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Planet Rock to launch new weekly Americana show

June 12, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0
Planet Rock, if you didn’t know already, is “where rock lives” – and unlike Mars, it’s fairly easy to get to from any DAB radio in the UK.  Today the station has announced a brand new show […]
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New Isbell live album on the way

June 12, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0
Jason Isbell hits the UK next week for an appearance at the Black Deer Festival down in Kent and if you can’t make it there in person, the next best thing is listening from the comfort […]
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Ryan Adams gives shout out to Colarado media (again)

June 7, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0
This is rather endearing. Paste report this morning: “Rather than crafting new heartbreak ballads or covering hit Taylor Swift albums, Ryan Adams has lately turned his musical genius towards the muse that is the independent media of Colorado. […]
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The Ballads of Child Migration to tour in November

June 6, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0
Probably the first and last time you’ll read the name “Barbara Dickson” on AUK. In November 2018, a collective of folk musicians and singers including John McCusker, Michael McGoldrick, Boo Hewerdine, O’Hooley & Tidow,  Chris While, […]
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Nashville Meets London (again) at the end of next month

June 5, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0
This week at Waterloo Station you can find the sights and sounds of Tennessee, and if that’s not enough Tennesseean goodness for you then fear not because the Nashville Meets London Music Festival music festival returns […]

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Preview: James Taylor returns to the UK next week

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July 15, 2026 2

Whiskey Treaty Roadshow “Kept Rising”

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Live Review: Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, British Airways ARC, London – 8th July 2026

Live Reviews
July 15, 2026 0
Cover art for Max Subar album "Anything Could Be"

Max Subar “Anything Could Be”

Album Reviews
July 15, 2026 1

Park Hills Circle “All Of A Sudden” – seasons change

Tracks
July 15, 2026 0
Previews

Preview: James Taylor returns to the UK next week

July 15, 2026 2
One of the most influential singer-songwriters of the modern era, James Taylor returns to the UK this month for his first London performance in three years when he takes to the stage at The O2 Arena […]
Album Reviews

Whiskey Treaty Roadshow “Kept Rising”

July 15, 2026 0
Whiskey Treaty Roadshow proves that Democracy is strongest when it is diverse. It’s hard to pin down Whiskey Treaty Roadshow. They are all over the map, stylistically, and as a collective. Over the course of more […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, British Airways ARC, London – 8th July 2026

July 15, 2026 0
And it’s off to another new venue in London, prestigiously located at Olympia in one of those surprisingly hard to get to parts of London.  Few are the venues that feel the need to post outlying […]

  • Preview: James Taylor returns to the UK next week
  • Whiskey Treaty Roadshow “Kept Rising”
  • Live Review: Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, British Airways ARC, London – 8th July 2026
  • Max Subar “Anything Could Be”
  • Park Hills Circle “All Of A Sudden” – seasons change
  • Video Premiere: The Kennedys “Without Us” – nature might do better
  • Hollow Hand announces new album for September and UK Tour
  • Hudson NY duo Babehoven to release third album in the autumn
  • Brennan Gilmore “My Name Is Daniel Leek”
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  • Keith Hargreaves: As ever I am behind the curve. Good gig, Ian?
  • durks: 'Returns to the UK next week '?! In fact, he played in Edinburgh last night.
  • Tricia Davies Nearn: What a gorgeous track! One can't help but think of Justin Vernon also writing solo from a cabin in a…

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Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0
Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]
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Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 1
Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]
Interviews

Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Roots Music Festival

July 6, 2026 3
Americana UK’s Rick Bayles’ monthly column, Vox Continental, shines a light on what is happening on the americana front in Europe. In his most recent column, Rick gave the nod to the Static Roots Festival, which […]

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Rolling Stone Country reports: “It’s hard to believe, but it’s been 12 years since Old Crow Medicine Show released their studio debut O.C.M.S., having spent several years busking and playing festivals before signing a record deal […]
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Brand New Trash “Right in Front of You” (Independent, 2020)

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With their new album ‘Right in Front of You’ Brand New Trash have fashioned a career-defining statement. Over the course of 34 short minutes the record morphs from making out like it wants to be the […]
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Songs for the apocalypse: Olav Larsen & the Alabama Rodeo Stars “Unhappy/Dreamer”

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Olav Larsen was raised in the Norwegian town of Sandnes, his father introducing him to his vast collection of blues, including Howlin’ Wolf, John Lee Hooker and Robert Johnson, which led him on musically to the […]

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