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Interview: Joe Pernice on the forthcoming Pernice Brothers album “Who Will You Believe”

March 7, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0
Joe Pernice has been writing for a long time—most of his life, in fact—and has crafted a remarkable catalogue that often reinterprets and recasts classic American pop. “Who Will You Believe” may be his most moving […]
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Interview: Gaby Moreno on “Dusk” and Van Dyke Parks

March 5, 2024 Martin Johnson 2
It is time for americana to welcome more latin influence. Guatemalan artist and Los Angeles resident Gaby Moreno is on a mission to bring more of a latin influence to americana, building on the pioneering work […]
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Video Interview: Barenaked Ladies’ Ed Robertson is “In Flight”

February 26, 2024 Martin Johnson 0
They have sold 15 million albums but they are still self-made musical outsiders. It may surprise some people that the Barenaked Ladies are celebrating their 35th anniversary and releasing their 18th album, ‘In Flight’. During this […]
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Video Interview: Blackberry Smoke’s Charlie Starr on “Be Right Here”

February 22, 2024 Martin Johnson 2
25 years as a band and still going strong. Americana UK interviews have proved popular with our readers and after long discussions at AIK Towers, we have decided to publish some future interviews on video to […]
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Interview: Smoke Fairies’ Katherine Blamire on being “Carried In Sound”

February 20, 2024 Martin Johnson 0
Learning production techniques from Head, Jack White and Phil EK and playing bin lids. Smoke Fairies, Katherine Blamire and Jessica Davies have been releasing music for over 16 years and have been friends for much longer. […]

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Debut album and London launch show for new Nashville act Maisy Owen

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Nashville native Maisy Owen has announced the release of her debut album Dark On A Sunny Day on 1st May 2026 via Tompkins Square.  Owen will be performing a gig at London’s Theatreship on 23rd June […]
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Classic Clips: Buffalo Springfield “For What It’s Worth” & “Mr. Soul” – The Hollywood Palace, 8th April 1967

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The Hollywood Palace was an hour-long American Television variety show which broadcast from January 1964 until February 1970. Unlike the Ed Sullivan Show, this one had a different presenter each week. This classic clip from 1967 […]
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Luke James Williams “Lime Hotel”

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A poetic sophomore album showing future promise. Loss is never an easy experience, though it can elicit very different responses. As rising alternative folk artist Luke James Williams explains, “Grief is universal, but it often feels […]

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Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

April 17, 2026 0
Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]
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Interview: Thomas Ådland, of Thomas & The Angry Hearts, on Language, Love and Identity

April 13, 2026 0
Two days before I heard them fill Martin’s Bar in Lillestrøm, I watched Thomas & The Angry Hearts make music in a wooden house surrounded by trees. In that studio, sound was built patiently: a harmony […]
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Interview: The Breath’s Stuart McCallum and Ríoghnach Connolly on collaborating with the Paraorchestra

April 7, 2026 0
How to achieve true musical Symbiosis. The Breath are guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer Ríoghnach Connolly, and they ensure that the song is always at the centre of their alt-folk sound. That sound is rich, reflecting […]

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Have a good weekend dear reader – we leave you today with news of Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman who on Wednesday night re-united at downtown L.A.’s vintage, cathedral-like Ace Hotel Theatre. Billboard report: “The night’s Sweetheart of the Rodeo 50th […]
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The Whybirds, The Portland Arms, Cambridge, 7th July 2017

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Well – after three studio albums, a live album, EPs, singles and many gigs – that’s it for the Whybirds. Having an announced an indefinite hiatus the Americana band are currently undertaking their last few live […]
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A bright light of hopefulness shines from an album that finds promise even when things may look bleak. “Feels like a lifetime, I’ve been gone so long / But now I’m back again,” Scottish singer-songwriter Ally […]

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