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[ September 7, 2026 ] Live Review: Found Festival, Claydon Hall, Bucks – 29th-31st August 2026 Live Reviews
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Classic Clips: Steve Forbert “It Isn’t Going To Be That Way” – Old Grey Whistle Test, 8th May 1979

November 15, 2024 Jonathan Aird 1

As Classic Clips has proven over the years, the Old Grey Whistle Test was far from just being a haven for prog-rock and then punk and New Wave. It was the beating heart of Americana in […]

The Song Remains: Duane Eddy (1938-2024)

November 15, 2024 Dean Nardi 1

It Don’t Mean a Thang If It Ain’t Got That Twang. Duane Eddy was popularly known as the “King of Twang” for his reverb-drenched, staccato style of playing guitar. He had an outsized influence on how […]

Essentials: The Top Ten Americana Songs of 2014

November 14, 2024 Dean Nardi 0

In 2024 there have been several 10, 20, 25, 30 even 50th anniversary albums reissued, remastered, revamped, remixed, revitalized, reconstituted, redeemed, re-recorded and finally released. It has renewed our faith in the music industry’s capacity to […]

Continental Shift: 2. Finland

November 14, 2024 Rick Bayles 3

The second of our European countries and we’re heading north, to a place with more than 180,000 lakes! When I told Americana UK colleague, Martin Johnson, that I was working on this series he suggested that […]

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 […]

Stornoway live at the Found Festival, Claydon Hall, Bucks -29th to 31st August 2026

Live Review: Found Festival, Claydon Hall, Bucks – 29th-31st August 2026

September 7, 2026 0

Found festival reminded me of the very first End Of The Road back in 2006: compact, homely, community-orientated and skilfully curated. The panoramic melodies, wide pastoral instrumentation and whimsical lyricism of local-ish heroes Stornoway instantly induced […]

Jake Bugg returns with new album and UK & Ireland tour dates

September 7, 2026 0

Jake Bugg is back with his seventh album, Alamo, on 13th November 2026 via Thirty Tigers. Produced by the multi-Grammy-winning duo of longtime friend and producer Jimmy Hogarth (Anohni, Amy Winehouse, Paolo Nutini) and Steve McKewan […]

A. Lee Edwards “Interpreting Heart Sounds, Vol. 2”

September 7, 2026 0

A. Lee Edwards slows it all down and goes a layer deeper in his second interpretation of the sounds of his heart, with beautiful strings complementing the spacious production and bringing listeners to their knees through […]