and Brendan Urie collaborated, there […]

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Jason Isbell did an interview with Pod Save America co-host Tommy Vietor last month who used to be a spokesperson for President Obama but also happened to be a passionate Isbell fan.  He caught up with Jason […]
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Hot Buttered Rum “No Reason” – Or is there?

September 26, 2022 0
Well, Hot Buttered Rum sounds like a beverage equally suitable for the Arctic explorer and the Eighteenth Century Pirate – and here we are barely a week late for International Talk Like A Pirate Day.  Arrrr….that […]
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Howling Bells “Chimera” – is it swinging in the void?

January 6, 2026 0
Well, how about that? This brave New Year of 2026 will see the return of the much-missed Howling Bells, who will have it all – new music (like today’s track), a new album (the first for […]

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