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Drive-By Truckers sing quarantine song together – Watch

May 4, 2020 Mark Whitfield 1
There have been a lot of songs played in isolation over recent weeks, many of them of course via our dear little mini-gig series (which we often schedule for 3.45 so the sun is over the […]
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Something for the weekend: Woody Guthrie “This Land is Your Land”

May 1, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0
Happy May Day comrades – a day that we should celebrate this year of all years given the sacrifices so many frontline workers are making at the moment. Showing appreciation through clapping is cathartic and an […]
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Songs for the apocalypse: The David Mayfield Parade “Blue Skies Again”

April 30, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0
Three years ago when I was in Nashville I ended up seeing a band called The David Mayfield Parade at a small venue called The Railsplitters which was one of those shows that you don’t necessarily […]
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Save Our Venues UK campaign launched

April 28, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0
The Music Venue Trust has announced #saveourvenues, a new national campaign to save hundreds of UK grassroots music venues at imminent risk of being permanently closed down. The organisation states on its press release: “Without these […]
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Lucinda Williams to broadcast live stream tonight

April 28, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0
Last Friday, Lucinda Williams has released her new album ‘Good Souls Better Angels’ to it’s fair to say across the board acclaim, including ourselves who awarded it one of our rare 10s. If you’ve been enjoying […]

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Dom Flemons to release new album using Smithsonian’s collection of musical instruments

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Laura Cortese “Lucky Water”

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First Aid Kit & the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, live at the Royal Albert Hall, London - 30th September 2026

Live Review: First Aid Kit and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, The Royal Albert Hall, London – 30th September 2026

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Wynonna “Hear Me Now” – if only we could

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Dom Flemons to release new album using Smithsonian’s collection of musical instruments

October 5, 2026 0
Dom Flemons, the GRAMMY Award-winning musician and music scholar, will release his new album Making American Music: The Smithsonian Sessions on 22nd January 2027 via Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Recorded in the Nicholas and Eugenia Taubman Hall […]
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Laura Cortese “Lucky Water”

October 5, 2026 0
Low-key folk with beautiful vocals and evocative, atmospheric, sensuous words. Laura Cortese grew up in San Francisco and discovered folk music through the fiddle camps she attended. She has toured with artists including The Mountain Goats […]
First Aid Kit & the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, live at the Royal Albert Hall, London - 30th September 2026
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Live Review: First Aid Kit and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, The Royal Albert Hall, London – 30th September 2026

October 5, 2026 0
Almost exactly 12 years after First Aid Kit first played the Royal Albert Hall, they’re back at the same venue, this time with the 65-piece Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in tow, conducted by Erik Arvinder. Tickets went […]

  • Dom Flemons to release new album using Smithsonian’s collection of musical instruments
  • Laura Cortese “Lucky Water”
  • Live Review: First Aid Kit and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, The Royal Albert Hall, London – 30th September 2026
  • Wynonna “Hear Me Now” – if only we could
  • Video: Charlie Sherbourne & The Nightbirds “All I Ever Wanted”
  • Some sad news to end the week with: Americana UK loses two of our best, Paul Kerr and Martin Johnson
  • Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Kyp Harness
  • Mistaken for Wayne “Whitefish”
  • Jake Bugg announces a fortnight of intimate record store appearances
  • Classic Clips: Chris Hillman “Turn! Turn! Turn!” – Live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, 2017
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Interview: Fischer-Z’s John Watts reminisces on 50 years of making heartfelt music

October 1, 2026 0
The songs of John Watts, whether in his band Fischer-Z, in his other bands or as a solo artist, aren’t technically Americana, but everything in their construction and recording has the feel of exactly what Americana […]
Interviews

Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

September 29, 2026 2
Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]
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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
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 track on Maya de Vitry’s 2026 release, but […]

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Live Reviews

Ryan Adams + Karen Elson, 02 Academy, Bournemouth, 19th September 2017

September 25, 2017 0
In a rare moment of chat towards the end of this show, Ryan Adams took a swipe at a previous live review where he was accused of being self-indulgent. “Man” he proclaims, “That’s like eating a […]
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The First Time: Alasdair Fotheringham – The Alarm + Kissing Bandits + Mercenary Skank (Exeter University, 24th January 1984)

June 30, 2023 2
Warning to all The Alarm fans so they can stop reading this now – I didn’t enjoy their part of this gig at all. But weird as it sounds, no matter how disappointing (to me) the […]
Album Reviews

Kris Ulrich “Big in the USA”

May 2, 2023 0
A dreamy sonic setting for words pondering life and relationships with clarity and insight. Kris Ulrich has a clear statement of intent about his new album. “These songs were born from a feeling that I wouldn’t […]

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