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Insomnia and music go together. Love discovering new music to get lost in - country, singer-songwriters, Americana, folk, rock, punk.... Currently enjoying Courtney Marie Andrews, Elles Bailey, Nils Lofgren, Ferris & Sylvester, Chris Murphy, Jarrod Dickenson, Jerry Joseph, Frank Turner, David Ford, Patterson Hood, Glitterfox, Chuck Prophet, The Lottery Winners, Our Man in the Field...
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Video Premiere: Adam Esrick “Don’t Ask Me How I Know”

May 12, 2025 Andrew Frolish 1
Check out the latest single from Scottsdale-based Adam Esrick.  ‘Don’t Ask Me How I Know’ is semi-autobiographical, a song that turns Esrick’s experiences into life lessons, delivered here in a well-shot, cinematic video that draws on […]
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Video Premiere: YEV “Witness”

May 9, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0
From the moment that YEV’s voice soars at the beginning of his new single ‘Witness’, there is a sense of an epic unfolding.  There are moments of quiet, the instrumentation paused before launching back in; there’s […]
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Video: Michael Robert Murphy “Prometheus Fountain”

May 8, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0
Check out this solo single from Liverpool’s Michael Robert Murphy, former frontman of Wicked Whispers.  ‘Prometheus Fountain’, featuring The Coral’s Paul Molloy, is an absorbing song featuring bright instrumentation that raises up Murphy’s dreamy, melodic vocal […]
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Video: Vicki Peterson & John Cowsill “Is Anybody Here”

May 7, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0
Recent single from Americana duo Vicki Peterson and John Cowsill, ‘Is Anybody Here’, is an engaging, melodic song built around the interplay of the pair’s guitars and their voices, which work together beautifully.  The single appears on […]
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Video: Valerie June “Endless Tree”

May 6, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0
In her latest single, Valerie June asks, “Are you ready to see // A world where we could all be free // As branches of an endless tree?” and this question is at the heart of […]

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Something for the long weekend: Dolly Parton “Here I Am”

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August 28, 2026 1
Album art for Chris Murphy "Songs From the Trees"

Chris Murphy “Songs From the Trees”

Album Reviews
August 28, 2026 0

Classic Clips: Poco “High And Dry” – The Midnight Special, 1975

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The Song Remains: Dolly Parton (1946-2026)

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

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Tracks

Something for the long weekend: Dolly Parton “Here I Am”

August 28, 2026 1
Well that’s it from us for this week, and what a sad week it’s been for not just the americana and country communities but for, well human decency. Plaudits can be cloying when someone moves on […]
Album art for Chris Murphy "Songs From the Trees"
Album Reviews

Chris Murphy “Songs From the Trees”

August 28, 2026 0
A strong storytelling album, highlighted by good songs, exemplary playing and a fascinating soundscape. Chris Murphy was born into an Irish-Italian family in New York, growing up surrounded by a wide range of traditional music such […]
Classic Clips

Classic Clips: Poco “High And Dry” – The Midnight Special, 1975

August 28, 2026 2
On January 24, 1975, Poco appeared on The Midnight Special, the popular late-night musical variety show that ran during the 1970’s. One of the six songs they performed that evening was High and Dry, an energetic […]

  • Something for the long weekend: Dolly Parton “Here I Am”
  • Chris Murphy “Songs From the Trees”
  • Classic Clips: Poco “High And Dry” – The Midnight Special, 1975
  • The Song Remains: Dolly Parton (1946-2026)
  • Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash
  • Iron & Wine announces “Hen’s Teeth (Deluxe edition)”
  • Damien Dempsey “Holywell”
  • The latest AUK Podcast is now available featuring MMJ’s Jim James on being Wowed Out
  • Video: Prinz Grizzley “Put Me Down (A Foreign Man)” – a paradise of peace and quiet
  • Fairport Convention announce extensive 2026 Autumn tour
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  • Nigel Michaelson: A brilliant clip, thanks so much. Yes indeed Poco were criminally underrated throughout their existence. I was fortunate enough to…
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  • Roger Worton: Poco - so underrated.

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

August 28, 2026 0
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 […]
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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. […]
Interviews

Interview: Nora Kelly holds space for the quirky in outlaw country music

August 24, 2026 1
It’s always the ride and not necessarily the destination that makes a trip through a Nora Kelly Band album worthwhile. The songs can be zany, intriguing and melancholic all at once, cavorting to their own primal […]

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Get in there while it’s free.  Rolling Stone reports this morning on Neil Young’s Archives which went up at the end of last year with an interactive timeline that offered fans his back catalogue in rather fine sound […]
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Variety has reported over the weekend that although Ryan Adams recently announced the release of three new albums due out this year, that number looks to be rapidly shrinking: “The first of his planned 2019 releases, “Big […]

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