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Hannah Rose Platt “Fragile Creatures”

April 29, 2025 Jonathan Smith 0

Stirring, intrepid journey into the medicine, myth and mystery of women’s history. Having released two solid (if traditional-sounding) singer-songwriter albums, Hannah Rose Platt swerved away from anything remotely conventional with 2023’s album ‘Deathbed Confessions’. Our review […]

Classic Clips

Classic Clips: Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band “Carrie Brown” – Late Night with Conan O’Brien, 1999

April 11, 2025 Jonathan Smith 1

There are many artists who need no introduction to the Americana UK audience, but Steve Earle probably heads the list. However, Classic Clips gives us the opportunity to reflect on perhaps one of his most completely […]

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Album Reviews

John Cowan and Andrea Zonn “The HercuLeons“

April 4, 2025 Jonathan Smith 0

Sumptuous collection from long-time musical friends. With many decades of musical endeavour behind them playing with the likes of The Doobie Brothers (Cowan) and James Taylor, Lyle Lovett and Vince Gill (Zonn), ‘John Cowan and Andrea […]

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Album Reviews

Reg Meuross “Fire and Dust”

March 24, 2025 Jonathan Smith 3

Stunning song cycle for Woody Guthrie. Commissioned by Pete Townsend (yes, that one), who also produces and plays on the record, ‘Fire and Dust’ is a song cycle by folk luminary Reg Meuross. It is a […]

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Essentials

Essentials: The Top 10 Paul Simon Americana Songs

March 20, 2025 Jonathan Smith 5

Is Paul Simon americana? For all his early involvement with the folk scene (including the British one), and his movement into various different world music threads, Paul Simon can ultimately be seen as a writer whose […]

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  • Meir Levine “Long and Lonesome Highway”
  • Deep Dark Woods will release new album “The Circle Remains” in autumn 2025
  • Roger Askew “Somewhere South Of Here”
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Interviews

Interview: Counting Crows with Love from A(dam) to (durit)Z

June 23, 2025 0

It was thirty-two years ago when Adam Duritz of Counting Crows wrote a song about wanting to be famous, a rock ‘n’ roll star. He worried about being a one-hit wonder with ‘Mr. Jones’s, which of […]

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Interview: The Brother Brothers – What’s going on?

June 18, 2025 0

This interview took place just before The Brother Brothers left the US for a tour in Australia, which was cancelled when David Moss passed out while swimming in the surf and nearly drowned. You know we’ve […]

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Interview: Caleb Caudle values endurance and radical empathy

June 3, 2025 0

Caleb Caudle has been making music for longer than you might guess since the night he walked up to an open mic night, sat down and strummed his first chord in a live setting. He sings […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

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As always in these prescriptive articles there must be a drawing of boundaries and Clint’s first article in the series seemed to have dealt with the idea that you should define americana in a narrow sense […]

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Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

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Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

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I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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