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Jingle Bells Friday – next week, what do you mean next week?

December 19, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

And here we are, the very last Jingle Bells Friday of the season – how did it come around so soon and with the Christmas song bag still well stuffed?  It’s always the way, isn’t it?  […]

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Classic Clips: Jesse Sykes and The Sweet Hereafter “Come To Mary” – Live at KEXP, 1st August 2011

December 19, 2025 Tim Martin 0

Reading Andy Davisdon’s excellent review of their new album at AUK last week reminded me about Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter. She appeared (at least as far as I was concerned) with 2002’s “Reckless Burning”. […]

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Mike Badger “Devils Ghosts & Firearms”

December 19, 2025 Pete Hill 0

A refreshing release well worth the wait. Mike Badger returns with his first studio album in almost a decade. Founder member of The La’s, Badger quit the band before they shot to stardom with the top […]

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Feliz Navidad – Americana UK’s new podcast episode is live featuring the one and only Willy Vlautin!

December 19, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 2

It’s a Christmas special as Keith chats to Willy Vlautin about the new Delines album due in 2026, as well as touring, Christmas parties, and finding inspiration. It’s… ahem… a cracker! The interview is bookended by […]

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Live Review: Thomas & The Angry Hearts, Martin’s Bar, Lillestrøm, Norway – 5th December 2025

December 19, 2025 John Lee 0

Travelling from the UK to Norway for a single gig might appear to border on the eccentric, but some nights justify a journey. As it turned out, a cold (for the English), mild (for the Norwegians) […]

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Interview: Trevor Sensor on connection, bataille and love in the time of confusion

January 13, 2026 0

“Are you really real, do you feel the same thing that I do, girl, when I touch you, girl?” ~ Ricky Nelson According to iconic filmmaker Federico Fellini, “The visionary is the only true realist.” Before […]

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Interview: Mikel Jollett of the Airborne Toxic Event on struggles, joys and the journey

December 12, 2025 1

Hard times, no, unusually hard times served to bring the Airborne Toxic Event frontman Mikel Jollett a sense of purpose in life as a singer, songwriter, band leader, author and speaker about childhood trauma. As he […]

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Interview: Ian Gomm on Brinsley Schwarz, Nashville, Jeb Loy Nichols and football records

December 11, 2025 0

The Brinsley’s “Silver Pistol” was the album that perfected their Band obsession and, at the same time, showed that there was a lot more to them than being simple wannabes. Coincidentally, it was the first time […]

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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 […]

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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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