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Sean McConnell announces UK dates for 2020

November 6, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0
Massachusetts-born, Nashville-based singer/songwriter Sean McConnell, who has appeared in the UK no less than three times during 2019 – opening shows with country singer Ashley Monroe, a performance at The Long Road festival and a recent […]
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UK streaming services now include Neal Casal’s back catalogue

November 4, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0
We found out over the weekend that selected solo albums of the late Neal Casal are now available on streaming services for the first time in the States, so we’ve checked and the good news is […]
Videos

Video: Charlie Cunningham “Headlights”

November 1, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0
We leave you this week dear reader with a Bedfordshire based artist who is a bit off-kilter for AUK but whose finesse with his instrument is something to behold and who came onto our radar at […]
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Lilly Hiatt heads to UK for dates

November 1, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0
Lilly Hiatt comes from americana royalty being the daughter of John, so it’s fair to say she should receive a state welcome when she arrives in the UK Wednesday next week for three dates (all in […]
Features

Songs for the apocalypse: Peter Bruntnell “Black Aces”

October 30, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0
Years ago, 17 in fact, I put on an event in what was then the Masque venue in Liverpool called “Americana One” celebrating the fact that this little website (and it was little back then) was […]

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Seamus Fogarty at The Bear Luton 17th July 2026

More People Really Should Know About: Seamus Fogarty

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Rita Bliss “One More Winter”

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Father John Misty “The X-panded Universe” – surely not the MCU

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Video: Good Wild Gods “Delancey & Me” – absorbing harmony and melodic depths

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Steve Forbert

For The Sake of The Song: Steve Forbert “Ebenezer’s Back In Town”

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Seamus Fogarty at The Bear Luton 17th July 2026
Features

More People Really Should Know About: Seamus Fogarty

October 6, 2026 0
Seamus Fogarty has been very busy performing his unique brand of experimental, alternative folk. Along with many solo gigs and appearances at the Green Man and End Of The Road festivals, he has this year supported […]
Album art for Rita Bliss One More Winter
Album Reviews

Rita Bliss “One More Winter”

October 6, 2026 0
Closely drawn and intimate second from Austin-based banjo player and singer-songwriter. Rita Bliss is a songwriter and banjo player who is based in Austin. One More Winter is her second album, following Peaches And Apple Pies […]
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Father John Misty “The X-panded Universe” – surely not the MCU

October 6, 2026 0
What is Father John Misty singing about in the new song The X-Panded Universe, the latest single release since Mahashmashana was released in 2024. We’re assuming it is not the pulling of the X-Men into the […]

  • More People Really Should Know About: Seamus Fogarty
  • Rita Bliss “One More Winter”
  • Father John Misty “The X-panded Universe” – surely not the MCU
  • Video: Good Wild Gods “Delancey & Me” – absorbing harmony and melodic depths
  • For The Sake of The Song: Steve Forbert “Ebenezer’s Back In Town”
  • This is Lorelei “The Singer in My Band”
  • Anniversary Cheers: Levellers “Levelling The Land” celebrates 35 years
  • 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
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Interviews

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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Album Reviews

Christina Martin “Impossible To Hold” (Come Undone Records, 2018)

February 26, 2018 0
It’s always a quandary when reviewing whether comparing your subject to other acts is a good thing or a bad thing. Sometimes you just end up listing a load of the artist’s obvious influences rather than […]
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Album Reviews

Natalie Spears “Hymn Of Wild Things”

June 25, 2024 0
Spears’ debut album uses the natural world to beautifully weave together the emotions of love and loss. Natalie Spears hails from the Roaring Fork Valley of Colorado, where the natural world around her offers a soundtrack […]
Tracks

Rose Hotel “My Satellite” – gone up to the sky

April 9, 2026 0
In normal times what would we all be talking about, other than the fact that after a hiatus of more than 50 years the old gang has got back together, pulled in an extra Canadian and […]

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