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Live Review: Jerry Leger @ Sounds In The Suburbs, Partickhill Bowling Club Glasgow – 13th April 2025

April 23, 2025 Paul Kerr 0
Canada’s Jerry Leger is a fine example of an artist who has built his reputation here in the UK with regular touring, either solo or with his band The Situation. Tonight was the fourth time your […]
Album Reviews

Splendid Torch “Icon”

April 23, 2025 Peter Churchill 0
Debut album from New England trio with roots firmly in bluegrass. “Icon” is the debut album by New England trio, Splendid Torch. A debut it may be, but this is by no means the first knockings of […]
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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It – The Byrds

April 23, 2025 Daisy Innes 18
If there’s something that I really can’t live without, it’s California country rock music. As I’m sure every contributor to Americana UK does, I listen to music endlessly, and most of that sits within the country […]
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Book Reviews

Book Review: Andrew Lauder, Mick Houghton “Happy Trails – Andrew Lauder’s Charmed Life And High Times In The Record Business”

April 23, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
Andrew Lauder will be a name well known to readers of several different vintages but especially from those clued in to the output from United Artists in the early 1970s and pages of Zigzag magazine from […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls + Lucy Grubb + Amigo The Devil, UEA, Norwich – 12th April 2025

April 23, 2025 Andrew Frolish 1
Few acts can command the fervent live following that Frank Turner can.  With a relentless touring schedule that recently saw Turner celebrate his 3,000th solo gig, he has steadily grown a huge and passionate fan-base, many […]

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Son Little “Cityfolk”

April 7, 2026 0
Quiet introspection as modern day bluesman looks at the world where he came from and where he stands. Son Little’s Cityfolk is a quietly absorbing record that resists easy categorisation. Often described as a blues or […]
Features

More People Really Should Know About: The Green Pajamas

April 7, 2026 0
The recent, and rather good, compilation This Can’t Be Today – American Psychedelia & The Paisley Underground 1977-1988 reminded me about a band who have operated way off the radar for their whole 40-year career. The […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 225 “A Break”

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This will be the last article for a while if all goes to plan and I actually get to go on my hols to sunny Spain. Picked a great year to decide to drive all the […]

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Interview: Michael Weston King on why “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

April 2, 2026 0
How the worst kind of family tragedy can lead to a career high British americana stalwart and music award winner Michael Weston King is releasing a new solo album, Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore. On the […]
Interviews

Interview: Foy Vance on his seven-album project culminating in “The Wake”

April 1, 2026 0
Few artists write with the kind of raw honesty and emotional depth that Foy Vance brings to his music. Across a career that has steadily unfolded over the last two decades, Vance has crafted songs that […]
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Behind the Songs: Natalie Del Carmen “Pastures”

March 30, 2026 0
When it comes right down to it, the heart of americana music has always been about connecting listeners to real experiences and emotions, and Natalie Del Carmen is currently one of the best examples of what […]

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Track Premiere: Jesse Terry “Headlines”

October 1, 2024 0
Jesse Terry’s new album ‘Arcadia‘ – his seventh original album release –  is out on October 4th, and features a shift in the kind of straight ahead roots-rock that we’ve come to expect from him into […]
Album Reviews

The Tisburys “Still Life Revisited”

May 15, 2025 0
Breezy 90s-inspired Indie – not necessarily for hardcore Americana fans, but some well-crafted songs nonetheless. On “Still Life Revisited”, The Tisburys deliver a warm, well-crafted collection that plays like a familiar conversation – comforting, earnest, and […]
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BEATrio ‘Archipelago’ – out amongst the islands

March 24, 2025 0
BEATrio is a new band with at least one well known name in it.  Béla Fleck has joined forces with harpist Edmar Castañeda and drummer Antonio Sánchez.  It’s a lively combo which reminds Fleck of earlier […]

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