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Resident of the frozen NE of Scotland, with a penchant for climbing high mountains and exploring crazy countries that others avoid. I also sorta like music.
Album Reviews

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit “Live From the Ryman” (Southeastern Records, 2018)

November 13, 2018 Jim Finnie 0
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit are rightly acclaimed as one of the best live acts doing the rounds today and it’s no surprise to find that they have released a live album in an attempt […]
Album Reviews

Paul Kelly “Nature” (Cooking Vinyl, 2018)

October 17, 2018 Jim Finnie 0
Who else but the seemingly ageless Paul Kelly could have dreamed up the idea for turning the timeless Dylan Thomas poem ‘And Death Will Have No Dominion’ into a brilliant and moving opening song for his […]
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Nathan Bell + Doghouse Roses, The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen, 6th October 2018

October 16, 2018 Jim Finnie 0
For those who seek out excellent music in intimate surroundings the upstairs lounge in Aberdeen’s Blue Lamp is a place to check out. Tonight’s show, from the opening set by Scottish duo Doghouse Roses which was […]
Album Reviews

Art Theefe “Dig Deep” (Stolen Heart Records, 2018)

October 10, 2018 Jim Finnie 0
Art Theefe is an Oxford-based 3 piece band formed and led by singer/guitarist Matt Sage with Josh Rigal on bass and Joel Bassuk completing the line-up on drums.  Aided by a successful Kickstarter campaign they have […]
Album Reviews

Dawn Landes “Meet Me At The River” (Yep Roc, 2018)

October 2, 2018 Jim Finnie 0
Take an innovative Indie singer/songwriter with a crystal-clear voice and pair her with a legendary country producer and the result should be a great musical collaboration. That was the theory which led Dawn Landes to approach […]

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Video Premiere: The Sensational Country Blues Wonders! (Gary Van Miert) “A Mad Tea Party”

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Disappear down the rabbit hole with the latest single from The Sensational Country Blues Wonders!, the musical project of New Jersey-based musician and performer Gary Van Miert. The video for The Mad Tea Party is a […]
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Something for the long weekend: Steve Earle “City of Immigrants”

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Well that’s it from us for this week. If you haven’t got your tickets yet for our 25 year anniversary event featuring Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and you know, others of our ilk, you can head […]
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Americana Stories – Coming soon, but there’s still time to submit your story

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Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

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There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]
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Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

May 19, 2026 2
Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]
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Interview: John Oates can’t stop the music and is still making his dreams come true

May 18, 2026 1
At 77 years young, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame vocalist is as active as ever, having released two albums: 2024’s stripped-down, acoustic Reunion and 2025’s groovy Oates, in the past two years, while regularly […]

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Steve Forbert “The Magic Tree” (Blue Rose Music, 2018)

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Steve Forbert’s new album ‘Magic Tree,’ recorded in Meridian (his birthplace in Mississippi), Nashville, New York, New Jersey and Virginia, is a collection of his own songs and the music loses nothing in its quality of production […]
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Track Premiere: SunYears “Last Night On The Mountain”

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SunYears is a musical project of Peter Moren of Peter Bjorn and John, and the new single premiered today on Americana-UK is ‘Last Night On The Mountain‘ finds him collaborating with Sam Genders of Tuung and […]
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Ryan Adams fans in the UK speak out: “I won’t go whether I sell them or not”

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Interesting piece in The Guardian today following the overnight news that Ryan Adams has been dropped from 6 Music’s Festival, which speaks to a number of his fans about his forthcoming UK tour which is as […]

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