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London based self-diagnosed music junkie with tastes extending to all points of big tent americana and beyond. Fan of acts and songs rather than genres.
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Classic Clips: Matraca Berg and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band ‘Oh Cumberland’ – from “Will The Circle Be Unbroken – Farther Along”

December 6, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band-curated “Will The Circle Be Unbroken” album released in 1972 is often cited as one of the foundation stones of americana.  At the time, the record’s bringing together of the founders of […]

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Ani DiFranco brings her “Unprecedented Sh!t” to the UK/EU in 2025

December 5, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

(As ever we are not prurient about four letter words in these parts but the Mailchimp NSFW filter zaps them). Singer/songwriter/feminist/author Ani DiFranco has announced that she will be extending her “Unprecedented Sh!t: The Tour” to […]

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UK Americana Music Week 2025 – AMAUK announces conference, showcases, awards and more

December 5, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

As January comes around it’s time for UK Americana Music Week over a number of venues in Hackney, East London from 20th to  23rd January 2025.  The event provides a great opportunity to catch up with […]

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Graham Nash announces 2025 UK solo tour dates with Peter Asher

December 5, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Graham Nash, two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy award winner, has announced an eleven-date tour of the UK in October 2025. Titled ‘Graham Nash – More Evenings Of Songs & Stories, with […]

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Live West End cast album of “Hadestown” announced

November 28, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

“Hadestown – Live From London”, the highly anticipated original West End cast album for Tony® and Grammy® Award-winning ‘Best Musical’ Hadestown, recorded live at the Lyric Theatre in London where it is currently performing, will be […]

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From the first, rhythmically strummed notes of Blue Mind, Tess Liautaud, the Ōtautahi-based Franco-American singer-songwriter who has immersed herself among the characters on the New Zealand roots music scene, creates a lush, twangy, rock and country-soul […]

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Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains

February 9, 2026 0

Jonathan Bernstein did not set out to sanctify Justin Townes Earle, nor to reduce him to a cautionary tale. With What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, Bernstein instead accomplishes something far more difficult: he restores dimensionality […]

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Interview: Elles Bailey on collaboration, her voice, and not taking her story away

February 3, 2026 0

When one says award-winning artist about a singer, Elles Bailey would certainly fall into this category, having been named to an impressive list, including: UK Americana Live Act of the Year, UK Blues Artist of the […]

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‘Archaeology’ by The Bean Pickers Union, a small collective of musicians based in Cambridge Massachusetts, can best be described as authentic Americana. It has got everything you would expect – banjo, pedal steels, and even a […]

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