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Mia Kelly “Blind Horse” – hey, aren’t you the lucky one?

December 9, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
On her latest single award-winning singer-songwriter Mia Kelly, from Gatineau, Quebec, takes a critical eye to the structures that shape our lives.  The rules and the regulations, the societal preferences and conventions, and finds that they […]
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Video Premiere: Juana Everett “Bring Me Back”

December 9, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0
The uplifting ‘Bring Me Back’ is the latest single from Juana Everett, following the release of the atmospheric ‘One Million Dollars’. Full of yearning, the song imagines a romanticised past and the coming-of-age memories that have […]
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For the Sake of the Song: Sheryl Crow “My Favorite Mistake”

December 8, 2025 Jonny Brick 2
These days, Sheryl Crow lives in Nashville, which makes perfect sense for an act whose music was always country-inflected. Nobody called her americana when she emerged in the 1990s at the vanguard of Women In Rock, […]
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Interview: David Grisman on the groundbreaking Garcia/Grisman album and more

December 8, 2025 Dean Nardi 3
The “Garcia/Grisman” album was recorded in 1991, and chances are you never heard these two master musicians sound as good as they did on this record. Jerry Garcia’s tasteful picking on this album is inspired and […]
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Melanie Crew and Ross Palmer “Some Other Stories”

December 8, 2025 Jonny Brick 0
A dozen quiet, questioning songs full of gorgeous melodies and harmonies.  “Some Other Stories” is the second album from South London duo Crew and Palmer, who are life partners as well as musical ones, and they each […]

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Massive Attack & Tom Waits “Boots On The Ground” – a slight hint of disquiet

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We can be quite confident that this is the first Massive Attack release to be featured on Americana UK, we wouldn’t go so far as to say that it is the very first mention of Massive […]
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Video Premiere: The Gated Community “Hope to Hell” – “It feels like a true collective”

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In the new video from Minnesotan band The Gated Community, we find the group in the studio, demonstrating their considerable talents and the work that goes into all the sonic textures present in Hope to Hell. […]
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Something for the weekend: This is Lorelie “Where’s Your Love Now (Waxahatchee Version)”

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Well that’s it from us for this week. Regular readers will no doubt be sick to death now of me plugging this guy but his stuff is so good and as if any more proof was […]

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Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

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Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]
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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 […]
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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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Video Premiere: Julian Talamantez Brolaski “No More Lonesome Heartache”

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California-based country/Americana singer-songwriter Julian Talamantez Brolaski recently released their new album, ‘It’s Okay Honey’, combining the language of classic country with lyrical innovation and pacing, and we’re delighted to premier their new video today ‘No More […]
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Linda Thompson (featuring Kami Thompson) “Solitary Traveller” – wandering through a life

April 11, 2024 0
Despite Linda Thompson saying of ‘Solitary Traveller‘ : “Solitary Traveller, I wouldn’t know. I’ve never been one. But, if you have a lot of people in your life, you sometimes yearn for solitude. Conversely, solitary people […]
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