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Can’t Live with it, Can’t Live without it

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

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It – Steve Earle

November 13, 2024 Darren Lumbroso 2
In 1974, aged 20, Earle hitchhiked to Nashville to find one of his favourite songwriters, Guy Clark. Earle managed to blag a role in Clark’s band as a bassist and played on his 1975 album “Old […]
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Can’t Live with it, Can’t Live without it: Rodney Crowell

November 6, 2024 FredArnold 3
It’s easy to overlook what a talent Rodney Crowell is (and a bona fide pioneer of Americana music). He is an extremely intuitive and empathetic songwriter, an accomplished guitarist and has a pleasing and recognisable voice. […]
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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Guy Clark

October 16, 2024 Martin Johnson 4
Has Guy Clark ever recorded a bad song or released an unlistenable album? Certainly not, so why, you may be wondering include his catalogue in this series? Well, it is because Guy Clark was an acknowledged […]
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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It – Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

October 9, 2024 Tim Martin 2
In contrast to some of my colleagues I found this feature fairly straightforward to write. I can vividly remember the disappointment of becoming invested in an artist, only to find that when their next album arrived […]
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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 […]

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Americana Stories – Jack Roscoe “Out of the Woods”

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Interview: Nora Kelly holds space for the weird in outlaw country music

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Album artwork for Lambchop's "Punching the Clown"

Lambchop “Punching The Clown”

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Jobi Riccio announces UK and Ireland tour dates for Autumn

August 24, 2026 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 […]
Album Reviews

Chasen Wayne and the Honky Tonk Machine “The Diamond Saloon”

August 24, 2026 0
Wonderfully ambitious third album from Austin honky-tonker. Chasen Wayne is not a musician to do anything by halves. After releasing two well-received albums, his third is a bold and distinct mélange of country, psychedelia, surf punk, […]
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Americana Stories – Jack Roscoe “Out of the Woods”

August 24, 2026 0
Jack Roscoe finally emerged as a songwriter during Lockdown after years of stalled attempts at music. He released his debut album, the folky Out of the Woods, in November 2023. He followed this up with his second […]

  • Jobi Riccio announces UK and Ireland tour dates for Autumn
  • Chasen Wayne and the Honky Tonk Machine “The Diamond Saloon”
  • Americana Stories – Jack Roscoe “Out of the Woods”
  • Interview: Nora Kelly holds space for the weird in outlaw country music
  • Lambchop “Punching The Clown”
  • For The Sake of The Song: Craig Finn “God in Chicago”
  • Jerry Joseph and The Jackmormons “Panther Tracks Volume 2”
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Interview: Nora Kelly holds space for the weird in outlaw country music

August 24, 2026 0
It’s always the ride and not necessarily the destination that makes a trip through a Nora Kelly Band album worthwhile. The songs can be zany, intriguing and melancholic all at once, cavorting to their own primal […]
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Interview: Issy Ferris and Archie Sylvester on why “It’s A Joy To Be Alive”

August 19, 2026 0
One thing everyone quickly learns as they get older is that time waits for no one, and that life continues its unstoppable flow forward. Americana UK has followed Ferris & Sylvester’s career since their first album, […]
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Interview: Waylon Payne on the ‘family’ business and pulling Willie Nelson’s beard

August 13, 2026 0
Americana UK’s Ian Rothery caught up with Waylon Payne via Zoom at his home in Nashville on one of the few days of the year when it might actually have been hotter in the UK than […]

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Bush Hall is one of those milestone venues for many artists when they are building their careers as it is just the right size to test whether an act can headline their own London show. With […]
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The Third Mind “Spellbinder”

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Psychedelic rock supergroup continues to impress with a four-song EP companion piece to last year’s critically acclaimed album. There are very few musical collaborations doing the rounds these days as talented as The Third Mind. Formed […]

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