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Video Interview: Mike Montrey on “Love, Time & Mortality”

November 26, 2024 Martin Johnson 0
Americana from New Jersey that speaks to the human experience. The Mike Montrey Band are one of the most popular roots rock bands in New Jersey who have worked hard over the years touring the highways […]
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Interview: Joseph Shipp on digging deep, being free, for a while

November 21, 2024 Dean Nardi 0
He has always felt a bit like a chameleon. Joseph Shipp doesn’t have a routine backstory. You can trace his early musical touchstones to his father’s eclectic tastes: Neil Young, Leo Kottke, traditional Irish folk and […]
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Interview: The Lonesome River Band’s Sammy Shelor on “The Winning Hand”

November 19, 2024 Martin Johnson 1
Keeping bluegrass fresh but also keeping an eye on tradition. Bluegrass’s popularity has ebbed and flowed over the years, but whatever has driven any of the particular peaks such as the ‘60s folk revival, the rise […]
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Video Interview: Jett Holden on “The Phoenix”

November 12, 2024 Martin Johnson 0
How Black Opry provided a second opportunity to follow his music career dream. Black Opry has been generating a lot of media interest lately as it attempts to build a network and community to support black […]
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Video Interview: Willie Watson on “Willie Watson”

November 5, 2024 Martin Johnson 0
Making old-time music relevant for a modern audience with new songs. Willie Watson has had an impressive career as a singer-songwriter, guitarist, banjo player and sometimes actor, but more on that last one later. He was […]

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

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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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The Waterboys live at OVO Hydro, Glasgow - 29th August 2026

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”

September 4, 2026 0
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 0
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
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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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Video: Luther Black and The Cold Hard Facts “Long Way to Go”

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Check out the atmospheric video for ‘Long Way to Go’ by Luther Black and The Cold Hard Facts.  The black and white scenes of New Jersey’s industrial landscapes, brooding and full of decay, are the backdrop […]
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Rosa Bordallo “I Feel Numb” – and not comfortably

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Rosa Bordallo (f/k/a Manett) is a singer-songwriter and a Chamorro from the island of Guam. She has been living in New York City since the age of 19, and has written, recorded, and released several albums […]
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Interview: Josh King on why he is feeling good

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How a Shed has helped kick-started Josh King’s solo career. Regular visitors to Americana UK will be familiar with our very own Keith Hargreaves weekly vaguely educational column, Sounds From The Shed, where Keith pontificates on […]

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