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Interview: Ida Mae’s Chris Turpin on “Thunder Above You”

January 23, 2024 Martin Johnson 0

English folk and American roots music with improvisation and tour support from a nanny. Ida Mae are husband and wife Chris Turpin and Stephanie Jean Ward who play an indie folk americana mix that they’ve worked […]

Interview: Colin Cutler on his view of the American South through Flannery O’Connor’s eyes

January 19, 2024 Martin Johnson 0

Catholicism and Pentecostalism, with some sacred steel and concrete details. Americana is a broad church, and Colin Cutler’s love of folk and roots music means this Greensboro, North Carolina resident fits right into the genre. Where […]

Interview: Brent Cobb on why Capricorn Studios is a Southern star

January 16, 2024 Martin Johnson 0

A songwriter first who just happens to play southern eclectic music. Brent Cobb’s latest album ‘Southern Star’ celebrates the American South, and Americana UK’s Martin Johnson took the opportunity to put some questions to him on […]

Interview: Stereo Naked’s Julie Zeck and Pierce Black on their Celtic Connections

January 9, 2024 Martin Johnson 0

The UK audience is more receptive than German audiences to innovative folk and bluegrass. The band name Stereo Naked isn’t the only thing that can be said to be a little off-kilter about folk bluegrass duo […]

Interview: Terra Lightfoot on hiking and “Healing Power”

January 4, 2024 Martin Johnson 0

Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Mother Maybelle Carter and a Gibson SG called Veronica. While the surname may be familiar, Terra Lightfoot is a hard-working sing-songwriter and guitarist from Canada who is known for the time she spends […]

Preview: James Taylor returns to the UK

July 15, 2026 3

Correction: The original version of this story described James Taylor as arriving in the UK next week, when as one of our readers has pointed out in the comments, he’s already played Scotland and is in […]

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