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Pick of the Political Pops: Tom T Hall “Sneaky Snake”

August 3, 2018 Paul Villers 0
We don’t pretend to know much here at Americana-UK Towers and when hunkered down in The Bunker we care less than we know. Except about hard liquor and great tunes. We certainly don’t pretend to know […]
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Pick of the Political Pops: Hank Williams “Cool Water”

July 27, 2018 Paul Villers 0
It won’t have escaped the attention of UK based readers that it’s been a tad warm of late. So warm has it been, in fact, that we have taken to The Bunker at every opportunity to […]
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Pick of the Political Pops: The Rolling Stones “All About You”

July 13, 2018 Paul Villers 0
As we realised when we were excavating the cellar in order to turn it into The Bunker here at Americana-UK Towers – when you’re in a hole, stop digging. Such advice seems to have fallen on […]
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Pick of the Political Pops: Wilbert Harrison “Let’s Stick Together”

June 15, 2018 Paul Villers 0
This week we have noted with a strange combination of amusement and disbelief that the UK’s negotiating strategy regarding Brexit (yep – that again) continues to consist mainly of our glorious leaders throwing their toys out […]
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Pick of the Political Pops: John Lee Hooker “I Need Some Money”

May 18, 2018 Paul Villers 0
Our attention was drawn this week to the annual festival of gloating in which a national ‘news’ paper rubs the rest of our noses in the dirt by telling us who has the most money in […]

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Sailing Stones “Slow Magic”

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More People Really Should Know About: Travis Shallow

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Jerry Joseph, Water Rats 8/7/26

Live Review: Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons + Red Hash + Ella Spencer, Water Rats, London – 8th July 2026

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Martin Carthy “Along the Road Forever – Live at the BBC”

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Boulder Fields roll into autumn with a brand new album

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Artwork for Sailing Sones album "Slow Magic"
Album Reviews

Sailing Stones “Slow Magic”

July 21, 2026 0
Absorbing collection of songs that subtly reveal the quiet joys of motherhood. The first sound that emerges from the new Sailing Stones album, Slow Magic, is the metronomic rhythm of a baby’s heartbeat with its gentle […]
Image taken at Maverick Festival
Features

More People Really Should Know About: Travis Shallow

July 21, 2026 0
If you’ve ever found yourself searching for music that offers comfort without pretending life is easy, then you should know Travis Shallow. He writes songs that acknowledge the darkness but never surrender to it, and he […]
Jerry Joseph, Water Rats 8/7/26
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Live Review: Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons + Red Hash + Ella Spencer, Water Rats, London – 8th July 2026

July 21, 2026 0
The handful of Jerry Joseph gigs that I’ve attended have taught me a couple of things. Firstly, you never know what he’s going to play or in what order, and secondly, you can be absolutely sure […]

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  • More People Really Should Know About: Travis Shallow
  • Live Review: Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons + Red Hash + Ella Spencer, Water Rats, London – 8th July 2026
  • Martin Carthy “Along the Road Forever – Live at the BBC”
  • Boulder Fields roll into autumn with a brand new album
  • Lambchop “The New World Wave” – a family saga
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Interview: What Taylor Bickett is shooting for

July 16, 2026 0
Nothing I Can’t Undo is such a deeply earnest, empathetic and personal album that captures exactly what a solo debut is supposed to be by introducing us, in full, to Taylor Bickett, a 20-something singer/songwriter from […]
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Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0
Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]
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Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 1
Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]

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Classic songwriting helped by a 20-year career hiatus. Laura Zucker is an award-winning singer-songwriter, a 3 time Kerrville Newfolk finalist, and a 5 time West Coast Songwriters Association Best Song Of The Year winner, and she […]
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Alan Swanwick “Astronaut”

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A powerful and introspective debut from an Irish songwriter returning music again after a long hiatus. Cork folk singer-songwriter Alan Swanwick wrote songs in his twenties a couple of decades ago but, as he puts it, […]
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