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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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Foy Vance to release multi-part new album and play autumn tour dates

August 25, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0
Emmy-winning singer-songwriter Foy Vance has announced his eighth studio album, IF, for release on 30th April 2027. Described as an autobiography in album form, IF will be released in three parts, with each part arriving as […]
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Jobi Riccio announces UK and Ireland tour dates for Autumn

August 24, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0
Colorado-born, Nashville-based songwriter Jobi Riccio will make her UK and Ireland live debut in October 2026, bringing the songs from her recently released second album, Face The Feeling, to audiences across the UK and Ireland.  Riccio […]
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Film of “Hadestown: The Musical” gets limited release in October

August 19, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0
Hadestown, the musical co-written by Anais Mitchell and Rachel Chavkin, has earned many accolades, including eight Tony Awards in 2019, including Best Musical, and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Album. But if you […]
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Allison de Groot and Rich Ruth collaborative project to be released in October

August 18, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0
Allison de Groot is a clawhammer banjo player from Winnipeg, a Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo recipient and Americana Music Association Instrumentalist of the Year nominee, best known for her duo with fiddler Tatiana […]
Kelly Hunt
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Kelly Hunt to release third album “Requiem For A Sleepless Night” in September

August 17, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0
Kelly Hunt’s last album, Ozark Symphony, was one of the highlights of 2023.  Now, the Memphis native, returns with her third release, Requiem for a Sleepless Night, which will be issued on Compass Records on 18th […]

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Bob Dylan to unleash a 39 CD set of The Rolling Thunder Revue in November – start saving!

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Beck “Ride Lonesome”

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Live Review: Levellers, The Meffs, Brakes, Kid Kapichi and Sleeper, Hove Park, Brighton – 5th September 2026

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Videos

Something for the weekend: Listen to the unreleased Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers track from 1978 “Parade Of Loons”

September 25, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a previously unreleased song from Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers. His estate recently unveiled a comprehensive new box set, Origins 1971-1978, […]
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Bob Dylan to unleash a 39 CD set of The Rolling Thunder Revue in November – start saving!

September 25, 2026 0
Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalogue division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release Bob Dylan’s The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1976 Live Recordings on November 6th. The 39-CD box (I say again, 39!!!) set captures […]
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There are only 50 tickets left for Americana 25 – join us in Liverpool in November!

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If you’ve been mulling it over for a while, then mull no more! We are now down to our last 50 odd tickets for Americana 25, our celebration of 25 years of Americana UK, which comes […]

  • Something for the weekend: Listen to the unreleased Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers track from 1978 “Parade Of Loons”
  • Bob Dylan to unleash a 39 CD set of The Rolling Thunder Revue in November – start saving!
  • There are only 50 tickets left for Americana 25 – join us in Liverpool in November!
  • Beck “Ride Lonesome”
  • Live Review: Levellers, The Meffs, Brakes, Kid Kapichi and Sleeper, Hove Park, Brighton – 5th September 2026
  • Josh Ritter is coming this way in January – Happy New Year!
  • The latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Israel Nash and Sid Griffin
  • Leon III “Invisible Ink” – heating the lemon juice
  • Video Premiere: The Cashville Trash Pandas “Worker’s Song (Handful of Earth)”
  • The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks
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  • Jed Cairns: A career high point I reckon. Fabulous album.
  • Graeme Tait: Hi Alan. I know, time, as tide waits for no man, lol. Can I suggest you focus on the first…
  • Angus MacSwan: "Ride Lonesome" is also a good Western starring Randolph Scott and directed by Budd Boetticher. Any connection, I wonder?

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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 […]
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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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Shannon McNally brings a whole new perspective to great, age-old Waylon Jennings songs. There is quite a bit of an interesting background behind this new Shannon McNally album, as she revisits the songs of country legend […]
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Following on from last week’s selection of ‘Dallas’ by the wonderful Caitlin Rose, I’ve gone with that Texas location link and have chosen ‘The Town That Killed Kennedy’ by Otis Gibbs. The song is taken from […]
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The New Pornographers “Continue As A Guest”

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A.C. Newman looks for refuge from a chaotic world on the latest New Pornographers release, which includes a long-distance collaboration with Sadie Dupuis from Speedy Ortiz. What began as a splinter group, collective side project, or […]

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