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Sturgill Simpson goes busking outside CMA Awards

November 9, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
If Simpson and Isbell had a fight to see who was the coolest, Simpson would be one up at this point. (But then the Jeremy Hunt thing…  see, it’s never ending..)  Billboard report: “The Country Music […]
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Chris Stapleton wins CMA album of the year

November 9, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
The crossover man who puts the “meh” into amehricana, Chris Staplegun has done it again. Oh and people should be prosecuted for beating Jerry Douglas in any category. Rolling Stone reports: “The 51st CMA Awards were […]
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Drive By Truckers lay into Trump with new song – Listen

November 8, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Anyone remember when AUK gave DBT a one star review back in 2003 and all hell broke loose?  (We’re sorry).  Anyway, times have changed and we admit they’re incredible now. RS Country reports: “To coincide with […]
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Robert Plant to receive AMAUK Lifetime Achievement Award, Nominations Announced

November 8, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
The third annual UK Americana Awards will take place on Thursday 1st February 2018 at Hackney Empire, a move to a larger venue due to the increasing popularity of the event,  and AUK will of course be […]
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Neil Young announces new album and “already great” single – Listen

November 3, 2017 Mark Whitfield 2
We’ll be the judge of that. Lol, as the kids say.  Pitchfork reports: “Neil Young has once again teamed up with his backing band the Promise of the Real (which features Willie Nelson’s son Lukas). Their new […]

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Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

April 22, 2026 0
Matt Hill has combined his career as a singer-songwriter with his work as a campaigner in the charity sector and currently as a community songwriter. He has tasted success as an americana singer-songwriter and played in […]
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Ringo Starr “Long Long Road”

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Another valiant effort that proves one of Liverpool’s most famous exports can fit in comfortably in Nashville. If you’re ex-Beatle Ringo Starr, it’s got to be tough to feel like you’re always living in the shadow […]
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Cajun Corner – catch ’em while they’re young!

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We’re back! It has been some time since we posted a Cajun Corner article, but we’re resolved to be more proactive about bringing you news and updates on Cajun & Zydeco music, because we know there […]

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Interviews

Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

April 22, 2026 0
Matt Hill has combined his career as a singer-songwriter with his work as a campaigner in the charity sector and currently as a community songwriter. He has tasted success as an americana singer-songwriter and played in […]
Interviews

Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

April 21, 2026 0
Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]
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Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

April 17, 2026 0
Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]

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Track Premiere: C.M. Talkington “Greenlight”

March 24, 2023 0
‘Greenlight‘ is taken from the new album ‘Texas Radio‘ that is released today by C.M. Talkington on Birs Recordings.  It’s an album that in part mirrors another part of his life – Carty Talkington is perhaps […]
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Live Reviews

Live Review: Wes Collins Band + Jeff Reid & John Fonvielle, Live at Ted’s, Wilmington, North Carolina – 12th July 2024

July 29, 2024 0
Pop-up thunderstorms were in the forecast on July 12th all around Live at Ted’s in downtown Wilmington, North Carolina. Some storms had already been popping as Wes Collins and his band members navigated their way down […]
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John Prine and Margo Price fight Alabama abortion ban

May 20, 2019 0
Recent events in Alabama would have Margaret Atwood spinning in her grave if she was dead. Still, good to have resistance from the americana community. RS reports: “John Prine and Margo Price have joined the chorus of voices coming […]

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