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Essentials: The top 10 Lee Hazlewood songs

August 12, 2021 Sean Hannam 0
When NME reviewed Lee Hazlewood’s 1973 album, ‘Poet, Fool or Bum’, the journalist famously wrote a one-word critique, ‘Bum.’ Sure, it’s not one of his best records, and although Hazlewood was arguably all three of those […]
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Classic Americana Albums: Nanci Griffith “One Fair Summer Evening”

August 11, 2021 Jonathan Smith 13
Quality songcraft and small club ambience. A smattering of crowd noise, then a quiet voice announces “Y’all welcome…Nanci Griffith”, and we’re spirited back to a warm Texas night in 1988, at the Anderson Fair, an old […]
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The Twang Factor 2 presents: Stuart Warburton

August 11, 2021 Clint West 0
Our Week 4 guest on the Twang Factor 2 is a singer-songwriter from Bury whose songs are characterised by sharp observation, an earthy honesty and a dose of wry humour. Having fronted cult rockabilly outfit The […]
A Night to Remember

A Night to Remember (and one to forget): Two sides of Van Morrison

August 10, 2021 Tim Martin 11
The gig going experience is often about factors unrelated to the music. After 20 years with M.E. I have learnt that standing up for two hours to watch something indifferent is not for me, and to […]
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AUK’s Chain Gang: Steve Earle “Johnny Come Lately”

August 9, 2021 Rich Orpin 1
Freehold, New Jersey, and San Antonio, Texas, are separated by nearly 1,800 miles, occupy different timezones and typically differ by around 10 degrees celsius during summer. Nonetheless, one young troubadour starting out in Texas found inspiration […]

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

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

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

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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 […]
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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 […]
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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
  • Vox Continental: July 2026
  • 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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Soulful Joyann Parker to release her fourth album at the end of March

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Midwest singer-songwriter Joyann Parker will be releasing her latest album “Life Lines” on 27th March 2026.  Blessed with a strong expressive voice in a blues / R&B vein, Parker’s previous albums have achieved some success reaching […]
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Danny & the Champs announce UK dates – September

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We posted a new track by Danny & the Champions of the World yesterday, the rather lovely “Swift Street” and they’ve now announced some UK dates to promote the new album “Brilliant Light” which will be […]
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Album premiere for Loamlands’ new release

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Loamlands hail out of North Carolina and have a sound they variously describe as ‘distorted Country music’ and ‘LGBT Folk’ and they have  new album, their second release, out on the 7th of June on Cruisin […]

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