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Horse Feathers “Appreciation” (Kill Rock Stars, 2018)

April 26, 2018 Peter Churchill 0
Made in Kentucky but with nods to Wigan. Now that is a strange thought on which to begin any review but for this, their 6th album, Horse Feathers have built upon the guitars, strings and keyboards that […]
Album Reviews

Great Peacock “Gran Pavo Real” (Ropeadope, 2018)

April 25, 2018 Alan O'Hare 0
Jason Isbell and Dave Cobb may well be redefining ‘The Nashville Sound’, but Great Peacock aren’t paying any attention. “I’m a rolling stone, I can’t sit still,” sings lead singer and guitarist Andrew Nelson, on the […]
Album Reviews

Old Crow Medicine Show “Volunteer” (Columbia Nashville, 2018)

April 24, 2018 Alan O'Hare 0
‘A World Away’ bursts out of the speakers sounding like another time and another place and all seems right in the world. Well, wrong, as it’s a refugee song… but you know what I mean. Old […]
Album Reviews

Amit Dattani “Santiago” (Independent, 2018)

April 24, 2018 Keith Hargreaves 0
Fingerpicking roots guitarist Amit Dattani has set the bar high for his debut release ‘Santiago’ which features some beautiful playing as well as some noteworthy songwriting. Opening with the title track, he sets the tone early […]
Live Reviews

Littlemen, The Bell Inn, Bath, 11th April 2018

April 24, 2018 Tim Merricks 0
Strange bedfellows are made in the western outpost of Bath, Somerset. It’s a small community, neatly split into three piles. The tourists, who come for the Georgian tea rooms and Roman spas, the students (Bath has […]

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Don’t forget our Americana 25 festival with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more – join us in Liverpool in November!

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As usual, we wanted to remind you about 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 […]
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Jim James “Wowed Out”

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Jim James escapes information overload through beauty and hope. We’re living in an age of information overload, where almost everything is aimed at shocking or amazing us. Wowed Out is where Jim James thinks our brains […]
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Foy Vance to release multi-part new album and play autumn tour dates

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Emmy-winning singer-songwriter Foy Vance has announced his eighth studio album, IF, for release on 30th April 2027. Described as an autobiography in album form, IF will be released in three parts, with each part arriving as […]

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  • Jim James “Wowed Out”
  • Foy Vance to release multi-part new album and play autumn tour dates
  • Sian & Rob Colquhoun “Sourwood Honey”
  • AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – August 2026
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Interview: Nora Kelly holds space for the weird in outlaw country music

August 24, 2026 0
It’s always the ride and not necessarily the destination that makes a trip through a Nora Kelly Band album worthwhile. The songs can be zany, intriguing and melancholic all at once, cavorting to their own primal […]
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Interview: Issy Ferris and Archie Sylvester on why “It’s A Joy To Be Alive”

August 19, 2026 0
One thing everyone quickly learns as they get older is that time waits for no one, and that life continues its unstoppable flow forward. Americana UK has followed Ferris & Sylvester’s career since their first album, […]
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Interview: Waylon Payne on the ‘family’ business and pulling Willie Nelson’s beard

August 13, 2026 0
Americana UK’s Ian Rothery caught up with Waylon Payne via Zoom at his home in Nashville on one of the few days of the year when it might actually have been hotter in the UK than […]

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Sounds from beyond the Shed 231 “Raging”

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I think we all know that times are hard, in virtually all respects, but financially, things have been tough for a long while. Every time it looks like there might be some respite, along comes another […]
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The latest single from Bruce Springsteen launches immediately into a forceful drum pattern, laying the foundations for a powerful song about a life of love and loss, surrounded by music.  Springsteen explains: “‘Ghosts’ is about the beauty […]
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Interview: Ann Savoy

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Adopted Cajun, Ann Savoy of the Savoy Cajun Family Band is carrying on the region’s age-old tradition of music and way of life through her work. Savoy, married to accordionist and accordion builder Marc Savoy, is […]

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