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[ March 30, 2026 ] Fruit Bats head for “The Landfill” with the new album out in June News
[ March 30, 2026 ] Sounds from beyond the Shed 229 “Muscle Memory” Columns
[ March 30, 2026 ] Crys Matthews “Forged In Fire” – won’t back down Tracks
[ March 30, 2026 ] Video: Starter Car “Throwing Down” – guitar music for race-car drivers Videos
[ March 27, 2026 ] Americana 25 festival comes to Liverpool in November with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more! News

Classic Americana Albums: Johnny Cash “At San Quentin”

September 14, 2023 Cam Fraser 2

I can’t tell you exactly when I first heard this album, but I can tell you exactly where I was – in Fraser Park in Inverness with a couple of friends, huddled around a little portable […]

Dream Team Double Header – Darlingside and Robert Plant

September 13, 2023 Jonathan Aird 1

Well, this is Songkick’s suggestion for a great night out with two artists vying for the top spot on the billing. It might look like an odd pairing – Darlingside being the complete masters of vocal […]

More People Really Should Know About: Tyler Lance Walker Gill

September 12, 2023 Guy Lincoln 0

Tyler Lance Walker Gill is a self-proclaimed ‘song singer, drink slinger’ of indeterminate age. He was born in Bullitt County Kentucky and currently works out of Louisville, which is all of 22.7 miles away from his […]

Americana Vinyl Treasures: Steve Goodman “Steve Goodman” – Buddha Records, 1971

September 11, 2023 Rick Bayles 2

Back in the early 1990s, I made a decision that still has me waking up in a cold sweat from time to time; I sold my vinyl collection! It was, in retrospect, a decision of monumental […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Erika Jonsson “Queen of the Highway”

September 11, 2023 Jonathan Smith 1

Following on from the Drive-By Truckers, here’s a song featuring a whole load of real-life truckers. Erika Jonsson is a full-fledged americana star in her native Sweden, and is currently augmenting her living in the tricky […]

RE: What Are You Reading?
Just started It Still Moves: Lost Songs, Lost Highways,...
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
The Salt Collective - A Brief History of Blindness
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RIP Wes McGhee
Wes McGhee died on 30th January, 2026. He had been ill ...
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RE: Joe Ely Has Died
I was very sorry to hear this news when it was reported...
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RE: What Are You Reading?
Just finished reading Old No. 1 at 50: A History of Guy...
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Nada Surf - Let Go
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Americana 25 Festival
This looks like it should be a good day out.../p>
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Snail Mail - Ricochet
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Courtney Barnett - Creature of Habit
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Fruit Bats head for “The Landfill” with the new album out in June

March 30, 2026 0

Celebrated artist Fruit Bats announces the forthcoming release of the brand-new album The Landfill on June 12th via Merge Records. The new offering finds Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Eric D. Johnson (who performs under the Fruit Bats moniker) […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 229 “Muscle Memory”

March 30, 2026 2

As we head into the Easter hols, I was thinking that it’s been nearly three years since I took off the gown and mortar and stopped trying to educate the minds of future generations. And yet […]

Crys Matthews “Forged In Fire” – won’t back down

March 30, 2026 0

Appropriately enough, Forged in Fire, the new song from Crys Matthews, was released on No Kings Day, the new national holiday they’re having over there across the Atlantic. The social justice warrior, proud Black woman, and […]