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Interview: Talking Elephant Record’s Malcolm Holmes on his love of folk and ‘70s rock

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From Fairport’s Ashley Hutchins and Iain Matthews to echoes of the ‘60s Canterbury Scene. Regular readers of Americana UK interviews will be aware that from time to time we speak to non-musicians who none the less […]
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Interview: Greensky Bluegrass’s Paul Hoffman on “Stress Dreams” and playing arenas

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They may have a rock’n’roll attituded and a light show but they still don’t have a drummer. Can you still be viewed as a red-headed stepchild when you are over twenty years of age? I’m not […]
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Interview: Lucinda Williams on her AMAUK International Lifetime Achievement Award

January 14, 2022 Martin Johnson 0
With her collaboration with Charles Lloyd and “Lu’s Jukebox” album series Lucinda Williams keeps innovating. Lucinda Williams needs no introduction to Americana UK readers as her 40 years plus career could be viewed as a template […]
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Interview: Sarah McQuaid on refreshing her folk vision with “The St Buryan Sessions”

January 4, 2022 Martin Johnson 0
How lockdown and Cornwall influenced a career retrospective concert recording that looks to the future Sarah McQuaid, who was born in Spain to an American mother and Spanish father, grew up in America and lived in […]
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Interview: Charles Ellsworth on how honeysuckle can help heal a toxic sad boy

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How Brooklyn music can exorcise ghosts from Arizona and Salt Lake City. If you are a regular reader of Americana UK, you may have noticed the review of Charles Ellsworth’s ‘Honeysuckle Summer’ record and the video […]

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Live Review: The Ramblin’ Roots Revue 2026, New Buckinghamshire University – 10th-12th April 2026

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Once again, the High Wycombe Travelodge girded its loins for its busiest weekend of the year, as the crowds gathered from near and far (but mostly far) for the next instalment of the first of the […]
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Rae Spoon “Assigned Country Singer At Birth”

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Non-binary singer returns to their country roots with intimations of mortality. After a twenty-year spell away from the genre, Canadian Rae Spoon returns to their formative years with Assigned Country Singer At Birth, their thirteenth album. […]

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Interview: Charlie Musselwhite knows the highway and it knows him

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At age 82, Charlie Musselwhite continues to put out relevant and meaningful albums. Sweet. While his body of work may not conjure memories for some of our younger readers, it’s great to see him continuing his […]
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Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

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Matt Hill has combined his career as a singer-songwriter with his work as a campaigner in the charity sector and currently as a community songwriter. He has tasted success as an americana singer-songwriter and played in […]
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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

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Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]

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Live review: Ian Noe, Lafayette, London – 30th May 2022 

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