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Julian Taylor’s UK tour starts tonight – Listen to his new song “Georgia Moon”

July 27, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0
After making waves in the UK last year with his ‘Beyond The Reservoir’ album which we among others raved about, award-winning singer-songwriter Julian Taylor is returning to the UK this week, this time with his full […]
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Teddy Thompson “I Don’t Love You Anymore” – Listen

July 26, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0
Teddy Thompson has shared “I Don’t Love You Anymore,” featuring harmony vocals by Vince Gill (listen/share here). It’s the second single from his eighth studio album, ‘My Love Of Country’, to be released in the UK […]
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Sunny Sweeney announces 2023 UK tour

July 25, 2023 Mark Whitfield 1
Following stand-out shows in the UK last summer, including The Long Road and Millport festivals, ACM-nominated recording artist Sunny Sweeney is returning to our shores this coming November for tour dates, kicking off in Newcastle’s Cluny […]
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Something for the weekend: First Aid Kit “Everybody’s Got to Learn”

July 21, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0
That’s it from us for another week and we leave you dear reader with a previously unreleased track from the new expanded version of  Swedish indie-folksters First Aid Kit’s most recent album from 2022, this time […]
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Tom Waits’ mid-period Island catalogue to be reissued

July 20, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0
Personally overseen by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan, Waits’ spectacular middle-period albums–released on Island Records between 1983 and 1993—have been newly remastered from the original tapes and will be reissued on vinyl and CD this autumn […]

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Well that’s it from us for this week. If you haven’t got your tickets yet for our 25 year knees up featuring Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and a whole load more americana, you can pick them […]
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Charley Crockett “Age of the Ram”

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Americana favourite delivers the final chapter of his adventurous Sagebrush Trilogy that concludes with the mythological and wide-ranging story of the ‘Outlaw’ Billy MacLane. Readers of Americana UK are likely to be very familiar with the […]
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Listen to the first single to be taken from it below. Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Tift Merritt has announced Sugar, her first album in nearly a decade, due out June 26th via One Riot which is described as […]

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Interview: The Breath’s Stuart McCallum and Ríoghnach Connolly on collaborating with the Paraorchestra

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How to achieve true musical Symbiosis. The Breath are guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer Ríoghnach Connolly, and they ensure that the song is always at the centre of their alt-folk sound. That sound is rich, reflecting […]
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Interview: Cynthia Marchant on the Ozarks, fast cars and the passing of time

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In 2022, with her second studio album, Flesh and Bone, Cynthia Marchant explored spiritual truth and depth, and the magic of connecting with self and others in the many stages of life. Three years later, she’s […]
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Interview: Michael Weston King on why “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

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How the worst kind of family tragedy can lead to a career high British americana stalwart and music award winner Michael Weston King is releasing a new solo album, Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore. On the […]

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Jeff Kelly “When the World Was Younger” (Green Monkey Records, 2020)

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The question which will be asked by future generations will be “What did you do during the pandemic of 2020?”.  Which most of us will be able to reply that we gained weight, tried to make […]
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Ben Walker “Banish Air from Air”

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British folk music at its most thought-provoking. Ben Walker is such an interesting character. A post-grad in Mathematics and a classically trained virtuoso on the guitar. Described by Total Guitar Magazine as ‘one of the best […]
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As singer and the song, Kevin Daniel is happy for a while, conceivably forever. Kevin Daniel has had the full experience of a musician’s life from the bottom looking up in his 37 years on the […]

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