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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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Can't Live with it, Can't Live without it

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Buffalo Springfield

June 3, 2026 Hugo Simoes 4
There’s something about Buffalo Springfield. I can’t quite put my finger on it. Their work is shrouded in a haze. That is, it’s hard to look at anything that Stephen Stills or Neil Young did on […]
Album Reviews

Doug Mishkin “Tip Of The Spear”

June 3, 2026 Jeremy Clarke-Williams 0
A veteran activist singer-songwriter releases his latest bulletin on our troubled times, mixed in with more personal musings. Think of protest music, and one thinks of 1960s America, when the Vietnam War, in particular, inspired a […]
Album Reviews

Paul Metsa “Songs of Resistance & Resolve: 1984–2025”

June 3, 2026 Helen Jones 0
Collection spanning the Minnesotan’s career highlights how fighting for justice is as important now as it ever was. When you think of americana and protest music, the striking image of Woody Guthrie brandishing his guitar with […]
News

Ferris and Sylvester proclaim “It’s a Joy To Be Alive”

June 3, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 1
Having topped the UK’s Official Jazz & Blues Albums Chart, earned an Album of the Year at the Americana UK Awards, and played everywhere from Glastonbury to SXSW, Ferris & Sylvester have announced their new album, […]

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Penelope Isles “3”

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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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Album Reviews

Penelope Isles “3”

September 17, 2026 0
Lush airy floatiness abounds as the siblings from the hippest city in the UK make it a hat trick. There is a floaty, gentle quality to this album.  The vocals appear to understate yet fully capture […]
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 […]

  • Penelope Isles “3”
  • 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”
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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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Alela Diane + Olivia Chaney, Union Chapel, Islington, London, 12 April 2018

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Alela Diane’s set on her UK tour’s opening night draws largely from her latest piano-based album ‘Cusp’ along with songs from her 2009 gem, ‘To Be Still’.  The Union Chapel, a functioning church in the heart of […]
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Chris Shiflett “Long, Long, Year” – seems like so much longer…

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Chris Shiflett says of his new song that: “The line ‘It’s been a long, long year’ was rattling around my head for obvious reasons, but I framed it as a love song,” and ‘Long, Long Year‘ […]
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Gordie Tentrees & Jaxon Haldane “Double Takes”

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Ten songs packed with melody, musicianship and morals. Having known each other for two decades, and after recording a live album in 2018, Tentrees and Haldane combine in a Nashville studio under the auspices of producer […]

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