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Americana UK Podcast 11 now live with The Autumn Defense

December 12, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
Join Keith for a fabulous conversation with John Stirratt and Pat Sansone of The Autumn Defense that touches on birthdays, writing styles, and collaboration, as well as gigs to come. There’s also brand new stuff of […]
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The Sheepdogs start the next chapter with a new album in February

December 10, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
Beloved Canadian rockers The Sheepdogs announce their brand-new full-length album “Keep Out Of The Storm”, arriving February 27, 2026. The multi-platinum, four-time JUNO Award–winning band will release the album via their own label Right On Records, […]
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Brooke Law announces 2026 Spring Tour dates

December 9, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
Singer Brooke Law has announced a series of dates in the new year to support her album “Naked Heart”, which was released last month in CD and Digital formats. The tour will coincide with a vinyl […]
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Wood Festival announces first tranche of acts for next year

December 9, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
Wood, one of the UK’s most intimate family festivals and now in its 18th year, takes place on the 15th-17th May 2025 at Braziers Park, near Wallingford, Oxfordshire, in the beautiful setting of the Chilterns National […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 212 “Home Truths”

December 8, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
Recovering from the knee op has meant I have spent a lot of time at home over the last three weeks. We live in a small village in middle England in a dead-end street. From the […]

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For the Sake of the Song: Lucinda Williams “Metal Firecracker”

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Artwork for Ian Noe album"Canyon Falls Trailer Band"

Ian Noe “Canyon Falls Trailer Band”

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The Jayhawks live at the Electric Ballroom, Camden - 16th September 2026

Live Review: The Jayhawks, Electric Ballroom, Camden – 16th September 2026

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Bluegrass Briefs: Sociograss, Triple Fiddle, The Runaway Strings, Lindsay Lou

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artwork for Jack Browning album "Painted Skies"

Jack Browning “Painted Skies”

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Lucinda Williams St Paul Theatre 14 April 2019
Features

For the Sake of the Song: Lucinda Williams “Metal Firecracker”

September 28, 2026 0
There are songs that you love for the lyrics, songs that you love for the music; sometimes you get a song where both are so perfect you have a masterpiece. Lucinda Williams’ Metal Firecracker is the […]
Artwork for Ian Noe album"Canyon Falls Trailer Band"
Album Reviews

Ian Noe “Canyon Falls Trailer Band”

September 28, 2026 0
Impressive collection of character-driven songwriting and classic country sounds. Kentuckian Ian Noe presents a diverse selection of sixteen original songs on his excellent new album, Canyon Falls Trailer Band. It’s Noe’s third release and the second […]
The Jayhawks live at the Electric Ballroom, Camden - 16th September 2026
Live Reviews

Live Review: The Jayhawks, Electric Ballroom, Camden – 16th September 2026

September 28, 2026 1
About a decade ago, I formulated a new genre based on a particular guitar sound that would for several years be heard on Radio 2 after midnight on Friday and Saturday nights. Bob Harris Country is […]

  • For the Sake of the Song: Lucinda Williams “Metal Firecracker”
  • Ian Noe “Canyon Falls Trailer Band”
  • Live Review: The Jayhawks, Electric Ballroom, Camden – 16th September 2026
  • Bluegrass Briefs: Sociograss, Triple Fiddle, The Runaway Strings, Lindsay Lou
  • Jack Browning “Painted Skies”
  • Preview: Glasgow Americana Festival 2026, 30th September – 4th October
  • Richard Thompson “Sorcerer’s Apprentice” – it’s a kind of magic
  • Video: Orange Oak “wilder life” – a declaration of nervousness
  • Something for the weekend: Listen to the unreleased Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers track from 1978 “Parade Of Loons”
  • Bob Dylan to unleash a 39 CD set of The Rolling Thunder Revue in November – start saving!
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  • Jim Finnie: Really nicely written. A lot of effort went into that I would think.
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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]
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Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0
Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

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Joshua Hedley will release his new album ‘Neon Blue’ on April 22nd, via New West Records. The 12-song set was co-produced by Jordan Lehning (Rodney Crowell) and Skylar Wilson (Justin Townes Earle) and mixed by Kyle […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 157 “Another one gone…”

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It’s not often you meet your heroes, I very rarely have. Sure I’ve breathed the same air at gigs and what have you but rarely actually met someone I considered a hero. I did meet one […]
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New York singer/songwriter’s impressive debut marks the arrival of someone special. New York based Lana Nauphal has conjured up a beguiling debut here, as the tracks unfold before the listener with a languid but purposeful vibe. […]

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