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Buddy and Julie Miller are back with “Breakdown on 20th Ave. South” – Listen

March 28, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0
It has been an absolute age since americana legends Buddy Miller and Julie Miller (they’re related you know) have released an album together, and they’ve both been involved in a fair bit of stuff since the […]
News

Steve Earle talks to RS about new Guy Clark tribute album

March 27, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0
RS Country have published a nice little interview with Steve Earle where he talks about the new Guy Clark tribute album he’s recorded with the Dukes due out the end of this week – we’ll have […]
Features

Songs for the apocalypse: The Tyde “Your Tattoos”

March 27, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0
Tracing their roots to early 1990s LA indie band Further, formed by Darren Rademaker and brother Brent (who went on to form another classic americana band Beachwood Sparks), The Tyde cite Felt, The Beach Boys and […]
Tracks

Three tunes for a Monday! Josh Ritter, Jamestown Revival and Calexico with Iron & Wine

March 25, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0
Rolling Stone Country have published a flurry (the non-snow variety) of good tunage over the last few days which you won’t want to miss, so we’re posting them here.  First up is Calexico and Iron & […]
News

Amber Cross announces Ireland and UK tour for next month

March 22, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0
We leave you this weekend dear reader with news that ascendant California-based Americana singer-songwriter Amber Cross has announced her debut Ireland & UK tour dates in April, in support of her widely praised third album ‘Savage […]

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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Old Crow Medicine Show

Can't Live with it, Can't Live without it
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Dude Cervantes and The Panchos “Billion Dollar Art”

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Rainbow Body

Big names combine as Rainbow Body to create environmentally focussed album

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The (Dixie) Chicks at Madison Square Garden, New York, 20th June 2003

Anniversary Cheers: The Chicks “Taking The Long Way” celebrates 20 years

Anniversary Cheers
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Live Review: My Darling Clementine, Hen & Chicken, Bristol – 1st October 2026

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

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Old Crow Medicine Show

October 7, 2026 0
The Old Crow Medicine Show have been entertaining us throughout the 21st century. Led from the outset by the irrepressible Ketch Secor, they have cycled through some 17 members over that time, including such luminaries of […]
Album Reviews

Dude Cervantes and The Panchos “Billion Dollar Art”

October 7, 2026 0
Dude Cervantes and The Panchos follow up last year’s live record with their second album: a carefully considered studio effort that blends that live energy with focused instrumental and engineering maturity. Billion Dollar Art comes out […]
Rainbow Body
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Big names combine as Rainbow Body to create environmentally focussed album

October 7, 2026 0
Rainbow Body is a new musical collaboration featuring Taylor Goldsmith and Griff Goldsmith (Dawes), Rick Mitarotonda (Goose), Eric Krasno (Lettuce, Soulive), Ross James (Phil Lesh & The Terrapin Family Band), and Adam MacDougall (Chris Robinson Brotherhood, […]

  • Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Old Crow Medicine Show
  • Dude Cervantes and The Panchos “Billion Dollar Art”
  • Big names combine as Rainbow Body to create environmentally focussed album
  • Anniversary Cheers: The Chicks “Taking The Long Way” celebrates 20 years
  • Live Review: My Darling Clementine, Hen & Chicken, Bristol – 1st October 2026
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  • Kelly Hunt “Requiem for a Sleepless Night”
  • Béla Fleck “Tennessee” – with Billy Strings (and a lot of others)
  • Video: The War On Drugs “Who’s That” – love outside of control
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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, […]
Behind the Songs

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

High Coast “Mind Pictures”

April 20, 2021 0
Scandinavian duo reflect on love and drinking and making one’s own decisions. High Coast are a Swedish duo of Daniel Walke on gently finger-picked guitar and August Wegestål on a lap steel that can’t help but […]
Tracks

Track Premiere: EG Vines “Love Is A Gift”

September 26, 2019 0
A lot of people get to this music that we loosely term Americana by less than direct paths, and EG Vines is one of those who started elsewhere.  Vines’ first bands were of the alt-rock variety […]
Videos

Video: Davina and the Vagabonds “Devil Horns”

August 1, 2019 0
Here’s a fun animated video to accompany the new song from Davina And The Vagabonds.  It’s taken from their new album ‘Sugar Drops’, out on August 2nd, and it’s a great little mash-up of all sorts […]

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