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Live Reviews

Live Review: Static Roots Festival, Oberhausen, Germany – 7th-8th July 2023

July 20, 2023 Peter Feldon 4
Euro-Americana lives – in Germany! Fans came from many countries in Europe to enjoy this mini festival, with a great line-up of performers. You will want to know a little bit a about the artists that […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: The Milk Carton Kids, Union Chapel, Islington, London – 20th May 2023

May 31, 2023 Peter Feldon 0
What can I say about this duo? They have already appeared four times on the Americana UK website this year, and on numerous previous occasions. In fact, there is plenty to say about their live performance […]
Live Reviews

Live review: David Gray, Union Chapel, Islington, London – 27th February 2023

March 14, 2023 Peter Feldon 0
Who wouldn’t want the chance to see a noughties blockbuster artist perform an album inspired by three medieval monks living on a remote island west of Kerry? To be honest I haven’t paid David Gray much […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Matt Owens & the Delusional Vanity Project + Casino Moon, Off the Cuff, Herne Hill, London – 3rd February 2023

February 10, 2023 Peter Feldon 0
The chance to see to see a rare performance from Matt Owens (formerly of Noah and the Whale) outside of the West Country, was enough to persuade this reviewer to head for the hills of south […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: UK Americana Music Week 2023, Hackney, London – 24th – 27th January 2023

February 2, 2023 Peter Feldon 0
Kick Off Party, Night Tales, 24th February  This event got off to a cracking start with live music from previous winners of the Bob Harris Emerging artist award. The excellent Lauren Housley was up first with […]

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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

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The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]
Album Reviews

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0
The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]
News

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers

August 5, 2026 0
Includes tracks from My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams and MJ Lenderman among others. Cinema Music Group, Killphonic Records, and City Slang have announced Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 2 – Out of […]

  • Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits
  • Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”
  • Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers
  • Greg Freeman announces new album and UK dates
  • All-star line-up for Bob Harris event announced for Royal Albert Hall in December
  • Live Review: Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes + Riley Catherall, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 25th July 2026
  • Clayton Denwood “Looking for a Road”
  • Ferris & Sylvester “The Game” – going back to the beginning
  • Video: Inland Isle “White Collar Breakdown” – a dark fantasy about AI
  • Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider
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  • Graeme Tait: Lol. Sorry, Alan, I knew as soon as I'd chosen to cover Tom Waits for this feature you'd be a…
  • Alan Peatfield: OK, Graeme - just one observation ... the obvious one. "As a songwriter he is right up there; on the…
  • Graeme Tait: Hi Alan. Glad you approve. It was an excellent gig.

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Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider

August 4, 2026 0
Nashville East resident Aaron Lee Tasjan has long been a favourite of Americana UK, and with 12 albums to his name, including his latest Get Over It, Underdog, and approaching 40, he is no longer the […]
Interviews

Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

July 29, 2026 0
American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]
Interviews

Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0
“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]

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AUK’s Chain Gang: Guy Clark “Cold Dog Soup”

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Connections between James McMurtry, last week’s AUK Chaingang link, and Guy Clark –  no longer with us, but who started out writing around 20-25 years before –  are multiple and powerful. Both are key figures in […]
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Karen & The Sorrows “Guaranteed Broken Heart” (Ocean Born Mary Music, 2019)

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One of the music industry’s most time-honoured clichés is that an artist’s third album represents a critical creative crossroads – even way back in the 1980s,   Essex folk singer Billy Bragg wryly subtitled his immortal […]
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I’m With Her “Wild and Clear and Blue”

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Folk supergroup trio expands upon their sound while keeping their specialness. Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan, and Sara Watkins make up the folk music supergroup I’m With Her. Their latest album, “Wild and Clear and Blue,” exemplifies […]

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