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Frank Goodman “Ranchero Radio”

December 10, 2024 Andrew Raw 0
Quirky, easy-listening pop music which is a real pleasure to listen to. As you sit down to listen to Frank Goodman’s “Ranchero Radio” you are transported back to the Seventies and to those light entertainment Saturday […]
Nick Gusman and the Coyotes: Lifting Heavy Things
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Nick Gusman and the Coyotes “Lifting Heavy Things”

December 9, 2024 Alasdair Fotheringham 2
Repackaged 1990s alt-country time travel trips have rarely felt this rewarding. It’s far easier said than done, but why does this album, the third by St. Louis outfit Nick Gusman and the Coyotes, and as fine […]
The Holy Grail Smog BBC Peel Sessions
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The Holy Grail Bill Callahan’s “Smog” Dec. 10, 2001 Peel Session

December 6, 2024 Andy Davidson 0
One of Maida Vale 4’s brilliant, arcane recordings. It would be safe to say John Peel championed Smog. Bill Callahan recorded three Peel Sessions, the first in November 94, then again in October 97 and finally […]
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Father John Misty “Mahashmashana”

December 6, 2024 Guy Lincoln 0
The Misty/Tillman axis delivers another gloriously overblown tour-de-force. Fewer than ten seconds into the opening and title track of Father John Misty’s new album and we are knee-deep in thudding percussion, sweeping melodramatic string crescendos and […]
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The Unthanks “In Winter”

December 5, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
It’s bleak in the mid-winter. Into the increasingly crowded market for folk renditions of wintery themed songs and reworked and reimagined carols comes ‘In Winter‘ the latest release from The Unthanks.  It, quite cannily, is available […]

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Billy Bragg & Wilco’s “Mermaid Avenue” project returns with expanded “The Complete Sessions”

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Afton Wolfe and The Snake Hunters “Live from the Fallout Shelter”

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Live Review: Robert Jon and the Wreck, The Junction, Cambridge – 2nd October 2026

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Billy Bragg & Wilco’s “Mermaid Avenue” project returns with expanded “The Complete Sessions”

October 12, 2026 0
Nearly thirty years after Billy Bragg and Wilco first came together to give voice to a collection of previously unheard Woody Guthrie lyrics, Craft Recordings will release Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions on 11th December 2026, […]
Album Reviews

Afton Wolfe and The Snake Hunters “Live from the Fallout Shelter”

October 12, 2026 0
A raw, live recording with all the in-the-moment feel of the best performances. Recorded at the Fallout Shelter venue in Norwood, Massachusetts, there is no denying the intensity of the live performance from Wolfe and his […]
Chris Stapleton at Merrieather Post Pavilion August 2019
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For The Sake Of The Song: Chris Stapleton “Traveller”

October 12, 2026 0
Our esteemed editor has labelled Chris Stapleton as the Marmite of artists for the writers here at Americana UK. It may be that our readers likewise fall into two camps and it took me a while […]

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  • Afton Wolfe and The Snake Hunters “Live from the Fallout Shelter”
  • For The Sake Of The Song: Chris Stapleton “Traveller”
  • Jonathan Something “One More Lonesome Cowboy Song”
  • Live Review: Robert Jon and the Wreck, The Junction, Cambridge – 2nd October 2026
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Interview: Fischer-Z’s John Watts reminisces on 50 years of making heartfelt music

October 1, 2026 0
The songs of John Watts, whether in his band Fischer-Z, in his other bands or as a solo artist, aren’t technically Americana, but everything in their construction and recording has the feel of exactly what Americana […]
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Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

September 29, 2026 2
Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]
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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry “All My Faith”

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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 track on Maya de Vitry’s 2026 release, but […]

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Video: Jerry Leger “Canvas Of Gold”

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Jerry Leger’s new album ‘Time For Tomorrow‘ is out on November 8th.  This is the first single from it and it’s a great song.  Interesting video to go with it too.
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Essentials: The Top 10 Ruston Kelly Songs

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If people were asked to describe Ruston Kelly’s music, there are a few terms that might come up: americana, folk, or even alt-country, but there is one term that the South Carolina native prefers above all […]
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Barbara Lynch “Where Did You Go”

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Empathetic stories of life in a small town. This album is a collection of stories about people in a small town who are living their lives as best as they can. They are getting by, but […]

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