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  • [ September 23, 2026 ] Margo Cilker “Molly & Me” – and the devil’s right hand Tracks
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  • [ September 22, 2026 ] Mary Gauthier “Reckoning” Album Reviews
  • [ September 22, 2026 ] Sylvie finally make a full length debut which arrives in November News
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Album Reviews

Jamie McLean Band “One & Only” (BabyRobotMedia, 2018)

March 9, 2018 Martyn Ingham 0
Back in the 90s a new sub-genre was named: “Country-Rock”. Sure, it had always been there in the background, waiting to surface, kind of like a bench player who had come up through the youth team […]
Album Reviews

Christina Martin “Impossible To Hold” (Come Undone Records, 2018)

February 26, 2018 Martyn Ingham 0
It’s always a quandary when reviewing whether comparing your subject to other acts is a good thing or a bad thing. Sometimes you just end up listing a load of the artist’s obvious influences rather than […]
Album Reviews

Alpha Mule “Peripheral Vision” (Giant Meteor Records, 2018)

February 1, 2018 Martyn Ingham 0
Eric Stoner and Joe Forkan, both visual artists by day, come together to form a potent partnership much greater than its parts. Their website claims influence by rock, blues, bluegrass, folk and traditional country and to […]

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Margo Cilker “Molly & Me” – and the devil’s right hand

Tracks
September 23, 2026 0

Video: Bird “The Lady Who Reads The Cards” – a strange but beautiful spiritual encounter

Videos
September 23, 2026 0

Mary Gauthier “Reckoning”

Album Reviews
September 22, 2026 2

Sylvie finally make a full length debut which arrives in November

News
September 22, 2026 2

More People Really Should Know About: Carey Ott

Features
September 22, 2026 0
Tracks

Margo Cilker “Molly & Me” – and the devil’s right hand

September 23, 2026 0
Molly & Me is the latest single from the upcoming album from Margo Cilker, Little White Cross, which is out on October 9th via Fossil Records. Molly & Me starts out as a story about a teenage friendship […]
Videos

Video: Bird “The Lady Who Reads The Cards” – a strange but beautiful spiritual encounter

September 23, 2026 0
Here’s the latest single from multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Bird, aka Janie Price. The Lady Who Reads The Cards is a catchy song, full of melodic hooks that showcase the range of Bird’s clear, controlled voice. Co-written […]
Album Reviews

Mary Gauthier “Reckoning”

September 22, 2026 2
One of our finest songwriters delivers an album for our times with consummate clarity and lyrical daring. Mary Gauthier was something of a late starter, delivering her first album when she was in her late thirties […]

  • Margo Cilker “Molly & Me” – and the devil’s right hand
  • Video: Bird “The Lady Who Reads The Cards” – a strange but beautiful spiritual encounter
  • Mary Gauthier “Reckoning”
  • Sylvie finally make a full length debut which arrives in November
  • More People Really Should Know About: Carey Ott
  • Dave Sutherland “Just Like a Black and White Film”
  • Lisa LeBlanc announces a new album and 2027 UK dates
  • Dogwood Tales “Every Star in Rockingham County”
  • Track Premiere: Gary Marks “Where We Started”
  • Video: Prinz Grizzley “A Mountain to Be Tamed (The Struggling)” – There’s a devil in me waiting
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  • Paul: This is a wonderful single - shades of James Taylor's mid-70s output in the piano and key changes. Loving it.…
  • Graham Cole: A great and informative review, that makes me want to buy the album. And of course MG is such a…

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Behind the Songs

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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News

After too long, Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter return to UK/Europe for April tour

January 29, 2026 1
Late last year Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter released their fifth full length album, “Forever, I’ve Been Being Born”, via Southern Lord (USA) and Ideologic Organ (Europe). Awarding it an easily merited 9/10, AUK’s Andy […]
Videos

Video Premiere: Clever Hopes “Made You Mad”

September 30, 2021 1
The debut single from Clever Hopes is a delightful burst of upbeat folk-rock, featuring driving acoustic guitar and a rhythmic harmonica solo from Matthew Barber.  Andrew Shaver’s voice is beautifully warm and worn smooth as he takes […]
News

Rosanne Cash will receive Americana award for free speech

July 25, 2018 0
Lovely to hear about this award whenever it crops up, and nice to see at least one Rosanne talking sense this year! RS report: “Four-time Grammy winner Rosanne Cash, who has actively advocated against gun violence […]

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