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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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Steve Martin Banjo Award goes to Victor Furtado

September 23, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0
Steve Martin – he’s a wild and crazy guy!  No, wait a minute – or should we say “excuuuuuuuse me!” – Steve Martin he’s a serious musician and philanthropist.  Just a few years ago Steve Martin […]
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River Whyless “It Ain’t Me Babe” – Listen

September 23, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0
River Whyless are a folk-rock outfit from Asheville, North Carolina – and they’ve discovered a talented new writer in the Folk Tradition, one Bob Dylan.  We jest, of course – but River Whyless  have put together […]
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Steve Forbert to reissue Jackrabbit Slim on limited vinyl

September 20, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0
Just 500 copies of the outstanding second album from Steve Forbert will be available on red coloured vinyl – so don’t hang around thinking about it.  The reason for the re-issue?  It’s forty years since the […]
Tracks

Andrew Combs “Dry Eyes” – Listen

September 20, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0
Andrew Combs is best known, to date, for his Laurel Canyonesque singer-songwriter albums but this is all set to change with his new album ‘Ideal Man’ which is released today.  ‘Ideal Man‘ sees Combs set aside […]
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Simone White “Letter To The Last Generation” – Listen

September 19, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0
“First we weren’t sure / Then we ignored / All the way down” sings Simone White on this imaginary letter to a future generation enjoying the world we’ve bequeathed them after our concerted efforts to save […]

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Video: Chris Pierce “Madonna Of The San Joaquin” – the hypocrisy of sanctimony

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Essentials: Americana Podcasts and Internet Radio updated for 2026

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The Proclaimers announce an ‘offensive’ new album and more tour dates

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Promo photo for Richard Neuberg

AUK Shortcuts: Richard Neuberg, Grapes of Grain, Freedom Heartsong, Grain Electric, Erik Rabasca, Tony Kamel, Jeremy Beggs, Jenner Fox & Jeremy Elliott, and Skydiggers

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Album Art Sophie Wellington Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still

Sophie Wellington “Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still”

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Videos

Video: Chris Pierce “Madonna Of The San Joaquin” – the hypocrisy of sanctimony

July 10, 2026 0
Here’s a live rendition of Madonna Of The San Joaquin from LA singer-songwriter Chris Pierce. The song is all the more powerful for being stripped back and performed solo acoustic, with just light, fluttering guitar as […]
Essentials

Essentials: Americana Podcasts and Internet Radio updated for 2026

July 9, 2026 1
It’s been two years since we updated our list of the essential podcasts in our part of the musical forest, and as podcasts do come and go on occasion, it seemed like a good time before […]
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The Proclaimers announce an ‘offensive’ new album and more tour dates

July 9, 2026 0
Cooking Vinyl has released the single You May Offend, the title track from The Proclaimers’ new album. It is brothers Craig and Charlie Reid’s first album since 2022’s hugely acclaimed Denture’s Out. Their 13th studio album’s […]

  • Video: Chris Pierce “Madonna Of The San Joaquin” – the hypocrisy of sanctimony
  • Essentials: Americana Podcasts and Internet Radio updated for 2026
  • The Proclaimers announce an ‘offensive’ new album and more tour dates
  • AUK Shortcuts: Richard Neuberg, Grapes of Grain, Freedom Heartsong, Grain Electric, Erik Rabasca, Tony Kamel, Jeremy Beggs, Jenner Fox & Jeremy Elliott, and Skydiggers
  • Sophie Wellington “Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still”
  • Live Review: Tift Merritt, The Lower Third, London – 28th June 2026
  • Benjamin Miller “So What” – to just care not
  • Video Premiere: Kye Alfred Hillig “On Small Wings”
  • Jason McNiff heralds his tenth with “Ten Blue Songs”
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Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 1
Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]
Interviews

Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Roots Music Festival

July 6, 2026 3
Americana UK’s Rick Bayles’ monthly column, Vox Continental, shines a light on what is happening on the americana front in Europe. In his most recent column, Rick gave the nod to the Static Roots Festival, which […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

July 2, 2026 0
It is sometimes forgotten that Gram Parsons did not enjoy commercial success as a solo artist during his short life, and that it was Emmylou Harris who took his sound to a wider audience with the […]

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Don Gallardo feat. Lilly Winwood “In the Name of Good Intentions” (JTM Music, 2019)

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With his heart in the Americana sound, coming out of his long-time East Nashville residence, but with roots that are firmly in the soil of California, it should probably come as no surprise that Don Gallardo […]
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Track Premiere: Lars Nagel “Johnny Was Right”

December 6, 2023 0
Today’s premiere from Lars Nagel is taken from his latest album ‘Tomorrow Never Knows,‘ a bold choice even Nagel admits saying “I was of course hesitant about using the name of a classic Beatles song, but […]
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Songs for the apocalypse: Sparklehorse “Junebug”

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Sparklehorse’s Mark Linkous had the rare but very rock and roll feat to have “died twice”, the first time in 1996 when his heart stopped beating for a few minutes following a drug overdose. That he […]

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