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About Clint West
From buying my first record aged 10 and attending my first gig at 14, music has been a lifelong obsession. A proud native of Suffolk, I have lived in and around Manchester for the best part of 30 years. My idea of a perfect day would be a new record arriving in the post in the morning, watching Ipswich Town win in the afternoon followed by a gig and a pint with my mates at night,
Album Reviews

David Luximon “A Certain Frame of Reference”

February 4, 2025 Clint West 0
Scottish singer-songwriter impresses on second album. David Luximon is a musician and songwriter based in Perthshire Scotland. This, his second album, was self-produced and recorded with the help of Creative Scotland. The album explores Luximon’s transition […]
Essentials

Essentials: The Top 10 Nanci Griffith Albums

November 21, 2024 Clint West 5
Over the course of her career Nanci Griffith recorded 18 studio albums and 2 live albums. There were a couple of disappointments in amongst those but nowhere near enough to make this a straightforward task. Having […]
Album Reviews

Boulder Fields “With All the Other Ghosts”

June 27, 2024 Clint West 0
Debut solo album with bright and engaging songs. Boulder Fields is the working name of Edinburgh songwriter and musician Cam Fraser. Although he has long been a familiar figure on the Scottish music scene, an earlier […]
Americana Plus

Clint West’s Americana Plus: Best albums of 2024 so far?

June 25, 2024 Clint West 1
The summer solstice has passed and the nights will start to draw in again, although thankfully quite slowly. July will soon be upon us. Yes, we’ve reached the halfway point of the year. That being the […]
Columns

Clint West’s American Plus: Listening to Non-Americana Music

June 11, 2024 Clint West 0
The controllers at Social Music Radio give me pretty much free rein to decide what goes into my show from a musical point of view. So, not wanting to be too shackled by the americana label, […]

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Interview: Waylon Payne on the ‘family’ business and pulling Willie Nelson’s beard

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Allison Russell “In The Hour of Chaos”

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Grey DeLisle to release latest album “Don’t Turn Around” in autumn

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Muireann Bradley to release new EP and adds tour dates

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Pieta Brown “Dreamin’ Of”

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Interview: Waylon Payne on the ‘family’ business and pulling Willie Nelson’s beard

August 13, 2026 0
Americana UK’s Ian Rothery caught up with Waylon Payne via Zoom at his home in Nashville on one of the few days of the year when it might actually have been hotter in the UK than […]
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Album Reviews

Allison Russell “In The Hour of Chaos”

August 13, 2026 0
Warm spirit meets cool tunes on Canadian songwriter’s latest offering. Allison Russell is one of those names that has become a by-word for quality in contemporary music. Having emerged through bands such as Po’ Girl, Birds […]
Grey DeLisle
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Grey DeLisle to release latest album “Don’t Turn Around” in autumn

August 13, 2026 0
Singer-songwriter Grey DeLisle has announced her forthcoming album, Don’t Turn Around, to be released on 23rd October 2026 via Hummin’bird Records. Produced by the late Andy Paley and completed by longtime collaborator Marvin Etzioni following Paley’s […]

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  • Allison Russell “In The Hour of Chaos”
  • Grey DeLisle to release latest album “Don’t Turn Around” in autumn
  • Muireann Bradley to release new EP and adds tour dates
  • Pieta Brown “Dreamin’ Of”
  • Track Premiere: Charissa Hoffman “Forward Motion”
  • Video Premiere: Jo Bartlett & Neil Haydock “Let It Happen”
  • Interview: The Roseline play sweet music but you must accept the thorns
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Waylon Payne Press Photo July 2026
Interviews

Interview: Waylon Payne on the ‘family’ business and pulling Willie Nelson’s beard

August 13, 2026 0
Americana UK’s Ian Rothery caught up with Waylon Payne via Zoom at his home in Nashville on one of the few days of the year when it might actually have been hotter in the UK than […]
Interviews

Interview: The Roseline play sweet music but you must accept the thorns

August 12, 2026 1
It’s no secret that americana music in all its colorful variations has been prevalent and in vogue for years now as countless bands and singer/songwriters from the last two decades have found success filtering their music […]
Interviews

Interview: Frank Turner reflects on 20 years of Campfire Punkrock

August 11, 2026 0
Remarkably, it is twenty years since Frank Turner released his first solo EP: Campfire Punkrock. The very title was both a statement of intent and a conscious identifier, defining his sound and the purpose of his […]

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Interview: Patterson Hood on “The New OK”, COVID and the Portland Riots

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Americana UK has been lucky enough to speak to Patterson Hood of the Drive-by Truckers as their new album, ‘The New OK’, gets its digital release. Their 2016 ‘American Band’ album was the Truckers most overtly […]
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Jeff Karoub “All I’ve Got” – Listen

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You’ve got to hate Jeff Karoub, listening to his new song ‘All I’ve Got‘, written as a response to the current situation and recorded at home with just his guitar and a few music app additions.  […]
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Classic Americana Albums: Josh Ritter “Hello Starling”

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Josh Ritter’s early career was boosted by supporting The Frames on a tour in Ireland where he slowly built a reputation through word-of-mouth.  As Ritter began to amass a following through these shows, former guitarist from […]

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