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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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Track Premiere: Jenner Fox “Heart Tattoo”

January 8, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

The thing with tattoos is that they can last longer than the love they might be commemorating.  And that’s the springboard for ‘Heart Tattoo‘, the first single from Jenner Fox’s upcoming album ‘Anything‘  which will be […]

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Jim White & Trey Blake “The Long Road Home” – throw off those mental chains

January 7, 2025 Jonathan Aird 1

What a song we have for you today – taken from Jim White & Trey Blake’s new album ‘Precious Bane‘ (out on the last day of January).  It’s a gothic polemic, of sorts, a declaration of […]

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Jessie James “Rise And Shine” – let’s kick this year off with positivity

January 6, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

What kind of year are we going to have on Americana UK?  Well, there’s worse things to envisage than a year of folk/punk energy focused through the kick-arseist of all instruments the ukulele.  Jessie James, from […]

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Mince Pie Mondays – just two sleeps, just two sleeps…

December 23, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

And, dear festive hat wearing reader, this is truly the last batch of the Yule songs for this… umm… Yule.  As solstice becomes just a hazy memory, and the stockings are being dusted off for their […]

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Jingle Bells Friday – what happened to all the wrapping paper?

December 20, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Into the last weekend before the big day with the big feast and the gleeful exchange of Americana themed albums – what’ll it be this year?  And tomorrow is solstice, which is nice, although perhaps a […]

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Interview: Mean Mary answers six of one and half a dozen of the other

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The banjo is a glorious instrument that can do a lot of ill in the wrong hands. It’s not easy to proudly, confidently pluck out some hot licks and really hard to play it with the […]

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Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”

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Alan Gregg is a native Kiwi transplanted to North London with a spotty resumé to his credit. Not intending to be impolite, but prospective employers might be taken aback, curious as to what he has been […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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The new single from Donovan Woods, ‘When Our Friends Come Over’, features Madi Diaz on vocals and the combination of their voices is beautiful over the warm guitar, reinforcing the song’s intimate themes of friendship and […]

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Our new playlist of the best new Americana we’ve heard over the last month is out later today exclusively for AUK supporters which includes new tracks by Alison Krauss & Union Station, Chris Eckman, Jade Turner, […]

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Traditional songs from around the world with a very modern meaning. The Oxford English Dictionary defines a lullaby as, “A soothing refrain, used to please or pacify infants”. Applied to Abigail Lapell’s similarly titled album this […]

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