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[ September 28, 2026 ] For the Sake of the Song: Lucinda Williams “Metal Firecracker” Features
[ September 28, 2026 ] Ian Noe “Canyon Falls Trailer Band” Album Reviews
[ September 28, 2026 ] Live Review: The Jayhawks, Electric Ballroom, Camden – 16th September 2026 Live Reviews
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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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

Lucinda Williams St Paul Theatre 14 April 2019

For the Sake of the Song: Lucinda Williams “Metal Firecracker”

September 28, 2026 0

There are songs that you love for the lyrics, songs that you love for the music; sometimes you get a song where both are so perfect you have a masterpiece. Lucinda Williams’ Metal Firecracker is the […]

Artwork for Ian Noe album"Canyon Falls Trailer Band"

Ian Noe “Canyon Falls Trailer Band”

September 28, 2026 0

Impressive collection of character-driven songwriting and classic country sounds. Kentuckian Ian Noe presents a diverse selection of sixteen original songs on his excellent new album, Canyon Falls Trailer Band. It’s Noe’s third release and the second […]

The Jayhawks live at the Electric Ballroom, Camden - 16th September 2026

Live Review: The Jayhawks, Electric Ballroom, Camden – 16th September 2026

September 28, 2026 0

About a decade ago, I formulated a new genre based on a particular guitar sound that would for several years be heard on Radio 2 after midnight on Friday and Saturday nights. Bob Harris Country is […]