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Sammy Brue ” I Am Nice” (New West Records 2017)

June 12, 2017 Keith Hargreaves 0
Bloody hell. This is the frankly astonishing debut album from the Portland, Oregon native Brue who has been mentored by Justin Townes Earle and produced by half of The Civil Wars and a quarter of the […]
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Nathan Oliver “Head In The Sand” (Potluck Foundation 2017)

June 9, 2017 Keith Hargreaves 0
This 20 minute EP takes the listener back to a time when fuzzed guitars and shoegazing was not considered the social misdemeanour it is perhaps considered today (despite its reflowering this summer) . Nathan White IS […]
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Steve Mayone “Sideways Rain” (Janglewood Records, 2017)

June 9, 2017 Paul Kerr 0
Brooklyn based Steve Mayone is one of those artists who generally get on with it. It being his daily graft as a musician, working with a host of others and finding time to release a series […]
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Todd Adelman & The Country Mile “Time will tell” (Porch Lantern Music, 2016)

June 9, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0
On his sixth studio album country-roots rocker Todd Adelman has a preoccupation with the passage of time, ageing and the myriad changes in his homelands. These missives from rural America are set to a traditional country-rock […]
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Roger Waters “Is This The Life We Really Want?”

June 8, 2017 Keith Hargreaves 1
If you are a Water’s fan – be it ‘Amused to Death’ or ‘Pros and Cons’ or a Floyd fan particularly of ‘Animals’ or ‘The Wall’ then you are going to really enjoy the musical tropes […]

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Something for the weekend: Black Midi “Still”

April 10, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week. If you haven’t got your tickets yet for our 25 year knees up featuring Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and a whole load more americana, you can pick them […]
Album Reviews

Charley Crockett “Age of the Ram”

April 10, 2026 0
Americana favourite delivers the final chapter of his adventurous Sagebrush Trilogy that concludes with the mythological and wide-ranging story of the ‘Outlaw’ Billy MacLane. Readers of Americana UK are likely to be very familiar with the […]
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Tift Merrit announces new album “Sugar”

April 10, 2026 1
Listen to the first single to be taken from it below. Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Tift Merritt has announced Sugar, her first album in nearly a decade, due out June 26th via One Riot which is described as […]

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Interview: The Breath’s Stuart McCallum and Ríoghnach Connolly on collaborating with the Paraorchestra

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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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Interview: Cynthia Marchant on the Ozarks, fast cars and the passing of time

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In 2022, with her second studio album, Flesh and Bone, Cynthia Marchant explored spiritual truth and depth, and the magic of connecting with self and others in the many stages of life. Three years later, she’s […]
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Interview: Michael Weston King on why “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

April 2, 2026 0
How the worst kind of family tragedy can lead to a career high British americana stalwart and music award winner Michael Weston King is releasing a new solo album, Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore. On the […]

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Track Premiere: The Pairs “Yellow Lines”

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Not, in fact, a pair of pairs, The Pairs are twin sisters Noelle and Renee Coughlin, long-time friend Hillary Watson, and former-punk percussionist Steve Plimmer.   This London (Ontario) based band brings together soaring harmonies with melodic […]
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Extraordinary news today that a lost Woady Guthrie and Rab Dylan duet has been discovered lurking in the archives of the Jonesonian Institute and has been given to renowned musician and producer Seth Tweedy to bring […]
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Ted Russell Kamp “Down in the Den” (PoMo Records, 2020)

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Ted Russell Kamp has released 12 albums over the last fifteen years, while holding down a career as session bass player to country and americana stars of all sorts, most recently Tanya Tucker. Opening song ‘Home […]

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