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2016 : we’re lost in music – caught in a trap.

December 12, 2016 Jonathan Aird 0
You could point at almost any year this century and it would be a vintage year for music – there’s so much out there that, once one has struggled through the ever expanding amount that is […]
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AmericanA to Z: A.A. Bondy

December 8, 2016 David Cowling 0
Welcome to the first in an ongoing series of explorations of Americana UK’s digital library. We’re going to explore our digital music collection to try to unearth some hidden gems and to remind everyone of artists that […]

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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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Jason McNiff “Ten Blue Songs”

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Live Review: Maverick Festival, Easton Farm Park, Suffolk – 3rd-5th July 2026

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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 […]
Previews

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

July 31, 2026 0
Correspondent and promoter Oliver Gray recommends an attractive festival that will entertain rather than overwhelm. It’s called Found, and it takes place this August Bank Holiday and is attracting some very classy acts indeed. “The band […]
Classic Clips

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

July 31, 2026 0
Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around is a Tom Petty and Mike Campbell composition originally earmarked for the Heartbreakers’ Hard Promises album. The fact that a Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers track ended up featuring on the Stevie Nicks debut solo […]

  • 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
  • Twilark “Tired To Sleep” – to sleep , perchance to forget
  • Video: Gareth Dunlop “Freewheeling” (Live at Salvation Music Studios)
  • Essentials: The Top 10 country-soul songs
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  • David Chalfen: You must have spent as long writing this massive review as you did at the festival! Super piece and captures…
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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 […]
Interviews

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 […]
Interviews

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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Book Reviews

Paperback Riders: Willy Vlautin’s short audio fiction

December 9, 2024 0
Willy Vlautin has now produced three spoken word albums. Some of them connected to his novels, some of them standalone. As the first has a festive theme, and is narrated by Vlautin, who has also narrated […]
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Tina Ross “While I’m Here” – going to keep on doing, all the time

November 10, 2022 0
New York songwriter Tina Ross is making up time – writing, recording (she’s just finished her debut album), performing, and she also hosts and produces the monthly online series ‘Inside the Song‘ for The Folk Project […]
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Classic Clips: John Hartford with Glen Campbell “Gentle On My Mind”

May 10, 2024 1
The late John Hartford seems, to this writer, to be criminally overlooked these days, 23 years after his passing. For those who remember him well it’s his fiddle and banjo-infused songs along with his love of […]

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