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About Martin Johnson
I've been a music obsessive for more years than I care to admit to. Part of my enjoyment from music comes from discovering new sounds and artists while continuing to explore the roots of American 20th century music that has impacted the whole of world culture.
Album Reviews

James Combs “Falling Under Spells”

May 25, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

Byrds and Beatles influenced folk-pop filtered through 21st Century americana with ambient textures. James Combs has featured in numerous Americana UK pieces over the years as a member of the LA band Great Willow and having […]

Interviews

Interview: Music obsessive Ben Vaughn on his world and Rambler automobiles

May 24, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

Unsure whether he wanted to be a recording artist, songwriter, record producer, or DJ he became them all. Ben Vaughn is just a music obsessive at heart, but an obsessive who has established his own songwriting […]

Interviews

Interview: Fairport Convention’s Dave Pegg on the band’s first 55 years and the ukulele bass

May 17, 2022 Martin Johnson 3

He may be only the bass player but he has helped create the British folk rock genre. Fairport Convention may have defined British folk rock but their mix of traditional music with the sounds associated with […]

Interviews

Interview: Kris Wilkinson Hughes on The ARC Tour with Kate Ellis and Anna Howie

May 10, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

Born in Louisiana but semi-Anglicised by over twenty years in the UK, the epitome of Americana UK. If you were looking for a typical Americana UK artist then you would be hard pushed to find a […]

Features

Lost Albums: Gordon Payne “Gordon Payne”

May 5, 2022 Martin Johnson 6

Funky honest country soul produced by J J Cale and mixed by Waylon Jennings. Everyone at Americana UK is always thinking of new ideas to present music to our readers, and the latest is to periodically […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

February 12, 2026 1

If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

Behind the Songs

Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

February 10, 2026 0

From the first, rhythmically strummed notes of Blue Mind, Tess Liautaud, the Ōtautahi-based Franco-American singer-songwriter who has immersed herself among the characters on the New Zealand roots music scene, creates a lush, twangy, rock and country-soul […]

Interviews

Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains

February 9, 2026 0

Jonathan Bernstein did not set out to sanctify Justin Townes Earle, nor to reduce him to a cautionary tale. With What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, Bernstein instead accomplishes something far more difficult: he restores dimensionality […]

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Kathleen Grace with Larry Goldings “Tie Me To You” (Monsoon Records, 2020)

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Kathleen Grace went into creating the album ‘Tie Me To You’ with the same feeling that has inspired so many before her: heartbreak. Her devastation was so deep that Grace was barely sleeping and drowning herself […]

Interviews

Interview: Deanie Richardson and Gena Britt of Sister Sadie on “No Fear”

March 19, 2024 0

Riding the bluegrass wave with their best album of an 11 year career. The all girl bluegrass band Sister Sadie has won various IBMA awards and received a Grammy nomination for their music and has recently […]

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John Prine to publish first ever songbook

April 13, 2017 0

You can catch John Prine (if you’re quick) in the UK next week when he plays dates in London, Glasgow and Manchester (details here), but in the meantime is it too early to start putting a […]

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