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Jake Xerxes Fussell “Good and Green Again”

January 24, 2022 Richard Phillips 0
Folk Ballads with Telecaster and French Horn. Listeners to Fussell’s weekly show, co-presented with Jefferson Currie II, on Fall Line Radio will be used to an eclectic selection of music biased towards songs of the American […]
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Fred Wickham Caravan “Town Without Soul”

January 21, 2022 Gordon Sharpe 0
Plenty to admire from an experienced musician with views on affairs of the heart and a range of influences. Fred Wickham and his caravaners hail from Kansas City and Wickham has apparently been a fixture in […]
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The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band “Great American Radio Vol. 9”

January 21, 2022 Kimberly Bright 0
Enjoyable Nitty Gritty Dirt Band live performances from 1974. This collection is the ninth in a series of Retroworld’s archival releases of concerts and studio performances broadcast on American radio in the ’70’s. The two CD’s […]
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Kieran Ridge & The Moonrakers “Kieran Ridge & The Moonrakers”

January 20, 2022 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0
Kieran Ridge & The Moonrakers come up with an album that fits the term americana really well. Since the term americana came into use there were always questions posed about what that genre as such encompasses […]
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The Teskey Brothers with Orchestra Victoria “Live at The Hamer Hall”

January 20, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0
If you like your sounds analogue and warm then this is the album for you. Steeped in the sounds of Motown and country soul with a vocalist in Josh Teskey that completely understands the form and […]

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Americana 25 festival with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more comes to Liverpool in November – here’s how you can get your tickets

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Last week we announced details of Americana 25, our celebration of 25 years of Americana UK, which comes to two stages across Liverpool’s Rough Trade venue and Quaker Meeting House later this year on Saturday November […]
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Something for the long weekend: Michael Stipe & Andrew Watt “I Played the Fool”

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Well that’s it from us for this week as we head into the long weekend. If you’re an AUK supporter your playlist will still be with you for 5pm tomorrow and don’t forget tickets for our […]
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Our new supporters playlist comes out tomorrow – win a pair of tickets for the Folk by the Oak Festival!

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If you’re not subscribing to our monthly supporters newsletter you’ll be missing out on our exclusive supporters playlist of the best new Americana we’ve heard over the last month which this month includes new tracks by […]

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Interview: Michael Weston King on why “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

April 2, 2026 0
How the worst kind of family tragedy can lead to a career high British americana stalwart and music award winner Michael Weston King is releasing a new solo album, Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore. On the […]
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Interview: Foy Vance on his seven-album project culminating in “The Wake”

April 1, 2026 0
Few artists write with the kind of raw honesty and emotional depth that Foy Vance brings to his music. Across a career that has steadily unfolded over the last two decades, Vance has crafted songs that […]
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Behind the Songs: Natalie Del Carmen “Pastures”

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When it comes right down to it, the heart of americana music has always been about connecting listeners to real experiences and emotions, and Natalie Del Carmen is currently one of the best examples of what […]

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Morton Valence “Summertime In London” – but, was it this Summer?

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Having reached the Autumn Equinox (an event to be celebrated now by not just one, but a fine pair of albums from this guy) it may seem strange to be featuring a Summery song.  And it […]
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Classic Americana Albums: Maria McKee “Maria McKee”

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By the time her eponymous debut solo album was released during the summer of 1989 Maria McKee was still only 24 years old, and yet for close on a decade she had become the voice and […]
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Clint West’s Americana Plus: Are You Ready for Some Country?

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Lately I’ve been broadcasting ‘Clint West’s Americana Plus’ from the new Studio 2 at the Lancashire School of Rock just north of Manchester.  However, the transfer from Studio 1 has not been without some teething problems. […]

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