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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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Amanda Cook “Look Me Up By The Ocean Door” – we’re parting, but here’s where I’ll be

September 13, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
Amanda Cook holds out the olive branch of reconciliation on today’s song, singing the goodbye of “The only thing that helped me in your world / Was you and that’s not enough” before offering the glimmer […]
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Annie Hughes “Lucinda” – the pain of the loss

September 13, 2022 Jonathan Aird 2
Annie Hughes was born and raised in Tempe, Arizona, and now resides in Colorado.  She followed the well trod path to music through church and school choirs, along the way picking up a guitar for the […]
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Quick “Limonds Wynd” – one more drink?

September 12, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
Glasgow’s Quick are quick by name and quick by nature – they’re not letting the newgrass grow under their feet and have, as you can see, already grabbed the prime spots in the local “Warm Bank” […]
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Track Premiere: Nels Johnson “American Dream”

September 12, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
Portland-based singer-songwriter, Nels Johnson, is releasing the single ‘American Dream’ on Sept 13th, but Americana UK is offering a chance to hear it early.   The song is taken from the album, ‘Ios,’  which Johnson is releasing […]
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Terre & Maggie Roche “Kin Ya See That Sun” – Newly found recordings

September 9, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
Singer-songwriter Terre Roche of the legendary NYC sibling folk trio, The Roches has announced the release of ‘Kin Ya See That Sun‘, a collection of previously unreleased live recordings and original songs written and performed by […]

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Interview: Charlie Musselwhite knows the highway and it knows him

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Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

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Matt Hill has combined his career as a singer-songwriter with his work as a campaigner in the charity sector and currently as a community songwriter. He has tasted success as an americana singer-songwriter and played in […]
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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

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Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]

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Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader and we leave you this week in solidarity with Roger Waters who’s been labelled a racist by everyone from Keir “Not Jeremy Corbyn” Starmer to the […]
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Preview: The Long Road Festival – 23rd-25th August 2024

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Following 2023’s sell-out, The Long Road festival is returning to the picturesque grounds of Stanford Hall in Leicestershire over the August bank holiday weekend (23rd-25th August).  The Long Road has a track record of putting on […]
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This is the first single from the new album, ‘Passing In The Night‘, from Colorado outfit Thunder And Rain, which will be out next year.  There’s something of a classic retro feel to their folk/country and […]

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