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

April 1, 2026 Andrew Frolish 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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Features

The Top Ten Americana Songs of All Time: 8th Gretchen Peters “The Matador” (2012)

April 1, 2026 FredArnold 0
Four songs received exactly the same score (so effectively 5th=) but we have separated them based on the number of votes they received from our writers. This is the first of today’s entries. This is the […]
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Lost Guthrie/Dylan duet tape found and restored by Tweedy

April 1, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 2
Extraordinary news today that a lost Woady Guthrie and Rab Dylan duet has been discovered lurking in the archives of the Jonesonian Institute and has been given to renowned musician and producer Seth Tweedy to bring […]
Tracks

Eilen Jewell “Deportee” – a timely cover

April 1, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0
Today it’s good news and bad news – the first being that Eilen Jewell has a new single out, and the second being that it is accompanied by the announcement that after twenty years of touring […]
Videos

Video Premiere: Mike & Amy Aiken “Me and You”

April 1, 2026 Andrew Frolish 0
The new single from songwriting couple Mike and Amy Aiken takes inspiration from the protest songs of the 1960s, performed by the likes of Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan and Joan Baez. Me and You is a […]

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Jason Isbell live February 14th, 2014

The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: 7th = Jason Isbell “If We Were Vampires” (2017)

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Maximiano “Rokeby”

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Jonny Morgan & The Moral Support live cover

Live Review: Jonny Morgan & The Moral Support + Vic Allen, The Grace, London – 25th March 2026

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Cover of "Concerns of Wasp and Willow" by The Corner Laughers

The Corner Laughers “Concerns of Wasp and Willow”

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Jim Lauderdale releases 38th album to coincide with Emmylou Harris supporting tour

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Jason Isbell live February 14th, 2014
Features

The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: 7th = Jason Isbell “If We Were Vampires” (2017)

April 1, 2026 0
Four songs obtained the same number of points but have been split by the number of writers who voted for it. The same number of people (5) voted for this song as one other, but by […]
Album Reviews

Maximiano “Rokeby”

April 1, 2026 0
Maximiano’s second release is an open-hearted, intimate reflection on suffering and change in a divided nation. Out of a ten-day dog-sitting stint in the countryside came Milwaukee-based singer-songwriter Maximiano’s second release: Rokeby. Rokeby is the name […]
Jonny Morgan & The Moral Support live cover
Live Reviews

Live Review: Jonny Morgan & The Moral Support + Vic Allen, The Grace, London – 25th March 2026

April 1, 2026 0
A minute’s walk from the Highbury and Islington station is a two-storey venue where concerts take place almost daily. In front is a rambunctious queue, whose comments in Italian identify those awaiting as fans of the […]

  • The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: 7th = Jason Isbell “If We Were Vampires” (2017)
  • Maximiano “Rokeby”
  • Live Review: Jonny Morgan & The Moral Support + Vic Allen, The Grace, London – 25th March 2026
  • The Corner Laughers “Concerns of Wasp and Willow”
  • Jim Lauderdale releases 38th album to coincide with Emmylou Harris supporting tour
  • Interview: Foy Vance on his seven-album project culminating in “The Wake”
  • The Top Ten Americana Songs of All Time: 8th Gretchen Peters “The Matador” (2012)
  • Lost Guthrie/Dylan duet tape found and restored by Tweedy
  • Eilen Jewell “Deportee” – a timely cover
  • Video Premiere: Mike & Amy Aiken “Me and You”
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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 […]
Behind the Songs

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 […]
Interviews

Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

March 25, 2026 1
A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]

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Pete Gow “Here There’s No Sirens” (Clubhouse Records, 2019)

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Pete Gow, veteran frontman of the acclaimed Case Hardin,  has recorded his first solo record ‘Here There’s No Sirens.’ Released on the same label as Case Hardin, Gow’s sound is a deliberate departure from the band’s usual […]
Live Reviews

Her Crooked Heart, Green Note, London, 23rd June 2019

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No stranger to London’s Green Note, having played several solo shows there in the past, Rachel Ries was back on the stage for this London show by her recently configured band, Her Crooked Heart. Their tour […]
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Passenger has posted a nice little song (which is actually pretty funny – “If I hit number one I’m hoping I can show that I’ve got more songs than Let Her fucking Go”) he wrote about […]

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