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Jeremy Ferrara “Everything I Hold”

July 2, 2021 Kimberly Bright 0
Folk purists will love the fact that the unhurried “Everything I Hold” features only singer-songwriter Jeremy Ferrara and his guitar. Ferrara played at open stages at folk clubs while in college in his native California, studying […]
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Grant Livingston “Grant & Friends”

July 1, 2021 Ben Roberts 0
Cool southern jams and ambient space are created in this debut release. Be prepared for a lot of long jams in this debut release from Grant Livingston. ‘Grant & Friends’ brings back the good old days of […]
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Lisa Bastoni “Backyard Birds”

July 1, 2021 Alasdair Fotheringham 0
Pared-down, tangy East Coast Folk with a warm heart and wise head. One of the pandemic’s many effects on  Americana music is there’s been a lot of introspective, person-with-acoustic-guitar-staring-out-from-their-back-porch kind of material getting published recently. After […]
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Tylor & The Train Robbers “Non-Typical Find”

June 30, 2021 Jim Finnie 0
High quality, mainstream Americana that never misses its target. Given the assortment of musical styles, and the accompanying debate, as to what is and what isn’t Americana, it’s refreshing to come across an offering that sits […]
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The Hello Darlins “Go By Feel”

June 30, 2021 Emily Dongray 0
Canadian session musicians collective carve their own path. When lockdowns happened across the world, it was a no-brainer that artists were going to get hit. Many of them did online live sessions, made isolation albums and […]

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Something for the long weekend: Steve Earle “City of Immigrants”

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Well that’s it from us for this week. If you haven’t got your tickets yet for our 25 year anniversary event featuring Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and you know, others of our ilk, you can head […]
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Americana Stories – Coming soon, but there’s still time to submit your story

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We will be starting to publish our Americana Stories in June, but the submission deadline is not until the end of August. We have some great work to share with you through the summer, so if […]
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Mia Kelly “Big Time Rollercoaster Feeling”

May 22, 2026 0
In “Big Time Roller Coaster Feeling” Mia Kelly leaps from her roots in folk and blues to a foray into pop territory. At only 23 years of age, Québec-based singer-songwriter Mia Kelly has released her third […]

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Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

May 20, 2026 0
There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]
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Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

May 19, 2026 2
Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]
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Interview: John Oates can’t stop the music and is still making his dreams come true

May 18, 2026 1
At 77 years young, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame vocalist is as active as ever, having released two albums: 2024’s stripped-down, acoustic Reunion and 2025’s groovy Oates, in the past two years, while regularly […]

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Courtney Marie Andrews has released her first song in three years, and it is absolutely beautiful, both musically and thematically. From the perfectly judged opening line: “Don’t make yourself small, baby, take up space,” Andrews inspires […]
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Double fab! Lucinda Williams announces “Sings The Beatles From Abbey Road”

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Three-time Grammy Award winning artist and Americana UK readers’ and writers’ favourite Lucinda Williams has announced the release on 6th December 2024 of “Lucinda Williams Sings The Beatles From Abbey Road”. Recorded at the legendary studio […]
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Interview: Elaine McGinty, CEO of the Phoenix Cultural Centre, Woking

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A discussion on the challenges of getting an Americana music venue off the ground in a London commuter town. Just recently I had the pleasure to visit the Phoenix Cultural Centre (PCC) in Woking, a multi-activity […]

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