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Video Interview: Elaine Palmer on “Half Moon Rising”

July 16, 2024 Martin Johnson 0

Music that reflects the North Yorkshire Moors and America’s South West deserts. Emily Palmer has always been musical, so much so that as a child she thought everyone wrote songs. As she matured as an artist […]

Interview: Jaimee Harris leaves space for mercy and grace in her compelling songs

July 11, 2024 Dean Nardi 0

You can try to leave a small town for a grander life and adventure but beware of the Boomerang Effect. This interview was recorded while sitting on a couch in the green room one afternoon at […]

Video Interview: Oliver Wood on “Fat Cat Silhouette”

July 9, 2024 Martin Johnson 0

You don’t have to know what you want to do only what you don’t want to do. The Wood Brothers have built their audience and reputation the traditional way by road work and regularly releasing albums […]

Interview: Jared Deck keeps his “Head Above Water”

July 2, 2024 Martin Johnson 2

How politics and songwriting are all about storytelling and red dirt. Chatting with Jared Deck was probably a first for Americana UK as he is an elected Democratic State Representative in Oklahoma, he could also be […]

Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on “My Favorite Place” with The Game Changers

June 25, 2024 Martin Johnson 0

Keeping traditions alive and making new ones. If you had to name one artist who best embodied what americana music is then you could do a lot worse than look to Jim Lauderdale. He is a […]

Preview: James Taylor returns to the UK next week

July 15, 2026 3

One of the most influential singer-songwriters of the modern era, James Taylor returns to the UK this month for his first London performance in three years when he takes to the stage at The O2 Arena […]

Whiskey Treaty Roadshow “Kept Rising”

July 15, 2026 0

Whiskey Treaty Roadshow proves that Democracy is strongest when it is diverse. It’s hard to pin down Whiskey Treaty Roadshow. They are all over the map, stylistically, and as a collective. Over the course of more […]

Live Review: Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, British Airways ARC, London – 8th July 2026