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Amanda Shires to release new album – first single out now

May 27, 2022 Emily Dongray 0
Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter and virtuoso violinist Amanda Shires has shared her new single, ‘Hawk For The Dove‘. It is the first new single to be unveiled from her forthcoming album ‘Take It Like a Man‘, set […]
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Dawes announce new album “Misadventures of Doomscroller”

May 26, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0
Listen to the opening track from it below. In news of possibly the best album title of the year so far, LA’s Dawes have announced details of their new album ‘Misadventures of Doomscroller’ which lands on […]
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In Liverpool on Saturday? Come and join us for an early evening AUK house gig!

May 25, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0
Many moons ago Americana UK Towers in a kind of leafy suburb in South Liverpool used to put on regular house gigs until one day they listed one in the Metro and the house almost burst […]
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A tribute to Americana UK writer Gordon Sharpe

May 20, 2022 Mark Whitfield 16
It’s with great sadness that we have to let you know that one of Americana UK’s stalwarts Gordon Sharpe died on Sunday following a stroke last week. Gordon has been one of the website’s most prominent […]
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William Prince to tour UK in June

May 20, 2022 Emily Dongray 0
William Prince has announced he will tour as a duet with Serena Ryder, including six dates starting in Nottingham next month. The pair have released a new single, ‘Sing me a Song’, ahead of the tour. […]

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Something for the weekend: Keyside “Lemon and Lime”

May 15, 2026 1
Well that’s it from us for this week, and bear with me dear reader with the track we’re leaving you with for the weekend which despite starting off sounding like we’ve veered into covering 90s-era Britpop, […]
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Cowboy Junkies “Open to Beauty”

May 15, 2026 0
Americana legends celebrate 21st-century releases on latest career retrospective. Forty years in, the Cowboy Junkies remain one of the great under-the-surface bands in Americana: despite having a million-selling classic to their name, they rarely make best-of […]
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Book Review: Patrick Joseph O’Connor “Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community”

May 15, 2026 0
Patrick Joseph O’Connor’s Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community reclaims an overlooked part in American musicology. While places like Chicago, Memphis, and the Mississippi Delta often dominate the story of Blues, O’Connor suggests that […]

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Interview: Daniel Tashian on being a reluctant band leader and the joys of songwriting collaborations

May 14, 2026 0
Daniel Tashian is a legend in Nashville. He’s a deeply respected songwriter, he’s a solo artist with six albums to his name, he’s been in two superb bands, and he’s the go-to guy when you want […]
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Behind the Songs: Thin Lear

May 13, 2026 0
The songs on Thin Lear’s sophomore album Many Disappeared are tied to each other not in their locale or their cast of characters, but instead in strange tragedies that have taken place, some many years ago. Current […]
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Interview: Judy Collins doesn’t look back, she looks forward

May 12, 2026 0
“My home is in New York City, on the Upper West Side,” Judy Collins said, proudly holding up a painting by her sister of cats and dogs that resembles a Monet. When I mentioned travelling up […]

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Mean Mary “Alone” (Woodrock Records, 2020)

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The title of the new Mean Mary album says it all – ‘Alone’. It is Mary and her banjo. Or Mary and her guitar. OK, sometimes she combines the two into one instrument banjitar. Plain and […]
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Interview: Lifelong Nashville resident Stephen Flatt on his take on authentic country

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Taking 20 years to record his debut solo album with the cream of Nashville players After a 20 year career writing songs, playing music and sessions in Nashville, Stephen Flatt has finally released his debut solo […]
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The Unsung Heroes of Americana – Larrie Londin, Drummer

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We’re here with another Unsung Heroes of Americana article, looking at the people, places and things that help to make this music we all love. This time around, I’m taking a look at the career of […]

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