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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.
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Interview: 49 Winchester’s Isaac Gibson on the journey to their first major-label release

June 14, 2022 Martin Johnson 0
The challenges of forming a band with your friends in a town so small there is no local music scene. Americana fans will probably have picked up that there is a bit of a buzz around […]
Interviews

Interview: Heidi Talbot on recording virtually in Lafayette, Louisiana, with Dirk Powell

June 6, 2022 Martin Johnson 0
Discussing getting songs from ghosts despite Boo Hewerdine’s doubts. Heidi Talbot may have spent over half her life as a working musician, including her apprenticeship with the Irish-American group Cherish the Ladies, and it is twenty […]
But Is It Americana?

But is it Americana? – Lindisfarne

June 6, 2022 Martin Johnson 15
Martin Johnson is the latest of our writers to argue for an unlikely Americana candidate. He’s chosen a band that will always be associated with the North-East; can he convince on a connection with the wild […]
Obituaries

The Song Remains: Kelly Joe Phelps 1959 – 2022

June 6, 2022 Martin Johnson 5
Kelly Joe Phelps reinvented country blues for the 21St Century americana audience. Guitarist and singer-songwriter Kelly Joe Phelps “died quietly at home in Iowa” on May 31, 2022, according to his Facebook page. While this low-key […]
Interviews

Interview: Andrew Davie of Bear’s Den on how the pandemic influenced their songwriting

June 1, 2022 Martin Johnson 0
How car journeys to school with his teacher father made him the songwriter he is today. Like many bands, Bear’s Den have had to endure the challenges of the pandemic and adapt to the post-pandemic world. […]

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For the Sake of the Song: Lucinda Williams “Metal Firecracker”

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Artwork for Ian Noe album"Canyon Falls Trailer Band"

Ian Noe “Canyon Falls Trailer Band”

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The Jayhawks live at the Electric Ballroom, Camden - 16th September 2026

Live Review: The Jayhawks, Electric Ballroom, Camden – 16th September 2026

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Bluegrass Briefs: Sociograss, Triple Fiddle, The Runaway Strings, Lindsay Lou

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Jack Browning “Painted Skies”

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Lucinda Williams St Paul Theatre 14 April 2019
Features

For the Sake of the Song: Lucinda Williams “Metal Firecracker”

September 28, 2026 0
There are songs that you love for the lyrics, songs that you love for the music; sometimes you get a song where both are so perfect you have a masterpiece. Lucinda Williams’ Metal Firecracker is the […]
Artwork for Ian Noe album"Canyon Falls Trailer Band"
Album Reviews

Ian Noe “Canyon Falls Trailer Band”

September 28, 2026 0
Impressive collection of character-driven songwriting and classic country sounds. Kentuckian Ian Noe presents a diverse selection of sixteen original songs on his excellent new album, Canyon Falls Trailer Band. It’s Noe’s third release and the second […]
The Jayhawks live at the Electric Ballroom, Camden - 16th September 2026
Live Reviews

Live Review: The Jayhawks, Electric Ballroom, Camden – 16th September 2026

September 28, 2026 1
About a decade ago, I formulated a new genre based on a particular guitar sound that would for several years be heard on Radio 2 after midnight on Friday and Saturday nights. Bob Harris Country is […]

  • For the Sake of the Song: Lucinda Williams “Metal Firecracker”
  • Ian Noe “Canyon Falls Trailer Band”
  • Live Review: The Jayhawks, Electric Ballroom, Camden – 16th September 2026
  • Bluegrass Briefs: Sociograss, Triple Fiddle, The Runaway Strings, Lindsay Lou
  • Jack Browning “Painted Skies”
  • Preview: Glasgow Americana Festival 2026, 30th September – 4th October
  • Richard Thompson “Sorcerer’s Apprentice” – it’s a kind of magic
  • Video: Orange Oak “wilder life” – a declaration of nervousness
  • Something for the weekend: Listen to the unreleased Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers track from 1978 “Parade Of Loons”
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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”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 […]
Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0
Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

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Something for the weekend: Aoife O’Donovan ft. The Milk Carton Kids “More Than We Know”

July 23, 2021 0
Well that’s it from us for another week and we leave you dear reader with a new collaboration between longtime AUK favourites the Milk Carton Kids and Irish-American singer and Grammy award-winning songwriter Aoife O’Donovan, best […]
Album Reviews

Gold Light “Zephyr” (Bailey Park, 2019)

November 7, 2019 0
Joe Chang, aka Gold Light, has been releasing music since 2013 from the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. ‘Zephyr‘, his fourth album, was all written, performed and mixed by Chang himself and recorded over just […]
Album Reviews

Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit “Weathervanes”

June 9, 2023 2
Epic ambition fully achieved on an album that is another classic to add to a catalogue already filled with great work. As the winner of our writers’ poll of Americana albums of the 21st Century and […]

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