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Preview – Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2024: from San Francisco to your screen

October 3, 2024 Richard Parkinson 2
Since its inception in 2001, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass (HSB) has been a fixture in the americana and roots music calendar.  Founded by Warren Hellman, a San Francisco venture capitalist, HSB has been held each year in […]
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Preview: Glasgow Americana Festival 2024

September 25, 2024 Paul Kerr 0
Always a sign that the nights are drawing in, Glasgow’s own Americana Festival returns for its 18th year next week. Helmed by promoter Kevin Morris of The Fallen Angels Club, Glasgow Americana takes place in several […]
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Preview 2: The Long Road Festival, 23rd-25th August 2024 – New acts to look out for

August 21, 2024 David Jarman 1
The Long Road festival, previewed on our site last week, is now less than a week away, at Stanford Hall in Leicestershire over the August bank holiday weekend (23rd to 25th August). One of the pleasures […]
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Preview: The Long Road Festival – 23rd-25th August 2024

August 12, 2024 Richard Parkinson 1
Following 2023’s sell-out, The Long Road festival is returning to the picturesque grounds of Stanford Hall in Leicestershire over the August bank holiday weekend (23rd-25th August).  The Long Road has a track record of putting on […]
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Preview: Phil Lee and Tommy Womack head to England and Scotland for dates

June 21, 2024 Richard Parkinson 1
In July 2024, americana legend Phil Lee will be returning to the eastern shores of the Atlantic Ocean for a series of dates in England and Scotland.  For the Scottish dates, he will be accompanied by […]

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Iris Dement at Old Settler's Music Festival, Driftwood , Texas, 21st April , 2007
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Anniversary Cheers: Iris DeMent’s “The Way I Should” celebrates 30 years

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Yep Roc Records re-releases Iris DeMent’s iconic third album on its 30th anniversary – and it sounds better than ever! So, following on from the 30th Anniversary release of Iris DeMent’s album My Life, very nicely […]
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Paul Holland “Sunflower”

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Dreamy West Coast vibes with touches of folk and a pinch of jazz. Sunflower is the debut album of German/British artist Paul Holland. It features a number of very enjoyable characteristics, from West Coast soft rock […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 232 “Suprising”

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Last week’s heatwave was the setting for an adventure. Regular readers will know that Mrs H and I venture out in a van every now and then, but the Bank Holiday was the first time that […]

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Interview: Ben Vaughn on being true to yourself and the joys of recording an album in your car

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To say Ben Vaughn has had an eclectic musical career would be a gross understatement. He grew up in the Philadelphia area, and his journey into music began when a kind uncle gave him a Duane […]
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Interview: Beau Jennings – In Tribute to Will Rogers and the Verdigris

May 27, 2026 0
If History was your favourite class in school, raise your digital hand. Only two? Come on, the subject is not that dull. Now pay attention. Today, we are going to learn about a river called the […]
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Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

May 26, 2026 3
Chicago-born and LA-based singer-songwriter Truman Sinclair will be a new name to many AUK readers, although the more observant of you will have noticed his song Joel Roberts topped my top tracks of 2025 list published […]

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A Venn diagram of the musical genres that go to make up this thing we call Americana would be an enormous and extremely complex entity. It is such a joy that so many excellent and diverse […]
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Rosanne Cash, Isbell and more voice support for gun control

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Rolling Stone carried an interesting piece yesterday on americana and country artists who in the wake of the recent mass shootings in the US have voiced their support for gun control. In several recent incidents, the […]
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Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”

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Superb fourth from Canadian song thrush. Mud Blood Bone is Cat Clyde’s fourth album and arrives just over four years since its predecessor, Down Rounder. In between times, Clyde released a live album, Live At Rare […]

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