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Americana, New Country, Alt-country, No Depression, Twangcore, Cow-punk, Neo-traditionalists, Countrypolitan... whatever.
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Pigeon Pit “Crazy Arms”

January 16, 2025 Guy Lincoln 0
Frantic and fiery folk-punk tubthumping – with nuance. “Crazy Arms” is the 4th (or 5th) full-length release for Olympia, WA band Pigeon Pit. It is their first since coalescing as a fully-fledged 6-piece band with sights […]
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Ty Walker and the Humanoids “Home on the Strange”

January 13, 2025 Guy Lincoln 0
Aliens come to rescue Earth with ‘Cosmic Twang’ – we remain in peril. Musicians and Space right, it’s been a thing since popular music emerged from the primordial swamp. Familiar are the artists who situate themselves […]
Album Reviews

Father John Misty “Mahashmashana”

December 6, 2024 Guy Lincoln 0
The Misty/Tillman axis delivers another gloriously overblown tour-de-force. Fewer than ten seconds into the opening and title track of Father John Misty’s new album and we are knee-deep in thudding percussion, sweeping melodramatic string crescendos and […]
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More People Should Really Know About: Perry Keyes

November 19, 2024 Guy Lincoln 1
Australia has long presented as a prevailing outpost of Americana. From 13,000 miles away the community of artists, facilitators, commentators and audience seems firmly established, mightily enthusiastic and inherently creative. At AUK we have given our […]
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Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms “Gold In Your Pocket”

November 19, 2024 Guy Lincoln 1
Portland duo hit trad’ country paydirt with joyous third. Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms are steeped in the traditional sounds of country music, sounds that have changed little since first emerging in 1920s Appalachia and finding […]

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For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”

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Genre changing Buena Vista Social Club album 30th Anniversary Edition out now

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Features

Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music

September 21, 2026 1
If a music writer opens ten press releases this month, they’ll spot something odd. They all sound like the same person wrote them. Not because the artists share a publicist, or because there’s a house style […]
Album Reviews

Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”

September 21, 2026 0
A cycle of Appalachian folk songs from writer and activist Si Kahn, subtitled Songs for Strong Kentucky Women The subtitle for this album is “Si Kahn’s Songs for Strong Kentucky Women”. Si Kahn is one of […]
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For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”

September 21, 2026 0
“You told me goodbye, how was I to know/You didn’t mean goodbye, you meant please don’t let me go?” Well. It’s the age of nostalgia, so it feels just about right to reminisce about an old […]

  • Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music
  • Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”
  • For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”
  • Genre changing Buena Vista Social Club album 30th Anniversary Edition out now
  • Paper Verses “Windstill”
  • Sounds from beyond the Shed 245 “Stop….thief…”
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]

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Essentials: The Top 10 David Lowery Songs

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David Lowery is an icon of americana who has been making music for over forty years and has never lost his passion for all things rootsy, rocky and melodic. His first band was Sitting Ducks which […]
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Video Interview: Dan Stuart on Green on Red, Marlowe Billings and life

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From rock and roll songwriter to literary writer. While they may never have got their record company’s cash registers ringing, Green on Red in the ‘80s helped in their own ramshackle way lay the foundation for […]

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