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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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Classic Clips: Chris Hillman “Turn! Turn! Turn!” – Live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, 2017

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Some sad news to end the week with: Americana UK loses two of our best, Paul Kerr and Martin Johnson

October 2, 2026 1
We’re sorry to end this week with some sad news for regular readers which some of you will know already via social media. It’s been a very tough last few days for us as a team […]
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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Kyp Harness

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Kyp Harness makes music on his own terms and has been doing it for 35 years. He is prolific, having put out 20 independent albums of storytelling and melody, with his latest (Lovely) released in April […]
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Mistaken for Wayne “Whitefish”

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Musical pursuits in the heart of rural Canadian life. Not only outside the music industry but within its margins (much less frequently at its very core), there are those for whom music is one of several […]

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Interview: Fischer-Z’s John Watts reminisces on 50 years of making heartfelt music

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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 […]
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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, […]
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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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Alan Tyler “El Tapado” (Hanky Panky Records 2018)

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‘Dumb Ass’ or ‘The Hidden’ – two translations of El Tapado which is The Rockingbird’s founder member Alan Tyler’s tenth album all told. It is, however, the first that he has almost exclusively recorded and played […]
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More People Should Really Know About: Joe Pug

October 29, 2024 3
As usual I found Joe Pug through reviewing one of his albums. In this case “The Flood In Color” back in 2019. After digging a bit deeper I learned about his path into music through the […]
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Video Interview: Oliver Wood on “Fat Cat Silhouette”

July 9, 2024 0
You don’t have to know what you want to do only what you don’t want to do. The Wood Brothers have built their audience and reputation the traditional way by road work and regularly releasing albums […]

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