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Ben Miller Band back with “Choke Cherry Tree”

December 6, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

The Ben Miller Band is set to return with “Choke Cherry Tree” via New West Records on January 26th. The Joplin, Missouri-bred combo’s third album introduces a retooled line-up with Miller and fellow founding member Scott Leeper joined by new additions Rachel Ammons […]

Alela Diane announces new “motherhood” album “Cusp”

December 6, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Portland, Oregon based singer-songwriter Alela Diane has announced her return with a new album “Cusp”, the follow up to 2013’s “About Farewell”. The new album is about the unspoken artistic taboo: “Have a baby if you […]

First new John Prine album in 13 years on the way

December 5, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Unlucky for some, unless you’re a baker. Rolling Stone reports: “John Prine, whose 2017 highlights included headlining the Newport Folk Festival, releasing his first-ever book, John Prine Beyond Words, and winning Artist of the Year at the […]

Ralph McTell re-releases “Streets of London” for Crisis

December 5, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Singer-songwriter Ralph McTell has re-recorded his classic song ‘Streets of London’ with a choir made up of clients from Crisis – the national charity for homeless people – and guest vocalist Annie Lennox, to raise money […]

Mary Gauthier to Lead AMA-UK songwriting workshop 2018

December 4, 2017 Mark Whitfield 2

Mary Gauthier has been announced as leading the AMA-UK Conference Songwriting Workshop 2018 in Hackney in January. Held on the second day of the conference, the Songwriting Workshop is described as “an opportunity to delve in to […]

Album artwork for The Fool by Embla and the Karldotters

Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

September 24, 2026 0

Norwegian queer-country assertively and affectionately delivering. Embla Karidotter was the drummer for Norwegian indie band Razika for 13 years, before she chose to change direction and build on her love of country music with new band […]

Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

September 24, 2026 0

On the 16th of October, Béla Fleck is to release the recording of a stellar Nashville night as a live album called Live Heart. On January 8, 2022, he and a multigenerational gang of musical heavy […]

Izzie Walsh “Where Do We Go From Here?”

September 24, 2026 0

A collection of rootsier tunes ideal for shuffle or playlist. Anyone who has attended gigs of a rootsier persuasion around Manchester and the northwest in recent years will almost certainly have come across the hard-working and […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]

Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1

As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0

Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

Tracks

The Americans: “The Right Stuff” – Listen

April 12, 2017 0

“The Right Stuff” is the new single to be released by The Americans who have just signed to one of our favourite americana labels, Loose. Hailing from Los Angeles, the quartet blend country and blues with […]

Classic Clips

Classic Clips: Bill Fay “The Never Ending Happening” – Later… With Jools Holland, 2012

June 13, 2025 0

When I first heard about English singer-songwriter Bill Fay, it was thought he was dead. A 1999 Mojo article speculated that Fay’s total disappearance after his two early 1970s albums was due to his descent into drug addiction, […]

Videos

Video: Barry Gibb ft. Gillian Welch and David Rawlings “Butterfly”

December 14, 2020 0

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings are one of a number of artists who feature on Barry Gibb’s forthcoming country/roots album ‘Greenfields’, which is produced by Dave Cobb – you can hear them on this track ‘Butterfly’ […]

Ben Miller Band back with “Choke Cherry Tree”

Alela Diane announces new “motherhood” album “Cusp”

First new John Prine album in 13 years on the way

Ralph McTell re-releases “Streets of London” for Crisis

Mary Gauthier to Lead AMA-UK songwriting workshop 2018

Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

Izzie Walsh “Where Do We Go From Here?”

Americana Stories – Stephen Eyre “On the road”

Vox Continental: September 2026