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The Top 10 Americana Songs Of All Time: David Jarman

November 6, 2025 David Jarman 3
Following on from Fred Arnold‘s choices, the first thing to say is – what a challenge! So many great songs in the genre, and, at least in part, I have gone with Fred leaning towards songs […]
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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Van Morrison

November 5, 2025 Tim Martin 5
When my number came up for another spin round this feature, I found that the three artists who came to mind had all been covered already. Then I found myself listening back to an artist who […]
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More People Really Should Know About: Steve Dawson

November 4, 2025 Paul Kerr 0
Most folk reading this will probably be most familiar with Canadian Steve Dawson due to his tenure with the Birds of Chicago as guitarist/steel player on several of their tours over here in the UK. Dawson […]
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The Twang Factor 4 Presents: Johnson & Finnemore

November 3, 2025 Dean Nardi 0
Welcome to the fourth year of Twang Factor, where Americana UK sets out to find the best new and emerging americana acts. Got talent? This is the place to show us what you’ve got. Our next contestant […]
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For the Sake of the Song: Jess Williamson “Wind On Tin”

November 3, 2025 Fiona Golden 0
There’s a certain solitude that takes place towards dusk in the American southwest. If you stand in one spot long enough, amidst the scrub and dust, you’ll likely hear no sound except the air and your […]

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Classic Clips: The Monkees “What Am I Doing Hangin’ ‘Round?” – The Monkees TV Series Episode 40, “Monkees Marooned” 1967

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Live review: The Waterboys, OVO Hydro, Glasgow – 29th August 2026

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Brothers Osborne will release fifth album “Watertown” in October

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Something for the weekend: Great Lakes “Why Did My Love Go Away?”

September 4, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a track from the new album by Great Lakes, Fear of the Fear, a band we have been big fans of […]
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Keyside “Keyside”

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A catchy, guitar-led debut where jangly hooks and catchy choruses carry stories of lives lived close to the edge. There is something immediately familiar about Keyside, the debut album from Liverpool four-piece Keyside. Jangly guitars and […]
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Classic Clips: The Monkees “What Am I Doing Hangin’ ‘Round?” – The Monkees TV Series Episode 40, “Monkees Marooned” 1967

September 4, 2026 1
Growing up, I loved to watch the television show The Monkees, though looking back, I figure I wasn’t watching the episodes as they first aired, but re-runs. There were only two series of the show, though […]

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  • Live review: The Waterboys, OVO Hydro, Glasgow – 29th August 2026
  • Brothers Osborne will release fifth album “Watertown” in October
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Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]
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Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0
Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]
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Interview: Nora Kelly holds space for the quirky in outlaw country music

August 24, 2026 1
It’s always the ride and not necessarily the destination that makes a trip through a Nora Kelly Band album worthwhile. The songs can be zany, intriguing and melancholic all at once, cavorting to their own primal […]

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Mean Mary “Alone” (Woodrock Records, 2020)

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The title of the new Mean Mary album says it all – ‘Alone’. It is Mary and her banjo. Or Mary and her guitar. OK, sometimes she combines the two into one instrument banjitar. Plain and […]
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Track Premiere: Crash Taylor “Idlewild”

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With a burst of melodic folk-rock Crash Taylor begins an examination of his situation and where he might want to go in life.  And it doesn’t seem that things are so bad: “it’s quiet enough that […]
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Justin Townes Earle announces UK dates

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Just a handful mind you but if you’re in or about Bristol, York or London then you’re in luck (as you are if you have tickets to the Maverick Festival in July). Earle is set to […]

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