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The Civil Wars’ John Paul White announces shows next month

January 12, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
John Paul White has confirmed a string of shows in February as part of the Transatlantic Sessions tour promoting his new album “Beulah” which is his first solo work in nearly a decade. Produced by Ben […]
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Band of Heathens stream new album – Listen

January 10, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Not to get mixed up with horses, although they both begin with the letter ‘h’. Americana with the swagger of the Stones, Rolling Stone Country reports: “On a January morning in Austin, it’s chilly enough to snow. […]
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The Guardian picks 10 americana albums to look forward to in 2017

January 6, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Missed this one over the holiday period sorry (we weren’t updating to be fair) (to ourselves), but it’s worth a quick look since we’re only 7 days into the new year. The Guardian has picked ten key […]
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Wesley Stace aka John Wesley Harding teams up with The Jayhawks for new record – Listen

January 6, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Singer/songwriter Wesley Stace will release “Wesley Stace’s John Wesley Harding” on February 24th via Yep Roc Records. Recorded with The Jayhawks—Gary Louris, Marc Perlman, Tim O’Reagan, and Karen Grotberg—at Flowers Studio in Minneapolis, the album was […]
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Alison Krauss announces first new solo record in 17 years – Listen to first single

January 6, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Alison Krauss will release her first solo album in 17 years this year (imagine what you were doing back in 2000 – taking it easy after the millennium bug’s non appearance probably). “Windy City” is out […]

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Essentials: The Top 10 Americana Tracks by the least likely suspects

July 23, 2026 2
Before you shout at me remember this is supposed to be fun…. I have opened up and bared my soul on a couple of occasions about my past as a teenage rocker in the 1970s, with […]
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Album Reviews

Ed Askew “The Final Painting”

July 23, 2026 0
Profound, moving and beautiful reveries on posthumous release from ‘Outsider Folk’ poet. Ed Askew was a New York artist, poet, songwriter and genuine underground legend. Having first broken through with his self-titled album in 1968 (subsequently […]
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Conway Savage “Too Dark To See”

July 23, 2026 0
Posthumous tribute to impressive solo career of former Bad Seeds member. For Nick Cave’s many devoted followers, this anthology of the solo work of Conway Savage is likely to be a must-have addition to their collection. […]

  • Essentials: The Top 10 Americana Tracks by the least likely suspects
  • Ed Askew “The Final Painting”
  • Conway Savage “Too Dark To See”
  • Star studded Felice Brothers tribute album to arrive in October
  • Buddy Miller returns with star-spangled first album in 15 years
  • Evan Honer “If You Wanna Know” – I’d wait for you
  • Video: Mason Jennings “If” – the power of hope and love in the human heart
  • Interview: Have Gun, Will Travel is constantly evolving – What a concept!
  • Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Peter Case
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Interview: Have Gun, Will Travel is constantly evolving – What a concept!

July 22, 2026 0
Have Gun, Will Travel is the name of the band with the emphasis on travel. Not so much touring all over the world, but exploration, whether in their three concept albums or the songs written for […]
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Video Interview: Alex Amen on “Sun Of Amen” as he comes of age as a songwriter

July 21, 2026 4
Alex Amen is making waves as one of the new breed of songwriters to keep a very close eye on. Born in Texas, he has lived in communes on the West Coast, formed and played in […]
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Interview: What Taylor Bickett is shooting for

July 16, 2026 0
Nothing I Can’t Undo is such a deeply earnest, empathetic and personal album that captures exactly what a solo debut is supposed to be by introducing us, in full, to Taylor Bickett, a 20-something singer/songwriter from […]

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AUK’s Chain Gang: Benjamin Tod “The Mountain”

August 24, 2020 0
In last week’s instalment of the Chain Gang, Tim Newby described the connections between Ola Belle Reed’s ‘High on a Mountain’ and Roy Acuff’s ‘Wreck on the Highway’ as “tenuous”. In contrast, the connections between Reed’s […]
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Icarus Phoenix “Sometimes our shadow can get in the way”

May 12, 2022 0
A beautiful, life affirming slice of melodious Americana-tinged indie pop. Be it Fountains of Wayne or They Might be Giants there is a strata of American music that flirts with the mainstream but is defiantly indie […]
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Video: Beans on Toast “Glastonbury Weekend”

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The series of new lockdown-themed songs written by Beans on Toast continues with ‘Glastonbury Weekend’.   He first attended Glastonbury in 1997 and has been every year since.  Indeed, the first Beans on Toast gig was there […]

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