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The Teskey Brothers, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, 23rd January 2020

January 28, 2020 Lyndon Bolton 0
When it comes to roots there is no disputing the authenticity of Australian blues and soul band The Teskey Brothers. Behind their own inventive style lies a deep inspiration from Memphis to Muscle Shoals via Melbourne.  […]
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Tyler Childers + The Local Honeys @Celtic Connections, St. Lukes, Glasgow, 19th January 2020

January 28, 2020 Paul Kerr 0
Last time Tyler Childers played Celtic Connections he was hunched behind his acoustic guitar, every inch the talkative Kentucky hillbilly, regaling the audience with tales of “snipe hunts” and the story behind his song ‘Purgatory’. Two […]
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Tyler Childers + The Local Honeys, Academy 2, Manchester, 18th January 2020

January 27, 2020 Clint West 3
Almost two years ago to the day, Tyler Childers played a solo acoustic set to less than 100 people in a small basement venue in central Manchester. Today he is again in town, only this time […]
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Tribute to The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Stables, Wavendon, 18th January 2020

January 24, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
There must be some residual ownership of the Flying Burritos name that prevents this band from dropping the “Tribute to” part of their billing – on the face of it this line-up has about as much […]
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Cam Penner + Midnight Skyracer @Celtic Connections, Royal Concert Hall New Auditorium, Glasgow, 18th January 2020

January 23, 2020 Paul Kerr 0
AUK’s first jaunt at 2020’s Celtic Connections took us to the grand concert hall in the city centre to see a one off show by Canadian Cam Penner and his erstwhile sidekick Jon Wood. It’s a […]

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Massive Attack & Tom Waits “Boots On The Ground” – a slight hint of disquiet

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Something for the weekend: This is Lorelie “Where’s Your Love Now (Waxahatchee Version)”

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Massive Attack & Tom Waits “Boots On The Ground” – a slight hint of disquiet

April 20, 2026 0
We can be quite confident that this is the first Massive Attack release to be featured on Americana UK, we wouldn’t go so far as to say that it is the very first mention of Massive […]
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Video Premiere: The Gated Community “Hope to Hell” – “It feels like a true collective”

April 20, 2026 0
In the new video from Minnesotan band The Gated Community, we find the group in the studio, demonstrating their considerable talents and the work that goes into all the sonic textures present in Hope to Hell. […]
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Something for the weekend: This is Lorelie “Where’s Your Love Now (Waxahatchee Version)”

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Well that’s it from us for this week. Regular readers will no doubt be sick to death now of me plugging this guy but his stuff is so good and as if any more proof was […]

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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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Drive-By Truckers frontman Patterson Hood has written a new op-ed for NPR in which he apologises to fans for the band’s name. “Our name was a drunken joke that was never intended to be in rotation […]
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JM Stevens “Invisible Lines” (Chicken Ranch Records)

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This stalwart musician has a life steeped in music. Having enjoyed some level of success with previous bands, if this album is anything to go by, he may well be building on that as he seeks […]
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