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DIX “Ludovicus Bosco Hic Fuit”

April 16, 2026 Jonathan Smith 0
Dutch Americana band return with polished and personal offering. A little background: DIX describe themselves as a roots band with a folky heart and a generous dose of melancholic americana. The band was formed by childhood […]
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Can't Live with it, Can't Live without it

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Lyle Lovett

March 25, 2026 Jonathan Smith 0
There are very few artists who are as consistently excellent across a whole career as Lyle Lovett. He marries sharp, witty observations with immaculate musicianship, starting with his eponymous debut record and going right up to […]
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Classic Clips

Classic Clips: Blaze Foley “Clay Pigeons”

February 6, 2026 Jonathan Smith 4
OK, the internet as a whole is … not without its problems. BUT what a treasury it offers for the obscure, and especially YouTube, where anyone can post up anything that they happen across, and there’s […]
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Features

The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Jonathan Smith

December 18, 2025 Jonathan Smith 10
I’ve always enjoyed lists in magazines, and for me they serve three purposes. One, they may introduce me to some new song or artist I’ve not been aware of; two, they may make me go back […]
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Features

More People Should Know About: Five Islands

November 25, 2025 Jonathan Smith 0
There are plenty of artists out there who quietly and diligently amass a body of work, building a following by constant touring or releasing new music, and working hard on the socials to keep their name […]

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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

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Greg Freeman announces new album and UK dates

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All-star line-up for Bob Harris event announced for Royal Albert Hall in December

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Can't Live with it, Can't Live without it

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 0
The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]
Album Reviews

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0
The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]
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Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers

August 5, 2026 0
Includes tracks from My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams and MJ Lenderman among others. Cinema Music Group, Killphonic Records, and City Slang have announced Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 2 – Out of […]

  • Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits
  • Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”
  • Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers
  • Greg Freeman announces new album and UK dates
  • All-star line-up for Bob Harris event announced for Royal Albert Hall in December
  • Live Review: Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes + Riley Catherall, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 25th July 2026
  • Clayton Denwood “Looking for a Road”
  • Ferris & Sylvester “The Game” – going back to the beginning
  • Video: Inland Isle “White Collar Breakdown” – a dark fantasy about AI
  • Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider
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Interviews

Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider

August 4, 2026 0
Nashville East resident Aaron Lee Tasjan has long been a favourite of Americana UK, and with 12 albums to his name, including his latest Get Over It, Underdog, and approaching 40, he is no longer the […]
Interviews

Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

July 29, 2026 0
American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]
Interviews

Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0
“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]

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Americana One Two Three

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Another slice of our series investigating the collision of those natural partners number theory and Americana. The last time we looked at songs which allowed us to progress along the number line from eleven to twenty […]
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Video: Andrew Bird feat. Phoebe Bridgers “I Felt a Funeral, In My Brain”

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Andrew Bird and Phoebe Bridgers reimagine an Emily Dickinson poem in ‘I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain’.   Bird appears in grainy black and white, looking tense and inquisitive in a slim-fitting suit.  Microscopic scenes of […]
Album Reviews

Sylvie Simmons “Blue on Blue” (Compass, 2020)

September 8, 2020 0
If Sylvie Simmons’ name is familiar it is probably as a writer for Mojo, The Guardian and of several books, including a particularly good biography of Leonard Cohen. Her press release states rather oddly that: “When […]

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