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JP Harris “JP Harris is a Trash Fire”

November 21, 2024 Peter Thompson 2
Tremendous country record from handyman with a banjo, JP Harris. As backstories go, the JP Harris version is right up there. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, his family moved to Apple, California when he was seven years […]
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Alberta Cross “The Thief & The Heartbreaker (Re-Imagined)”

November 20, 2024 Tony Burke 1
2007 album of Americana-tinged demos originally issued on EP re-worked and re-imagined Alberta Cross were originally formed in London by singer and keyboard player Petter Ericson Stakee who hails from Upsala in Sweden and London bass […]
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Mia Kelly “To Be Clear”

November 20, 2024 Michael Macy 0
‘To Be Clear’ is C’est le fun! (“it’s awesome” in French Canadian) Sometimes, it all comes together. As is the case for Mia Kelly’s second album, ‘To Be Clear’. The lyrics are poetic and tell a […]
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Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms “Gold In Your Pocket”

November 19, 2024 Guy Lincoln 1
Portland duo hit trad’ country paydirt with joyous third. Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms are steeped in the traditional sounds of country music, sounds that have changed little since first emerging in 1920s Appalachia and finding […]
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Chuck Prophet “Wake The Dead”

November 18, 2024 Lyndon Bolton 1
From fear to hope, an album of extremes. Time flies. Chuck Prophet’s new release ‘Wake The Dead’ neatly coincides with Green on Red’s first London show forty years ago. During those intervening decades Prophet has built […]

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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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Chris Stapleton at Merrieather Post Pavilion August 2019

For The Sake Of The Song: Chris Stapleton “Traveller”

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Jonathan Something “One More Lonesome Cowboy Song”

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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”
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  • 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

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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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James Hyland “Western” (Independent, 2020)

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James Hyland is from Texas. Like many from Texas, he is not just from Texas; he IS Texas.  Hyland started as a member of the South Austin Jug Band, a casual party bluegrass group with no […]
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Sara Milonovich & Daisycutter “Two Dollar Town” – Listen, it’s all true

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Sara Milonovich says that ‘Two Dollar Town’ is “The story of many rural communities and a warning against greed; the greed of development and suburban sprawl that’s taking over so much farmland, as well as the […]
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Dean Owens continues his rich vein of form with his latest single ‘My Beloved Hills’.  The single is from the forthcoming album ‘Spirit Ridge’, which is due February 2025.  This is set to be the official […]

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