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Sure, I could climb high in a tree, or go to Skye on my holiday. I could be happy. All I really want is the excitement of first hearing The Byrds, the amazement of decades of Dylan's music, or the thrill of seeing a band like The Long Ryders live. That's not much to ask, is it?
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Jingle Bells Friday – all is quiet, is it the lull before the storm?

December 9, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
As promised we’re taking a more holistic approach to the season this week, digging into our folkier offerings.  There may be wooden music ahead.  It’s a softness that sometimes hides darker thoughts, a bit like the […]
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Jaimee Harris “Love Is Gonna Come Again” – just wait and see…

December 9, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
Are we having a bit of a Jaimee Harris love-in here at Americana UK?  It might seem that way, but there are a couple of reasons.  The new album ‘Boomerang Town‘ is out on February 17th […]
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Nicholas Rowe “I Wish I Could Sing It For You” – do I own any originality?

December 8, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
Here’s a challenging topic from Nicholas Rowe, a song in which he questions every artistic motive he has, singing “What’s the use in trying to write another song? / When I’ve got a hundred others that […]
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Casper Skulls “Yards” – don’t play with fire

December 8, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
The important thing to note about this song is that it is a true tale drawn from life, as Melanie St-Pierre of the band explains: “‘Yards’ is a song I wrote about my childhood house burning […]
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Trevor Beales “Then I’ll Take You Home” – lost folk rediscovered

December 7, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
This is like music from another time, and there’s a simple reason for this as it comes from a cache of recently rediscovered recordings by a teenager called Trevor Beales, who recorded his music in an […]

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Video: Genevieve & Milo “Slow” – an acceptance of the best and worst of ourselves

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Chasen Wayne and the Honky Tonk Machine “The Diamond Saloon”

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Americana Stories – Jack Roscoe “Out of the Woods”

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

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Video: Genevieve & Milo “Slow” – an acceptance of the best and worst of ourselves

August 25, 2026 0
Genevieve & Milo, a duo from Cape Town, South Africa, have released a haunting new single. Slow is a gorgeously absorbing song that begins with a warm acoustic strum before Genevieve’s dreamy, resonant voice transports us […]
News

Jobi Riccio announces UK and Ireland tour dates for Autumn

August 24, 2026 0
Colorado-born, Nashville-based songwriter Jobi Riccio will make her UK and Ireland live debut in October 2026, bringing the songs from her recently released second album, Face The Feeling, to audiences across the UK and Ireland.  Riccio […]
Album Reviews

Chasen Wayne and the Honky Tonk Machine “The Diamond Saloon”

August 24, 2026 0
Wonderfully ambitious third album from Austin honky-tonker. Chasen Wayne is not a musician to do anything by halves. After releasing two well-received albums, his third is a bold and distinct mélange of country, psychedelia, surf punk, […]

  • Video: Genevieve & Milo “Slow” – an acceptance of the best and worst of ourselves
  • Jobi Riccio announces UK and Ireland tour dates for Autumn
  • Chasen Wayne and the Honky Tonk Machine “The Diamond Saloon”
  • Americana Stories – Jack Roscoe “Out of the Woods”
  • Interview: Nora Kelly holds space for the weird in outlaw country music
  • Lambchop “Punching The Clown”
  • For The Sake of The Song: Craig Finn “God in Chicago”
  • Jerry Joseph and The Jackmormons “Panther Tracks Volume 2”
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Interview: Nora Kelly holds space for the weird in outlaw country music

August 24, 2026 0
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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Interview: Issy Ferris and Archie Sylvester on why “It’s A Joy To Be Alive”

August 19, 2026 0
One thing everyone quickly learns as they get older is that time waits for no one, and that life continues its unstoppable flow forward. Americana UK has followed Ferris & Sylvester’s career since their first album, […]
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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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The Roselines “Saber Rattlers” – who have we become?

December 19, 2022 0
The Roselines describe ‘Saber Rattlers‘ as a direct response to their earlier song ‘Hot Dice‘ and it finds songwriter and singer Colin Halliburton in reflective mood – questioning how compassion became something to mark out the […]
Videos

Video: Cat Clyde “I Feel It”

January 16, 2023 1
Canadian singer-songwriter Cat Clyde’s latest single, ‘I Feel It’, is a gorgeous piece of work, a song to get lost in.  Immediately, we are absorbed by the sombre piano tones and notes and then, when she […]
Live Reviews

Live review: Danny George Wilson + Katy Rose Bennett. Railway Inn, Winchester. 2nd October 2022

October 11, 2022 2
A three-quarters filled Railway Inn witnessed a superb evening of Oxford/London inspired Americana at its finest. The evening began with a great set by Katy Rose Bennett (sister of Dreaming Spires’ Joe & Robin Bennett.) She […]

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