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Mindy Smith to release first album in 12 years

August 16, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
The award-winning Nashville-based singer-songwriter Mindy Smith has announced the release of her long-awaited sixth album, “Quiet Town”, via Compass Records on 4th October 2024. Smith’s first album in over 12 years, is an 11-song collection; an […]
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Essentials: The Top 10 Patti Scialfa Songs

August 15, 2024 Jonathan Smith 3
With just three full albums under her belt (‘Rumble Doll’ 1993, ‘23rd Street Lullaby’ 2004, ‘Play It As it Lays’ 2007), and perhaps fated to be best known as Mrs Bruce Springsteen, Patti Scialfa has a […]
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Steve Wynn returns to the UK and announces new album and book

August 15, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
Steve Wynn, leader of The Dream Syndicate, founding member of The Baseball Project and solo artist, has announced  a UK tour – themed as A Night Of Songs And Stories in support of the release of […]
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The 7 Hills Blues and Roots Festival returns bigger and better

August 14, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0
With added Danny and the Champs! On Sunday 13th October, The 7 Hills returns to Komedia with their strongest lineup to date at this year’s “Blues and Roots Festival.” Set across 3 stages, The Blues and Roots […]
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Mark Knopfler releases digital deluxe version of “One Deep River”

August 14, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
A digital deluxe version of Mark Knopfler’s tenth album “One Deep River” has been released on 12th August 2024 on the British Grove label via EMI, making all 21 of the songs from the One Deep […]

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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

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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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Johnny Cash “Spotlight” – new music from the man in black

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How’s that?  We’re pretty sure that you’ve heard of Johnny Cash dear reader, but you may have forgotten that he has a new album coming out.  Truth to tell it’s not completely new – hardly a […]
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Pick of the Political Pops: Suzi Quattro “If You Can’t Give Me Love”

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We have a strict hierarchical structure here at Americana-UK Towers (actually we don’t but this is for illustrative purposes). At the top sits The Editor – a surly cove if crossed and a great believer in […]
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Video: The Flying Burrito Brothers “Six Days On The Road”

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To finish the week we have a great version from 1973 of this classic song from a line-up that includes Chris Hillman, Al Perkins and Byron Berline.  Have a great weekend everyone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMWCxt8ABNg

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