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Latest Podcast now available featuring Rupert Orton from PRB Presents talking Red Rooster and more

February 27, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0

This week’s podcast features an interview with Rupert Orton of PRB Presents, who not only programmes loads of americana shows around the UK and EU but also is lead booker for the Red Rooster Festival that […]

Preview: Bill Callahan plays UK instore shows and announces Autumn band tour of UK and Europe

February 26, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0

Bill Callahan’s latest album, My Days of 58, is released on Friday 27th February 2026 and the occasion will be celebrated with a series of solo instore dates in the UK. Callahan has also announced a […]

Red Rooster Festival announces full list of acts for 2026

February 26, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0

The Red Rooster Festival has announced its full line-up for this year’s festival which takes place 28th-30th May 2026 and, as usual, it digs deep into roots, rock and Americana. The festival is set against the […]

Jim Lauderdale putting out album 38: “Country Super Hits Volume 2”, touring with Emmylou Harris

February 25, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0

Jim Lauderdale is not only one of the most celebrated songwriters in americana, but he may also be the most prolific. Since his major label debut in 1991, the recent Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee […]

Maverick Festival announces its 2026 lineup and it’s a doozy!

February 25, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0

Marking the festival’s nineteenth year as the UK’s first & finest* Americana festival (*other opinions are available) The Maverick Festival is back – this year it will take place from Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th July […]

Preview: James Taylor returns to the UK next week

July 15, 2026 0

One of the most influential singer-songwriters of the modern era, James Taylor returns to the UK this month for his first London performance in three years when he takes to the stage at The O2 Arena […]

Whiskey Treaty Roadshow “Kept Rising”

July 15, 2026 0

Whiskey Treaty Roadshow proves that Democracy is strongest when it is diverse. It’s hard to pin down Whiskey Treaty Roadshow. They are all over the map, stylistically, and as a collective. Over the course of more […]

Live Review: Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, British Airways ARC, London – 8th July 2026

July 15, 2026 0

And it’s off to another new venue in London, prestigiously located at Olympia in one of those surprisingly hard to get to parts of London. Few are the venues that feel the need to post outlying […]

Latest Podcast now available featuring Rupert Orton from PRB Presents talking Red Rooster and more

Preview: Bill Callahan plays UK instore shows and announces Autumn band tour of UK and Europe

Red Rooster Festival announces full list of acts for 2026

Jim Lauderdale putting out album 38: “Country Super Hits Volume 2”, touring with Emmylou Harris

Maverick Festival announces its 2026 lineup and it’s a doozy!

Preview: James Taylor returns to the UK next week

Whiskey Treaty Roadshow “Kept Rising”

Live Review: Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, British Airways ARC, London – 8th July 2026

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