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Album Reviews

Sounding Arrow “Skyman”

June 4, 2026 Paul Russell 0
Solo album number two from Truth and Salvage Co main-man. The travails of the modern world get to most of us, but it seems to affect musicians in a particularly savage way, and this second album […]
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Chris Pierce announces his new album with a Heavy Heart

June 4, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0
Chris Pierce has announced his new album, Songs for the Heavy Hearted, is coming out on August 21st. Produced by frequent collaborators David Resnik and Niko Bolas (Neil Young, The Mavericks), the album features collaborations with […]
Album Reviews

Lester Winchester McKendree “They Got It All”

June 4, 2026 FredArnold 0
Legendary trio of roots-rock musicians get together for a rollicking, fine debut. Considering their musical backgrounds, you could label Lester Winchester McKendree as a latent supergroup. Jimmy Lester is a first-class drummer who played in Los […]
Tracks

Track Premiere: Phil Hooley “Hope Street”

June 4, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0
Today’s Americana UK first play comes from Phil Hooley’s third album Everything We’ll Ever Need which was again produced in Nashville by Justin Johnson. Phil’s vocal and guitar is handsomely supported by a host of top […]
Videos

Video: Teddy Thompson “Come Back” – evolve or perish!

June 4, 2026 Andrew Frolish 0
Here’s the brilliant new single from London-born, Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Teddy Thompson. Come Back is a glorious display of musicianship and songcraft. The song grows steadily, with fine guitar work central to the sound. Typically, for Teddy […]

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Kaz Murphy “Songs of Rebellion & Redemption”

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Robert Plant’s Saving Grace EP “All That Glitters” Record Store Day treasure to be released digitally

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Vinny Peculiar “The Curse of You Know Who”

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Freightliner “Canadian Cowboys” – blue jeaned dreams

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Video: Fruition “Compass” – we all get lost, but we all can be found

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Album Reviews

Kaz Murphy “Songs of Rebellion & Redemption”

September 17, 2026 0
Political activist takes aim at…. Guess who? Kaz Murphy’s fifth album finds him in sparky forms – taking on a multitude of targets and one racist, orange liar in particular.  Straight from the start on the […]
News

Robert Plant’s Saving Grace EP “All That Glitters” Record Store Day treasure to be released digitally

September 17, 2026 0
Robert Plant’s Saving Grace: All That Glitters… is out digitally on October 9th on Nonsuch Records. The EP, previously released on vinyl for Record Store Day, follows Plant’s 2025 critically acclaimed album, Saving Grace; both feature […]
Album Reviews

Vinny Peculiar “The Curse of You Know Who”

September 17, 2026 0
On his tenth album, the UK singer-songwriter gives his own, surprisingly fresh take on events both past and present. Americana isn’t exactly a genre known for its up-to-date commentary on things like pop culture and the […]

  • Kaz Murphy “Songs of Rebellion & Redemption”
  • Robert Plant’s Saving Grace EP “All That Glitters” Record Store Day treasure to be released digitally
  • Vinny Peculiar “The Curse of You Know Who”
  • Freightliner “Canadian Cowboys” – blue jeaned dreams
  • Video: Fruition “Compass” – we all get lost, but we all can be found
  • New(ish) Dean Owens album out next month with intimate tour dates to support
  • Mama’s Broke “Reunion”
  • Live Review: Bright Phoebus Revisited, EartH, London – 8th September 2026
  • Clever Hopes “Even Gooder Than Tomorrow”
  • Bryan Adams wonders “How’s It Goin'” on new roots rock album about Canada
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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]
Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0
Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

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Video Premiere: Arborist “Alabaster Skin”

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Belfast’s Mark McCambridge, also-known-as Arborist, once again demonstrates his fine songcraft on the third single from ‘An Endless Sequence of Dead Zeros’, which is due for release on 21st April 2023.  Matthew E. White produced Arborist’s new […]
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Johnny Cash swaps prisoners for hippies as he moves from Folsom Prison to Haight Ashbury back in 1968. Folk might argue as to what the high point of Johnny Cash’s lengthy career was – the Sun […]
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Wire & Wool “Wire & Wool” (Independent, 2016)

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Wire & Wool are a lively 7-piece from Dundee, Scotland. Formed in 2014 they combine elements of bluegrass, folk and country with energy akin to punk. As with their American counterparts, North Carolina band Chatham County Line […]

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