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Lucinda Williams “World’s Gone Wrong”

February 6, 2026 Paul Russell 0
Superb caustic diatribe on modern times from seasoned artist. We live in troubled times and one of the most honest and up front critics and musical commentators on the prevails of the difficult times we live […]
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Our new supporters playlist comes out today with our best giveaway yet – win a pair of weekend tickets to the Cambridge Folk Festival 2026!

February 6, 2026 Mark Whitfield 0
If you’re not subscribing to our monthly supporters newsletter you’ll be missing out on our exclusive supporters playlist of the best new Americana we’ve heard over the last month which this month includes new tracks by […]
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The latest AUK podcast is now live featuring chat with Greazy Alice mainman Alex Pianovich

February 6, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0
This week’s podcast is a very Loose affair, featuring as it does four acts that are signed by those London connoisseurs of fine art, Loose Music. We have the new songs from Danny George Wilson, Brown […]
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Kyle McKearney “Rearview” – objects may loom larger

February 6, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0
Well, January passed us by and for the first time in a long time (if we skip the Covid years – and who wouldn’t want to do that?) there wasn’t the annual gathering of the Americana […]
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Video Premiere: Robert Deeble “The First Lady of Peru” – a deeper longing for connection

February 6, 2026 Andrew Frolish 0
Seattle-based singer-songwriter Robert Deeble’s new single, ‘The First Lady of Peru’, is deeply atmospheric and gently captivating. Intricately arranged layers of cello from Sydney Metcalf and Aleida Gehrels’ viola create a richness and depth of sound […]

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Video Premiere: Jo Bartlett & Neil Haydock “Summer Rain”

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The gorgeous Summer Rain is the latest single from folk duo Jo Bartlett and Neil Haydock. There is the perfect confluence of three elements: wistful, yearning music; sensitive, narrative lyrics; and a visual, which is steeped […]
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Essentials: The Top 10 Hurray For The Riff Raff Songs

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In a nod to Woody Guthrie, a 2014 American Songwriter magazine cover featured Hurray For The Riff Raff with the strapline, “Bound for Glory”. I’m not sure how the author of that article defined glory, yet […]
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José González “Against The Dying Of The Light”

April 23, 2026 0
first thoughts José González is a Swedish indie-folk singer – with, naturally, the usual background in hardcore punk influenced by Black Flag and choral singing – Against The Dying Of The Light is his fifth album, […]

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Interview: Charlie Musselwhite knows the highway and it knows him

April 23, 2026 0
At age 82, Charlie Musselwhite continues to put out relevant and meaningful albums. Sweet. While his body of work may not conjure memories for some of our younger readers, it’s great to see him continuing his […]
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Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

April 22, 2026 0
Matt Hill has combined his career as a singer-songwriter with his work as a campaigner in the charity sector and currently as a community songwriter. He has tasted success as an americana singer-songwriter and played in […]
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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

April 21, 2026 0
Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]

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Sadie Gustafson-Zook “Maybe I Don’t Know”

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Sadie Gustafson-Zook’s new single draws on a cottagecore aesthetic (and if you need to know, Grandpa, then Google is your helpful friend), and although it sounds like it could be a pandemic/lockdown inspired song that’s not […]
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Video Premiere: Kevin Daniel “Happy for a While”

November 7, 2023 0
The new song from multi-instrumentalist Kevin Daniel is all about his excellent vocal performance.  On ‘Happy for a While’, Daniel’s voice is full of soul and character.  His impressive range and style is buoyed by excellent […]
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Classic Clips: Venice, with America, Richard Page and David Crosby “Suite:Judy Blue Eyes” at Barnum Hall, Santa Monica High School 2011

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If, dear reader, you trace your love of the Americana genre back to the 60s you would probably agree that there were a number of bands in the California music firmament that can be considered as […]

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