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[ July 31, 2026 ] Something for the weekend: case/lang/veirs “People Have The Power” Tracks
[ July 31, 2026 ] Jack Browning to release his long awaited second album in September News
[ July 31, 2026 ] Americana Stories – Rick Bayles “The Little Shop of Hollers” Features
[ July 31, 2026 ] There’s a joyful festival to be Found in Buckingham on the August bank holiday Previews
[ July 31, 2026 ] Classic Clips: Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” – Studio Recording, 1981 Classic Clips

RS: Tom Petty’s music can be heard in an entire genre – americana

October 4, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Very interesting piece in Rolling Stone Country this morning about Tom Petty’s relationship with country music, how big an influence he was on the whole americana genre and why he never took up Chris Stapleton’s offer […]

Jon Boden – here, there and everywhere in November

October 4, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

Giant of the folk scene Jon Boden is making a late attempt at the “hardest working man in folk” crown. Not content with releasing a new album – Afterglow – this month and preparing to take […]

Linda Ronstadt: ‘I don’t like any of my albums’

October 3, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

Not quite as severe as it sounds – Linda Ronstadt, in a recent wide ranging interview in The Guardian, just joined the long list of artists who don’t get pleasure from listening to their old stuff […]

Tributes pour in to Tom Petty, dead at 66

October 3, 2017 Mark Whitfield 5

Very sad news from the States yesterday (in a day of sad news for the States yesterday) with the death of Tom Petty who is about as near to a living americana icon as you get. Rolling Stone […]

Drive by Truckers release charity single tackling racism – Watch

October 2, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

A live version to be precise but it includes a new song which is always a lovely thing to behold from DBT. Rolling Stone reports: “Patterson Hood considers himself to be a pretty cynical person. As […]

Something for the weekend: case/lang/veirs “People Have The Power”

July 31, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a new song from case/lang/veirs who have this week shared their cover of Patti Smith’s track People Have The Power which […]

Jack Browning to release his long awaited second album in September

July 31, 2026 0

London-based singer-songwriter Jack Browning will release his sophomore album, Painted Skies, on September 16th via Too Fine Records. The twelve-song collection follows Browning’s signing to the Nashville label earlier this year and arrives after two years […]

Americana Stories – Rick Bayles “The Little Shop of Hollers”

July 31, 2026 0

The next Americana Story comes from one of our own. Rick Bayles escaped the UK to live in the Dordogne region of France, and from there he reports back through his monthly Vox Continental column, sharing […]