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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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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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Live Review: Mary Gauthier + Jaimee Harris + Michele Gazich, Union Chapel, London – 26th November 2022

December 6, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
Mary Gauthier took to the celebrated stage of the Union Chapel with Jaimee Harris and Michele Gazich (who would provide throughout the set another dimension to the music with his violin and piano playing) and started […]
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Peter Stone “Cogs” – a spectrum of love

December 6, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
Of course when you’re asked “are we in Love?” the reply “yes my Darling, I’m in love with everyone” may not get the pleased response that you’re hoping for.  But, if anyone can ever pull it […]
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The Weber Brothers “Wild Side” – let’s go wild baby…

December 5, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
Today’s song is taken from the new record by The Weber Brothers –  guitarist/vocalist Sam Weber, bassist/vocalist Ryan Weber, Marcus Bowne on drums, Emily Burgess on guitar and multi-instrumentalist Ryan “Rico” Browne.  The album is called […]
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Jingle Bells Friday – looking for the upbeat

December 2, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
Well, it really is December now and you’re officially too late to have posted the cards early.  Note for our younger readers – Christmas Cards were a nice little physical media tradition where you reminded people […]

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Sera Cahoone “I’ve Missed You All These Years”

August 25, 2026 0
Light, reflective songs about the teachings of time. Before her first release as a solo artist, songwriter and producer, Sera Cahoone had plenty of experience playing with other musicians. Starting at an early age, she first […]
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Track Premiere: Feral Foster “Tell Old Bill”

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Listening to Feral Foster singing Tell Old Bill, a song from 1927’s The American Songbag book, is to hear something that sounds like a forgotten relic from the 1960’s “folk scare” (as Dave Van Ronk called […]
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Video: Genevieve & Milo “Slow” – an acceptance of the best and worst of ourselves

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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 […]

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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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