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[ March 27, 2026 ] Americana 25 festival comes to Liverpool in November with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more! News
[ March 27, 2026 ] Something for the weekend: Mary Chapin Carpenter & the Mountain Goats “Put the Message in the Box” Tracks
[ March 27, 2026 ] Abigail Lapell announces new album “Shadow Child” out in May News
[ March 27, 2026 ] Michael Weston King “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore” Album Reviews
[ March 27, 2026 ] Preview: Joe Martin to release new record and play spring and autumn UK tours News

Cajun Corner – Reclaiming their language

August 30, 2023 Rick Bayles 3

Bonjour to all you crazy Cajun connoisseurs out there; we have news of a couple of new releases that are worthy of your attention. We’ve seen in recent articles in this occasional series, how important it […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Another emotionally raw song from the other end of the telescope “Your Daddy Hates Me”

August 29, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0

Following ‘I Can’t Make You Love Me’ by Bonnie Raitt, we are exploring the polar opposite of love with this wonderful Drive-By Truckers song from the ‘Decoration Day‘ album. This is Patterson Hood’s lament for an […]

Americana Vinyl Treasures: Various Artists “God Less America” – Crypt Records, 1995

August 29, 2023 Guy Lincoln 1

In late 1995 Tim Warren compiled an LP of 50s and 60s country songs entitled ‘God Less America’ that he released on his Crypt record label. Nigh-on 20 years later in 2014 Todd Starnes had a […]

VERSIONS: “Ol’ 55”

August 25, 2023 Rick Bayles 2

Welcome back to our popular VERSIONS feature. For those of you not familiar with it, the idea is that our writers pick a great song and then as well as presenting readers with the original version, […]

Classic Clips: Neil Young “Heart of Gold” – BBC Studios, 1971

August 25, 2023 Cam Fraser 1

“Americana? Isn’t he really a rock guy?” some of you might say. Sure, some of the time, maybe most of the time. But when he sat down in the BBC’s Radio Theatre studio way back in […]

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