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Album Reviews

Gold Dust “In The Light Of Living Shade”

May 1, 2025 Paul Russell 0
Psychedelic plucking a go-go on mesmerising collection with special guests. You’ve got to be a respected musician if you can have Dinosaur Jr supremo J Mascis guest on your new album – and when he does […]
Features

More People Really Should Know About – Matthew Barber

April 1, 2025 Paul Russell 2
Consistently solid writing and performing from Canadian troubadour. It’s inevitable that a musician’s previous life, before they enter this new creative world, will impinge on their songwriting and general ethos. But Toronto-based Barber feels that this […]
Album Reviews

John Hewitt “Which Side Are You On?”

March 26, 2025 Paul Russell 0
Alberta troubadour’s latest – a one man band with masterful lyrics. John Hewitt is a truly committed musician – he’s been playing guitar since he was nine years old and he’s immersed himself in the roots […]
Album Reviews

Roger Harvey & Simon Flory “Progress”

February 20, 2025 Paul Russell 0
A love letter to the enduring nature of folk music. For Erie native Roger Harvey, punk was his introduction to making music – he loved its ethos and lyrical honesty. As he says “A lot of punk […]
Features

For The Sake Of The Song: Stateside “You Were Made For Me”

February 17, 2025 Paul Russell 0
The hope for a band trying to establish themselves is to get that elusive big record deal. The ability to get your music heard by a wide audience and the financial and artistic rewards that go […]

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Features

The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks

September 24, 2026 0
It’s week 2 of the search for our writers’ Top 10 UK americana albums, and Jonathan Hincks will doubt add to the debate with his choice, as follows: With the hands of the Doomsday Clock edging […]
Album artwork for The Fool by Embla and the Karldotters
Album Reviews

Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

September 24, 2026 0
Norwegian queer-country assertively and affectionately delivering. Embla Karidotter was the drummer for Norwegian indie band Razika for 13 years, before she chose to change direction and build on her love of country music with new band […]
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Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

September 24, 2026 0
On the 16th of October, Béla Fleck is to release the recording of a stellar Nashville night as a live album called Live Heart. On January 8, 2022, he and a multigenerational gang of musical heavy […]

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  • Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”
  • Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart
  • Izzie Walsh “Where Do We Go From Here?”
  • Americana Stories – Stephen Eyre “On the road”
  • Vox Continental: September 2026
  • Family Stereo “Remedy” – heartbreak beckons
  • Video Premiere: Elli de Mon “Strange Fruit”
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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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Live Reviews

The Travelling Band + Elle Mary & The Bad Men, Water Rats, London, 10th August 2017

August 21, 2017 0
An otherwise quiet Thursday night in King’s Cross for the Travelling Band’s album launch. First up though is Elle Mary and the Bad Men. Elle was born in Wales but is  now based in Manchester, something […]
Videos

Video Premiere: Beekeeper Spaceman “Icicles”

September 12, 2023 0
Here is the absorbingly atmospheric animated video for ‘Icicles’ from indie-folk duo Beekeeper Spaceman.  Musically, the song swirls in melodic and dreamy layers over truly warm, deep bass.  The intriguing words, such as, “Walk away. I’m […]
AmericanA to Z

AmericanA to Z: Acetone

January 23, 2017 1
I was drawn to Acetone because they were on Vernon Yard Recordings alongside Low, on whom I had a major musical crush. It’s always a risky business but in pre-internet days you had to take a […]

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