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Ferris & Sylvester “Made in Streatham” (Archtop Records, 2018)

February 5, 2018 Elise Kennedy 1
Ferris & Sylvester’s new EP Made In Streatham takes a bluesy twist on the indie folk singing and guitar picking, the five-track offering taking a different turn on the music fans heard on their first EP […]
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Kyle Craft “Full Circle Nightmare” (Sub Pop, 2018)

February 2, 2018 David Cowling 0
Listening to this record is like mistakenly making conversation with a drunk that you can’t get away from, only this drunk has some great stories to tell. Like the bastard child of Jerry Lee Lewis and […]
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Tyler Childers “Purgatory” (Thirty Tigers 2018)

February 2, 2018 Keith Hargreaves 1
Building up a steady head of public interest, Tyler Childers follows his three singles of last year with his debut album co-produced by Sturgill Simpson no less. And it could well have been hewn from the […]
Album Reviews

J. Briozo “Deep In The Waves” (Swallow The Music, 2017)

February 1, 2018 David Cowling 0
J.Briozo is in fact Jeff Crandall, the lead singer of Swallows, who found himself writing a parallel set of songs as Swallows recorded their third album. He invited his band mates along to fill in the […]
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Alpha Mule “Peripheral Vision” (Giant Meteor Records, 2018)

February 1, 2018 Martyn Ingham 0
Eric Stoner and Joe Forkan, both visual artists by day, come together to form a potent partnership much greater than its parts. Their website claims influence by rock, blues, bluegrass, folk and traditional country and to […]

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Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

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Live Review: Cambridge Folk Festival, Cherry Hinton Hall, Cambridge – 1st-2nd August 2026

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

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Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0
Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]
Dusty Wright album Maximus Americanus 2026
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Dusty Wright “Maximus Americanus”

August 26, 2026 0
An entertaining homage to americana music reminds us of the breathtaking scope of the genre. Self-described as an homage to americana music, Dusty Wright’s latest album offers a smorgasbord of nods to the genre. It would […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Cambridge Folk Festival, Cherry Hinton Hall, Cambridge – 1st-2nd August 2026

August 26, 2026 0
There was something wonderfully appropriate about arriving at Cherry Hinton Hall for the return of the Cambridge Folk Festival and immediately finding myself wondering what, exactly, folk music is in 2026. One of the pleasures of […]

  • Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival
  • Dusty Wright “Maximus Americanus”
  • Live Review: Cambridge Folk Festival, Cherry Hinton Hall, Cambridge – 1st-2nd August 2026
  • Ferris & Sylvester “It’s A Joy To Be Alive”
  • Arborist returns with fourth album “Looking For Love” in the autumn
  • Kate Prascher “Sunday Afternoon”
  • Kingfishr “The Sunny Side Of The Street” – remembering Shane MacGowan
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Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0
Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]
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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 […]
Interviews

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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Icarus Phoenix “On My Belly” – living life, despite it all

February 18, 2026 0
On the latest single from Icarus Phoenix, Drew Danburry once more draws from real life for a song of resilience against the world and all the strains and pressures it can exert.  He says of the […]
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Sam Moss “Swimming”

January 15, 2025 0
Little-known singer-songwriter delivers a high-quality album. Things to know about Sam Moss. He is a singer-songwriter, originally from New England but now based in Virginia. He is also a woodworker, and a visit to his website […]
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Rodney Crowell to release ‘lost album’ “Then Again” next month

May 28, 2026 0
Rodney Crowell has announced the release of an album which many fans thought would never see the light of day, Then Again which arrives on 26th June 2026 via New West Records. The 10-track set was […]

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