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Classic Americana Albums: The Bridge “National Bohemian”

December 1, 2021 Tim Newby 2
How do we determine what makes an album classic?  Classic is defined as being judged over a time to be of the highest quality and outstanding of its kind.  Baltimore’s The Bridge decade-long run came to […]
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Small Venue Heroes: Bill Kirchen

November 30, 2021 David Jarman 2
David Jarman pays tribute to the tireless ‘Titan of the Telecaster’ Bill Kirchen will be well known to Americana UK readers as a trailblazer of the genre through his work with Commander Cody and the Lost […]
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AUK’s Chain Gang: Billy Bragg & Wilco “The Unwelcome Guest”

November 30, 2021 Rick Bayles 0
Last week’s Chain Gang used Folkway Records to serve as a link to Nancy Dupree from Lucinda Williams, so I thought I might make use of the same common factor in a slightly more roundabout way. […]
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Whatever Happened To… 16 Horsepower

November 29, 2021 Tim Martin 2
The ‘Whatever Happened To…’ series has always aimed to be eclectic in its selections, so it’s great to welcome back regular contributor, Tim Martin, with this look at a band who always followed their own, very […]
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Feature: How two Manchester women, fed up of people chatting at gigs, decided to put on their own shows – with a strict no talking policy

November 29, 2021 Clint West 1
Clint West meets Dawn and Tania of ‘The Hen House Presents’ at their own Otis Gibbs show. Recently whilst at a Peter Bruntnell gig, a friend handed me a flyer for an Otis Gibbs show in […]

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Something for the weekend: case/lang/veirs “People Have The Power”

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Jack Browning to release his long awaited second album in September

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July 31, 2026 0

Americana Stories – Rick Bayles “The Little Shop of Hollers”

Features
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There’s a joyful festival to be Found in Buckingham on the August bank holiday

Previews
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Classic Clips: Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” – Studio Recording, 1981

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Tracks

Something for the weekend: case/lang/veirs “People Have The Power”

July 31, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a new song from case/lang/veirs who have this week shared their cover of Patti Smith’s track People Have The Power which […]
News

Jack Browning to release his long awaited second album in September

July 31, 2026 0
London-based singer-songwriter Jack Browning will release his sophomore album, Painted Skies, on September 16th via Too Fine Records. The twelve-song collection follows Browning’s signing to the Nashville label earlier this year and arrives after two years […]
Features

Americana Stories – Rick Bayles “The Little Shop of Hollers”

July 31, 2026 0
The next Americana Story comes from one of our own. Rick Bayles escaped the UK to live in the Dordogne region of France, and from there he reports back through his monthly Vox Continental column, sharing […]

  • Something for the weekend: case/lang/veirs “People Have The Power”
  • Jack Browning to release his long awaited second album in September
  • Americana Stories – Rick Bayles “The Little Shop of Hollers”
  • There’s a joyful festival to be Found in Buckingham on the August bank holiday
  • Classic Clips: Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” – Studio Recording, 1981
  • Jason McNiff “Ten Blue Songs”
  • Live Review: Maverick Festival, Easton Farm Park, Suffolk – 3rd-5th July 2026
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  • The latest Americana UK podcast now available featuring Haylie Davis and Leeroy Stagger
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Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

July 29, 2026 0
American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]
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Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0
“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]
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Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward

July 24, 2026 0
End Times Elevator Music is a special record to behold. From the Link Wray fuzz guitar rumbles on opener No Alarm to the title track closer, which arrives like Ben Schneider and Brendan Urie collaborated, there […]

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Izzy Heltai “Only Yesterday” (Sleeper Cave Records, 2019)

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Izzy Heltai is an indie-folk, singer-songwriter from Northampton, Massachusetts. His new four-track EP ‘Only Yesterday’ tells tales of love and loss that perhaps belie his 22 years. Arrangements on this record are deliberately simple with layering […]
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For The Sake Of The Song: David Lindley “Mercury Blues”

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In March 2006 Jackson Browne and David Lindley toured Spain, accompanied by the percussionist Tino di Geraldo. Seven shows there, were followed by four in the UK. These concerts were recorded for Browne’s fourth live collection, […]
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Interview: Diana Jones on channelling Appalachian culture and refugees

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Diana Jones is a well-respected singer-songwriter with admirers on both sides of the Atlantic. Steve Earle is on record as saying “Diana Jones is one of the best songwriters I have heard in a long, long […]

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