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The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Jonny Brick

October 16, 2025 Jonny Brick 1

Yes, it’s a fool’s errand, but this feature helps contributors like me to express their love for particular songs which, to them, define the nebulous americana genre. My top ten includes some of the biggest names […]

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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: The Black Crowes

October 15, 2025 Andy Short 4

Again, we look deep into the mirror and ask the question about an artist’s back catalogue, “If you had to reject one, which would it be, and which one would you fight to keep?”. Choosing The […]

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Essentials: The Top 10 Americana songs about America

October 14, 2025 Tim Martin 13

Our writers continue to deliver articles for this popular Feature on an occasional basis. This week Tim Martin has an interesting take on the series. Americana as a genre spends a fair bit of time exploring […]

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For The Sake Of The Song: Patrick Street “Facing the Chair”

October 13, 2025 Darren Lumbroso 0

Patrick Street were an acclaimed Irish folk band formed in 1986, often hailed as a “supergroup” thanks to a line-up of distinguished and highly respected traditional musicians. The core members comprised Andy Irvine (vocals, mandolin, bouzouki, […]

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The Twang Factor 4 Presents: Karl Robert Neice

October 13, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

Welcome to the fourth year of Twang Factor, where Americana UK sets out to find the best new and emerging americana acts. Got talent? This is the place to show us what you’ve got. Our third contestant […]

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For the Sake of the Song: Peter Rowan “Panama Red”

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  • For the Sake of the Song: Peter Rowan “Panama Red”
  • Amy Grant “The 6th Of January (Yasgur’s Farm)” – searching for a united, optimistic, progressive nation
  • Night Flight “Exit Stage Left”
  • Sounds from beyond the Shed 217 “The Lowdown”
  • Ty Segall & The Muggers “Candy Sam” – predictably, we want Candy
  • Video: Edward Abbiati “Time Moves On: 5 Minutes”
  • Something for the weekend: Jesse Welles and Joan Baez “No Kings”
  • The Ripples “One Hell of a Ride”
  • Classic Clips: Lucinda Williams “A Song For You” – Return to Sin City: A Tribute to Gram Parsons, 2004
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  • Mark Treadaway: A great song. I bought 'The Adventures of Panama Red' by the New Riders when it came out as part…
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Interview: Mikel Jollett of the Airborne Toxic Event on struggles, joys and the journey

December 12, 2025 0

Hard times, no, unusually hard times served to bring the Airborne Toxic Event frontman Mikel Jollett a sense of purpose in life as a singer, songwriter, band leader, author and speaker about childhood trauma. As he […]

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Interview: Ian Gomm on Brinsley Schwarz, Nashville, Jeb Loy Nichols and football records

December 11, 2025 0

The Brinsley’s “Silver Pistol” was the album that perfected their Band obsession and, at the same time, showed that there was a lot more to them than being simple wannabes. Coincidentally, it was the first time […]

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Interview: Brian Dunne asks is it so bad to want a good life?

December 9, 2025 0

While patiently waiting for Brian Dunne to get his due from those who listen to and hopefully buy physical media, it is worthwhile to linger in the brilliance of his fourth album, “Clams Casino” (Missing Piece, […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

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As always in these prescriptive articles there must be a drawing of boundaries and Clint’s first article in the series seemed to have dealt with the idea that you should define americana in a narrow sense […]

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Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

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Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

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The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

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I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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