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[ September 30, 2026 ] Nive Nielsen and The Deer Children “My Mother’s Name” Album Reviews
[ September 30, 2026 ] David Banks “All The Dreams We Left Behind” Album Reviews
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[ September 30, 2026 ] Folk Tracks Roundup – September 2026 Tracks

AUK Chain Gang: Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder “Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee”

March 27, 2023 Martin Johnson 0

Part of the fun with the AUK Chain Gang feature is you are never sure what you will be working with until the previous week’s feature is posted, and therefore you never know how much head-scratching […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Ron Sexsmith Songs (Part One, 1995-2006)

March 24, 2023 David Jarman 4

I knew I was setting myself a challenge in picking the top 10 Ron Sexsmith songs, having preferred this to his top 10 albums, and in the end, I’ve opted to make it a two-parter, part […]

Classic Clips: David Lindley “Werewolves Of London” Sunday Night Live, 1989

March 24, 2023 Paul Kerr 2

It was sad news to hear that David Lindley has recently departed the planet. A supremely gifted musician, master of many stringed instruments, Lindley is best known for his work with Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon and […]

I Write the Songs – Susanna Clark

March 24, 2023 Rick Bayles 2

In the month when we celebrate International Women’s Day, it would seem appropriate to shine a light on a songwriter who has often been overshadowed by her husband’s writing. When it comes to songwriting, Guy Clark […]

Classic Americana Albums: Great Speckled Bird “Great Speckled Bird”

March 23, 2023 Richard Parkinson 2

Until the ‘Festival Express’ movie was finally released on DVD in 2004, Ian and Sylvia Tyson’s band, Great Speckled Bird, had been an act known mainly by collectors and as the group Buddy Cage left to […]

Sufjan Stevens at Celebrate Brooklyn 2011

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Sufjan Stevens

September 30, 2026 0

The Americana UK archives are not exactly rammed with Sufjan Stevens content. Andrew Frolish selected the sublime John Wayne Gacy, Jr. for his Chain Gang feature in 2022 (here). Otherwise, there are a few ‘guest appearance’ […]

Artwork for Nive Nielsen and The Deer Children's album "My Mother's Name"

Nive Nielsen and The Deer Children “My Mother’s Name”

September 30, 2026 0

Wandering songwriter returns with first album in a decade: lessons in melodic self-definition ensue. “I don’t plan, and I don’t plan to stop”. The opening line to the first and title track of My Mother’s Name […]

Cover art for David Banks album "All The Dreams We Left Behind"

David Banks “All The Dreams We Left Behind”

September 30, 2026 0

Former Whybirds guitarist and co-writer delivers a sophomore album replete with anthemic songs infused with arena rock. It is now over seven years since David Banks released his debut album, Until The End, which saw the […]