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Classic Americana Albums: Over The Rhine “Drunkards Prayer”

July 26, 2023 Paul Russell 1
Never has the complicated, raw and unpredictable path to true love been better laid bare than this beautiful, stunning collection of heartfelt, highly personal songs. The core duo of Karin Bergquist, with her extraordinarily powerful voice, […]
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The First Time: Stiff Little Fingers, Dundee University Students Union – 30th October 1982

July 25, 2023 Andy Davidson 0
Suspect (Memory) Device. Forty Years on. As the deadline for this post approached the old memory would not oblige. I can remember bits. Travelling to Smokey’s Nightclub in Arbroath to catch the Associates. Alan Rankine’s father […]
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AUK’s Chain Gang: Nils Lofgren’s Influence on Neil Young’s ‘Southern Man’

July 24, 2023 GrahamBollands 0
In last week’s Chain Gang, Clint West made the connection between Shooter Jennings’ old man Waylon, who amongst other things, added his distinctive guitar sound to a number of tracks on Neil Young’s 1985 country album […]
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Americana one two three….

July 24, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Numbers, they are great, aren’t they?  All around us all the time – there’s the wall that’s not quite upright, leaning at 5 degress, there’s the quickest way from point A where you might be standing […]
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Classic Clip: Otis Gibbs “Ghosts Of Our Fathers” Live at KDHX radio station – 20th August 2014

July 21, 2023 Andrew Raw 0
This week’s classic clip is Otis Gibbs’ almost unbearably moving ‘Ghosts Of Our Fathers’ recorded live by KDHX radio station in St Louis. From his seventh album ‘Souvenirs Of A Misspent Youth’ released in 2014, Otis […]

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Live Review: Petunia (solo without The Vipers), The Kitchen Garden Café, Birmingham – 24th September 2026

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The Kitchen Garden Café in King’s Heath, Birmingham, makes you glad people still believe in putting good music in small rooms. Attached to a restaurant and garden centre by day, it becomes an intimate music venue […]
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Interview: Fischer-Z’s John Watts reminisces on 50 years of making heartfelt music

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The songs of John Watts, whether in his band Fischer-Z, in his other bands or as a solo artist, aren’t technically Americana, but everything in their construction and recording has the feel of exactly what Americana […]
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Jayne Pomplas “This Is How The World Ends”

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First solo release shows Jayne Pomplas has much to offer. Jayne Pomplas is a Dublin-based American singer, songwriter and fiddle player who has spent years in Ireland performing and recording with artists including The Chieftains, Frankie […]

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Interview: Fischer-Z’s John Watts reminisces on 50 years of making heartfelt music

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The songs of John Watts, whether in his band Fischer-Z, in his other bands or as a solo artist, aren’t technically Americana, but everything in their construction and recording has the feel of exactly what Americana […]
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Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

September 29, 2026 2
Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]
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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]

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Unsung Heroes of Americana – Glitterhouse Records

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It’s nice to acknowledge the Unsung Heroes that helped those of us here, on the European side of the Atlantic, get access to some of the less obvious Americana acts that were making waves back home […]
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Wow, how time flies – d’ya’know that it’s been two years since the last drop of Dream Team Double Header? How the heck did that happen? So long, in fact, that some readers, the newer ones […]

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