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Zervas & Pepper “Wilderland” (Independent, 2017)

October 18, 2017 Muff Fitzgerald 0
Cabin fever! Jack Kerouac spent 63 days working as a fire watch, on top of Desolation Peak in the North Cascade Mountains in 1956. Zervas & Pepper spent 28 days in a remote cabin in the […]
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Thunder and Rain “Start Believing” (Independent, 2017)

October 18, 2017 Peter Churchill 0
Thunder and Rain are a four piece from Golden, Colorado who describe their music as an exploration of rock and country music using bluegrass level acoustic musicianship. There are songs here, particularly those that highlight the […]
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The Winterlings “American Son” (Independent, 2017)

October 17, 2017 Peter Churchill 0
The history of popular music is littered with chance encounters and the random coming together of artists but surely the Buddhist fire ritual that brought Wolff Bowden and Amanda Birdsall together must be right up there […]
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Dia del Mercado “Another Clumsey Mile” (Root and Branch Recordings, 2017)

October 17, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0
Tumbleweeds roll through a dusty town, the barroom doors clatter back and forth in the wind and the Ennio Morricone soundtrack rattles with a raucous choir. It’s not, however, a cheroot chewing man with no name […]
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Sophia Marshall “Bye Bye” (Independent, 2017)

October 16, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0
Following on from her solo debut EP last year comes a full album from Leicester’s Sophia Marshall, once half of the much missed Havenots.  It’s a slender little thing, with nine songs clocking in at a […]

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Artwork for Buffalo Traffic Jam album “Pictures of You”

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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass unveils initial line up plus associated shows

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The indefatigable Richard Thompson introduces his Hippies, Thugs and Heroes in October

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Kate Prascher “Thousand A Million” – a lot, anyway

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Video: Elanor Moss “The Way That It Feels” – A song about not turning away, but turning towards

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Artwork for Buffalo Traffic Jam album “Pictures of You”
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Buffalo Traffic Jam “Pictures of You”

July 30, 2026 0
If Kings of Leon did americana. Buffalo Traffic Jam is an act that is generating an awful lot of noise at the moment, as well as being one of the hottest concert tickets in town, based […]
News

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass unveils initial line up plus associated shows

July 30, 2026 0
Live stream available if you can’t make it! Hardly Strictly Bluegrass (HSB) has shared the initial lineup for its 2026 edition in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park from Friday 2nd October to Sunday 4th October 2026. […]
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The indefatigable Richard Thompson introduces his Hippies, Thugs and Heroes in October

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Richard Thompson will release his 20th studio album, Hippies, Thugs and Heroes, on October 16th via New West Records. The 12-track set was produced by Thompson and James Frazee and recorded in Weehawken, New Jersey. It […]

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  • Hardly Strictly Bluegrass unveils initial line up plus associated shows
  • The indefatigable Richard Thompson introduces his Hippies, Thugs and Heroes in October
  • Kate Prascher “Thousand A Million” – a lot, anyway
  • Video: Elanor Moss “The Way That It Feels” – A song about not turning away, but turning towards
  • Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Matraca Berg
  • Gary Marks “Sky High” – How could water catch fire?
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Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

July 29, 2026 0
American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]
Interviews

Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0
“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]
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Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward

July 24, 2026 0
End Times Elevator Music is a special record to behold. From the Link Wray fuzz guitar rumbles on opener No Alarm to the title track closer, which arrives like Ben Schneider and Brendan Urie collaborated, there […]

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Things I Love Which Aren’t Americana: Maps and Charts

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All the world on a piece of paper. A map is a thing of beauty and that’s why I’ve got several on my walls. There’s a 1947 Bartholomew map of The Lakes (so different from the […]
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The 286 “Time Immemorial” – Listen

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The 286 are a London based musical collective brought together when Spencer Hannabuss posted an advert on the internet for classical musicians to join his band.  Time Immemorial is The 286’s first single to be released this year, […]
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AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Alan Fitter

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