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Interview: Norwegian Malin Pettersen on americana and Ella FitzGerald

September 18, 2020 Martin Johnson 0
Norway only has a population of 5.3 million people, but it has an impressive musical heritage which includes Norwegian folk, jazz with internationally recognised artists such as Jan Garbarek, classical and modern classical music ranging from […]
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Interview: Ryan Hamilton talks about Jack Kerouac, Geordies and John Prine

September 14, 2020 Martin Johnson 0
Ryan Hamilton is a Fort Worth native, steeped in country music since birth, who just happens to have a UK backing band, The Harlequin Ghosts, who play music that shows the influence of classic rock as […]
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Interview: Chuck Prophet in San Francisco on fires and Dan Penn

September 9, 2020 Martin Johnson 0
Chuck Prophet has had a long and fruitful career as a singer-songwriter, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, beginning with the groundbreaking Green On Red in the ‘80s before launching a successful solo career that has delivered a new […]
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Interview: Drew Danburry: “Some of our best songs come from struggle”

September 4, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0
Montana based Drew Danburry is having a hell of a year in various ways. Not only has he had to deal with the global madness of the last few months, but how many people have released […]
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Interview: Jaime Wyatt the new queen of outlaw country

September 1, 2020 Martin Johnson 0
Jaime Wyatt started writing songs when she was four years old, and despite having a record contract as a teenager, she was in her early thirties when she released her first self-financed debut album which won […]

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Well that’s it from us for this week. If you haven’t bought your tickets yet to Americana 25, our festival taking place in Liverpool at the end of November, we have sold out around half of […]
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A searing display of grief through ten bare songs. How we all cope with grief is complex and individual, though the ability of energising one’s sadness through music is a powerful and positive one. Belfast’s Joshua […]
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As Graeme Tait takes an enforced break he kindly asked me to step in this month to produce our monthly EP Roundup. I think he knows he has no fears about my contributions matching his excellent […]

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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

April 22, 2026 0
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

April 21, 2026 0
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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So he’s gone then – your part Scottish, part German fellah orange of skin and bouffant of hair. He made sure that they executed some people and that he pardoned some others before he went off. […]
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Jim Keller “Spark and Flame”

December 7, 2022 0
Great musicianship with eighties influences. Jim Keller was the guitarist and chief songwriter for the San Francisco group, Tommy Tutone, who had a couple of power-pop hits in the eighties, the most famous being ‘867-5309/ Jenny’. […]
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Video: Bob Sumner “Didn’t We Dream”

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Here’s the latest single from Canadian singer-songwriter Bob Sumner.  Sumner’s smooth tones and vocal melodies are perfect for his country-flavoured Americana; his lilting voice is one of the most engaging around.  On ‘Didn’t We Dream’ his […]

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