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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.
Can't Live with it, Can't Live without it

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It – The String Cheese Incident

September 25, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
As many others have written, this feature is one which is really hard to write.  Unless it’s a review, no one really wants to take time and space talking down an artist’s work when there is […]
News

LA singer-songwriter Ariella launches debut on Lauren Records

September 23, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter has announced the release of her debut album “Cry Baby” on 11th October 2024 via Lauren Records. Arielle was born and raised in Los Angeles. After high school, she embarked on an artistic […]
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Snowgoose announces third album and UK tour dates

September 18, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
Snowgoose have announced the release of their third album, “Descendant”, on 18th October 2024 through Violette Records. “Descendant”, which follows 2020’s “The Making Of You”, offers “a narrative of human emotion”, crafted by the core duo […]
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Elvis Costello to release six disc set “King Of America & Other Realms”

September 17, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
Elvis Costello has announced the release of “King Of America & Other Realms”, a six-disc Super Deluxe Edition box set, which celebrates and explores the songwriter’s lifelong love, fascination, and influence of American music, spanning his […]
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The Delines announce UK tour dates in support of new album

September 13, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
One of Americana UK readers’ favourite acts, The Delines, has announced a welcome return to the UK in support of their fourth album, to be released early next year, including a show at the Union Chapel, […]

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Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

Interviews
July 28, 2026 0

The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio “Welcome to the Family”

Album Reviews
July 28, 2026 0

More People Really Should Know About: Hayden

Features
July 28, 2026 0
artwork for Pete Ham tribute album "Just Look Inside the Cover"

Various Artists “Just Look Inside the Cover – Songs of Pete Ham”

Album Reviews
July 28, 2026 0

Willie J Healey to release new EP before October tour dates

News
July 28, 2026 0
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 […]
Album Reviews

The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio “Welcome to the Family”

July 28, 2026 0
The new release by The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio arrives with lively words of welcome. After three solo releases of his own, in 2019 Mike Jacoby teamed up with Don Read and Mike Levin to form […]
Features

More People Really Should Know About: Hayden

July 28, 2026 0
When we say more people should know about Hayden, I’m not talking about the beloved 18th-century composer and founder of Viennese Classicism, but about Paul Hayden Desser, the Canadian singer-songwriter who has been quietly ploughing his […]

  • Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories
  • The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio “Welcome to the Family”
  • More People Really Should Know About: Hayden
  • Various Artists “Just Look Inside the Cover – Songs of Pete Ham”
  • Willie J Healey to release new EP before October tour dates
  • Nicole Atkins “Singing In The Mirror” – hey, give yourself a break
  • Video: Lily Seabird “Election Day” – lost in the darkness, searching for the light
  • For The Sake Of The Song: Dean Owens “Sally’s Song (I Dreamed Of Michael Marra)”
  • Mick Flannery “The House Must Win”
  • Robert Plant to receive Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award
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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 […]
Interviews

Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward

July 24, 2026 0
End Times Elevator Music is a special record to behold. From the Link Wray fuzz guitar rumbles on opener No Alarm to the title track closer, which arrives like Ben Schneider and Brendan Urie collaborated, there […]
Interviews

Interview: Have Gun, Will Travel is constantly evolving – What a concept!

July 22, 2026 0
Have Gun, Will Travel is the name of the band with the emphasis on travel. Not so much touring all over the world, but exploration, whether in their three concept albums or the songs written for […]

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Bailey Bigger “Coyote Red”

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Delightful first album invigorates traditional sounds with innocence and experience. Much is being made of Bailey Bigger in Memphis, and so it should.  Her first album is a great debut. Several elements  come together to make […]
Columns

AUK Back Pages No. 19

October 16, 2025 0
It’s the run-up to jingle bells once more as we explore the last quarter of 2010 via the archives still available and the monthly CDs sent out to our fee-paying Friends of Americana UK. The four […]
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Kelly Bayfield “Wave Machine”

January 19, 2023 0
A fine body of work. Profoundly personal and, for a while, very private due to their poignancy, the songs on this debut album from Kelly Bayfield reach extraordinarily deep. By her own admission, the reflection and […]

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