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Artwork for Beau Jennings & The Tigers album "American Stories Major Chords"
Album Reviews

Beau Jennings & The Tigers “American Stories Major Chords”

October 24, 2024 Peter Thompson 0
Latest album release from OK-based singer-songwriter is just, er, okay. “American Stories Major Chords” is Norman, Oklahoma-based singer songwriter and former architect Beau Jennings’ third album with The Tigers, released on Oklahoma-based label Black Mesa Records. […]
Artwork for Joy Clark album "Tell it to the Wind"
Album Reviews

Joy Clark “Tell it to the Wind”

October 10, 2024 Peter Thompson 0
Impressive debut offering demonstrates that americana’s got soul. “Tell it to the Wind” is Louisiana singer-songwriter and guitarist Joy Clark’s debut full-length LP. It appears on (singer-songwriter and Broadway actor) Ani Di Franco’s label, Righteous Babe […]
Essentials

Essentials: The Top Ten Laura Marling Songs

October 3, 2024 Peter Thompson 2
Surely one of the best singer-songwriters of her generation, four time Mercury Music Prize nominee Laura Marling just goes from strength to strength. As we await the release of Marling’s eighth solo studio album “Patterns in […]
Artwork for Fairground Attraction album "Beautiful Happening"
Album Reviews

Fairground Attraction “Beautiful Happening”

September 25, 2024 Peter Thompson 2
34 years after the band broke up, Fairground Attraction are back with their ‘proper’ second album. It may be imperfect but its release marks a new beginning for a band aiming to pick up where they […]
Artwork for Joe Fahey album "Andrea's Exile"
Album Reviews

Joe Fahey “Andrea’s Exile”

September 9, 2024 Peter Thompson 0
Inconsistent sixth solo offering from Minneapolis singer-songwriter. Joe Fahey’s musical journey started in North Minneapolis in 1979, playing guitar or bass in a number of bands, until in 1990 he founded Carp 18 as the primary […]

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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

August 5, 2026 2
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 […]
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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
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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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