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Classic Americana Albums

Americana UK takes you through the classic albums of the genre

Classic Americana Albums

Classic Americana Albums: Dixie Chicks “Taking The Long Way”

June 22, 2023 Peter Churchill 2
Eight years separate the 1998 Dixie Chicks release ‘Wide Open Spaces’, the group’s first album to feature Natalie Maines on lead vocals, and ‘Taking The Long Way’, the first album to follow the infamous 2003 Shepherd’s […]
Classic Americana Albums

Classic Americana Albums: The Roches “The Roches”

June 14, 2023 Alan Fitter 3
I don’t know when I first heard The Roches but I do know it was love at first hearing and I’ve loved them ever since. I’ve always had a thing about female sibling harmonies – my […]
Classic Americana Albums

Classic Americana Albums: John Denver “Poems, Prayers & Promises”

June 7, 2023 Emily Dongray 1
By 1971, Henry John Deutschendorf Jr or “John Denver”, as he was more readily known, was only 28 but had released three albums. This breakout album and piece of history would be one of 33 albums […]
Classic Americana Albums

From the Archives – Classic Americana Albums: Lucinda Williams “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road”

May 31, 2023 Jim Finnie 2
In 1998 when ‘Car Wheels on a Gravel Road’ was released my musical tastes were much more rock-oriented and my gradual assimilation into all things Americana was really just beginning and I paid it scant attention […]
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Classic Americana Albums: Brandi Carlile “The Story”

May 24, 2023 Helen Jones 0
On the 1st August 2016, a crime was committed against the unsuspecting British public: LeAnn Rimes butchered ‘The Story’ live on teatime BBC One magazine programme ‘The One Show’. It’s a veritable behemoth of a song, […]

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Ismay “Half Truth”

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Video: Alex Southey “Green Sunday” – a constant giving-in

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For The Sake Of The Song: Roger McGuinn “Car Phone”

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More People Really Should Know About: James Hodder

July 14, 2026 0
A couple of years ago I saw James Hodder perform in the basement room of Farringdon’s Betsey Trotwood, supporting Casey Neill and Jerry Joseph. This spatially challenged, cosy venue facilitates close proximity to the artists and […]
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Ismay “Half Truth”

July 14, 2026 0
Quietly adventurous songs that reward patient listening with emotional depth and subtle musical invention. For listeners drawn to the quietly adventurous music of Aldous Harding, Cate Le Bon or Jessica Pratt, Half Truth, by California songwriter […]
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Jenny Gillespie Mason “Medicine Of Light” – a healing balm

July 14, 2026 0
On her new album In the Safety of the Light, Jenny Gillespie Mason is turning back to her musical roots. After a decade pursuing psychedelic pop, jazz, and electronic textures through her project Sis (and most […]

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  • Ismay “Half Truth”
  • Jenny Gillespie Mason “Medicine Of Light” – a healing balm
  • Video: Alex Southey “Green Sunday” – a constant giving-in
  • For The Sake Of The Song: Roger McGuinn “Car Phone”
  • Ed Snodderly “ES Pearl Presents Baggage Flies Free”
  • Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers
  • Mary Gauthier announces new album “Reckoning”
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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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Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Roots Music Festival

July 6, 2026 3
Americana UK’s Rick Bayles’ monthly column, Vox Continental, shines a light on what is happening on the americana front in Europe. In his most recent column, Rick gave the nod to the Static Roots Festival, which […]

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The Night Owls “My Lighthouse” – you are my rock

June 9, 2023 0
Montreal’s indie/folk/country duo The Night Owls released their eponymous debut album at the end of May, and it is, as one might imagine from the description indie/folk/country quite a varied mix of music.  Add in that […]
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Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels “The Last Roundup: Live from the Bijou Cafe in Philadelphia March 16th, 1973”

November 28, 2023 1
A welcome and rare capture of Gram Parsons, along with Emmylou Harris, live back in 1973. Unearthed 50 years after it was recorded, ‘The Last Roundup’ is a rare live capture of Gram Parsons and his […]
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Classic Clips: Mumford & Sons “I Will Wait”, Edinburgh 2010

September 19, 2025 1
When I was a student up in Edinburgh, I was on nodding acquaintance with Marcus Mumford, who was playing open mic pub gigs with songs that would eventually be sung in arenas and at Glastonbury. He […]

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