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Stephen Jacques “Pioneers and Fragrant Flowers”

August 11, 2025 FredArnold 0
A musical history lesson from an expressive and worldly songwriter. Stephen Jacques is an alt-rock musician, guitarist and chronicler of stories in song. He hails originally from New Orleans and New York but now lives in […]
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Matt Benson “Sit Back Down Again”

August 8, 2025 Paul Russell 0
Spectacular debut album from ivory-tinkling Irish newcomer. Great albums tend to make an impact from the get-go. Even greater albums hit the mark when they make an instant impact in a modest way. This is how […]
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Icarus Phoenix “I Should Have Known The Things You Never Said” (Deluxe Edition)

August 7, 2025 Graeme Tait 0
Danburry and team expand on the compelling uneasiness of last year’s album with an additional twenty-nine songs from the same recording session. In his review last September of Icarus Phoenix’s latest release, “I Should Have Known […]
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Eli West “The Shape of a Sway”

August 6, 2025 Alasdair Fotheringham 0
A quietly fiery masterpiece of liberated and liberating bluegrass. Of all the different types of americana, bluegrass can be one of the most challenging to review – but some might say that’s an unintended consequence of […]
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Later Youth “Living History”

August 6, 2025 John Lee 0
An ambitious and affecting debut that fuses indie, americana, and nostalgia-fuelled introspection. The debut album from Later Youth – the new solo project of The Travelling Band’s Jo Dudderidge – feels like paging through a diary […]

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The Song Remains: Andy Kershaw (1959-2026)

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Massive Attack & Tom Waits “Boots On The Ground” – a slight hint of disquiet

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Video Premiere: The Gated Community “Hope to Hell” – “It feels like a true collective”

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Something for the weekend: This is Lorelie “Where’s Your Love Now (Waxahatchee Version)”

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Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

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The Song Remains: Andy Kershaw (1959-2026)

April 20, 2026 0
The current UK roots and world music scenes owe a significant debt to broadcaster Andy Kershaw. Anyone in the UK who enjoyed world music and became a fan of roots-influenced rock from the ‘80s owes a […]
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Massive Attack & Tom Waits “Boots On The Ground” – a slight hint of disquiet

April 20, 2026 0
We can be quite confident that this is the first Massive Attack release to be featured on Americana UK, we wouldn’t go so far as to say that it is the very first mention of Massive […]
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Video Premiere: The Gated Community “Hope to Hell” – “It feels like a true collective”

April 20, 2026 0
In the new video from Minnesotan band The Gated Community, we find the group in the studio, demonstrating their considerable talents and the work that goes into all the sonic textures present in Hope to Hell. […]

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Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

April 17, 2026 0
Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]
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Interview: Thomas Ådland, of Thomas & The Angry Hearts, on Language, Love and Identity

April 13, 2026 0
Two days before I heard them fill Martin’s Bar in Lillestrøm, I watched Thomas & The Angry Hearts make music in a wooden house surrounded by trees. In that studio, sound was built patiently: a harmony […]
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Interview: The Breath’s Stuart McCallum and Ríoghnach Connolly on collaborating with the Paraorchestra

April 7, 2026 0
How to achieve true musical Symbiosis. The Breath are guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer Ríoghnach Connolly, and they ensure that the song is always at the centre of their alt-folk sound. That sound is rich, reflecting […]

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Curse Of Lono “4am And Counting” (Submarine Cat Records, 2019)

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Curse Of Lono are back with another emotional roller coaster, straight off the back of last year’s breakthrough album ‘As I Fell’. The only difference is that this time the skin is off. ‘4am And Counting’ […]
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Wilco release new political track for benefit – Listen

August 15, 2017 0
Rolling Stone this morning reporting on probably the best dollar you’ll spend your money on today (that’s about £15 at current UK exchange rate): “Wilco have released a new song titled “All Lives, You Say?” Monday night […]
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Book Review: Barry Mazor “Blood Harmony: The Everly Brothers Story”

August 4, 2025 2
Though they’ve always been known for those sublime, spine-tingling vocal harmonies, it can be hard to understand just how important the Everly Brothers are in modern music. They weren’t the first to use close harmony singing; […]

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