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Interview: Deer Tick’s John J. McCauley on making “Emotional Contracts”

July 25, 2023 Martin Johnson 0
Parenthood may be a sign of middle age but Deer Tick’s enthusiasm for music still burns. Not every band can keep a career going for twenty years, and even fewer manage a career refresh while juggling […]
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Interview: Barbara Manning returns to the live music scene

July 21, 2023 Paul Kerr 0
A much missed “cult” artist, Barbara Manning has announced her first live tour of the UK in almost three decades. When the news broke that Barbara Manning was to tour in the UK for the first […]
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Interview: Doug Levitt gets to the “Edge Of Everywhere” by Greyhound

July 18, 2023 Martin Johnson 0
Echoes of Jack Kerouac and Guthrie for the 21st Century with a Muscle Shoals vibe. It has taken twelve years and something like 120,000 miles riding a Greyhound before Doug Levitt released his debut album, ‘Edge […]
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Black Deer Festival Interview: Dylan LeBlanc talks frankly about his musical heritage, songwriting and fatherhood

July 14, 2023 Clint West 1
Dylan LeBlanc is steeped in music and his love for it is clearly totally unwavering. When American UK’s Clint West spoke to him at the recent Black Deer Festival he got the feeling that Dylan LeBlanc […]
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Interview: Joshua Radin on what the world is telling him

July 11, 2023 Martin Johnson 0
Honesty is not only the best policy, it is the only way to write music and live your life. Joshua Radin has kept up a very respectable release rate since releasing his first album in 2006 […]

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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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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 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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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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Alasdair Roberts “The Bonny Moorhen” – that’s the bird for me…

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Alasdair Roberts has what is simply one of the finest of folk voices, an unaffected delivery which is totally in the service of whatever song he is singing.  And ‘The Bonny Moorhen‘ from his latest album […]
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Classic Clips: Blackberry Smoke with Amanda Shires “You Got Lucky” – Live from Southern Ground, 2018

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I remember being blown away when I first stumbled on this. Blackberry Smoke are a band I like but always find that little bit more interesting when they’re playing acoustically; team them with everyone’s (well, mine […]
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The Twang Factor 4 Presents: Jim Patton and Sherry Brokus

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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. Jim Patton and […]

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