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Simon Linsteadt “February” (Stormy Deep Records 2018)

February 23, 2018 Michael Farley 0
This album exudes relaxed California cool, which is just as well really as the artist is a native of that State. Without the knowledge that this was a new release it is likley that you would […]
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Steve Lowis “Chapters” (Independent, 2017)

February 22, 2018 Rick Bayles 0
Albums capture your imagination in different ways. Some grab you by the throat and demand that you listen, some come with a reputation to live up to, some come with expectation and curiosity; every so often […]
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Reg Meuross “Faraway People” (Hatsongs, 2017)

February 22, 2018 David Cowling 1
What’s the function of Folk music these days – does it have any place at all?  If its function was to hold a mirror up to society, then Meuross would have a place in this world. […]
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The Dead South “Illusion & Doubt” (DevilDuck, 2018)

February 21, 2018 Mark Johnson 0
Canada is a major home of Americana, but not perhaps where you would look to find bluegrass. The Dead South are firmly established as a self described folk-bluegrass outfit, and are finally bringing their second album […]
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Brother Roy “Last Man Standing” (Independent, 2017)

February 21, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0
Remember when intense singer-songwriter J. Tillman, still working the day shift as drummer with Fleet Foxes, had a musical and emotional epiphany and transformed into Father John Misty? After serving time in Phoebe Hunt’s band The […]

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Arborist returns with fourth album “Looking For Love” in the autumn

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Kate Prascher “Sunday Afternoon”

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Kingfishr “The Sunny Side Of The Street” – remembering Shane MacGowan

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Video Premiere: Ardentjohn “Into The Night”

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Ferris & Sylvester “It’s A Joy To Be Alive”

August 26, 2026 0
Lush romanticism, married with a melting pot of musical styles, informs a confident and commercial new album from a musical couple in control. In his excellent Rough Guide to Country Music, Kurt Wolff devotes a chapter […]
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Arborist returns with fourth album “Looking For Love” in the autumn

August 26, 2026 0
Arborist, the musical outlet of singer-songwriter Mark McCambridge, has announced a new album, Looking For Love, will be released via Fika Recordings on 16th October 2026 – Looking For Love is Arborist’s first album to be […]
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Kate Prascher “Sunday Afternoon”

August 26, 2026 0
Behind the smile, a sense of dread, with anxieties flowing from all emotional directions. On her second album, Kate Prascher continues to draw from her influences: raised in Memphis, with a childhood spent amid the heart […]

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  • Video Premiere: Ardentjohn “Into The Night”
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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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Chris Pierce “Songs for the Heavy Hearted”

August 10, 2026 0
A moving, beautifully crafted collection of songs that refuses to surrender compassion in a fractured world. Chris Pierce has always possessed one of the finest voices in americana, capable of conveying tenderness, conviction and quiet resilience […]
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Video: Charlie Parr “Dog”

March 28, 2018 0
Something new from the great country blues player Charlie Parr is always good news and this is the title track from his new album, available now.
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Live Review: The Lumineers, Hoxton Hall, London – 17th January 2025

February 11, 2025 0
London’s Hoxton Hall—a very fine east End Victorian Music Hall—was a suitably intimate venue for a special stripped-down set by The Lumineers, as a preview for their fans of their forthcoming album “Automatic” out on the […]

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