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Ben Bedford “The Pilot And The Flying Machine” (Waterbug Records, 2016)

September 22, 2016 Maurice Hope 0
American singer-songwriter Ben Bedford’s fourth album is one of a plaintive, pure open sounding recording. The sound was obtained through utilising the acoustics of Douglas Avenue United Methodist Church in Springfield, Illinois. The Pilot And The Flying […]
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Scott Cook and the Long Weekends “Go Long” (Groove Revival, 2016)

September 22, 2016 Rudie Hayes 0
A bit overly complicated, you just want Cook to make a record, and forget the Frisbee spin off game sleeves etc.  Musically it is very appealing, lyrically hilarious; “Judging from the angle of the sun its […]
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Hattie Briggs “Young Runaways” (Wise Dog Records, 2016)

September 22, 2016 Rudie Hayes 0
It’s hard not to draw comparisons to other female singers and songwriters whilst listening to this record, as it has so many of them referenced along the way, it is such a striking lineage you find […]
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Peter James Millson “The Red Café” (Ind, 2016)

September 22, 2016 Rudie Hayes 0
An album of late night laments, jazz infusions and electronic flourishes reminds me of the late Colin Vearncombe, ABC and David Sylvian.  It does feel a little like a 80/90’s pop star making a ‘grown up’ […]
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Mogwai: The Barbican, London – 15th September 2016

September 21, 2016 Jonathan Aird 0
There is a dichotomy that is going to run through this review – is it a review of a live gig or is it a review of a documentary film? Mogwai’s last album was the soundtrack for […]

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Jobi Riccio announces UK and Ireland tour dates for Autumn

August 24, 2026 0
Colorado-born, Nashville-based songwriter Jobi Riccio will make her UK and Ireland live debut in October 2026, bringing the songs from her recently released second album, Face The Feeling, to audiences across the UK and Ireland.  Riccio […]
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Chasen Wayne and the Honky Tonk Machine “The Diamond Saloon”

August 24, 2026 0
Wonderfully ambitious third album from Austin honky-tonker. Chasen Wayne is not a musician to do anything by halves. After releasing two well-received albums, his third is a bold and distinct mélange of country, psychedelia, surf punk, […]
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Americana Stories – Jack Roscoe “Out of the Woods”

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Jack Roscoe finally emerged as a songwriter during Lockdown after years of stalled attempts at music. He released his debut album, the folky Out of the Woods, in November 2023. He followed this up with his second […]

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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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Matt Owens “Scorched Earth” (Independent, 2020)

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Steve Grozier “All That’s Been Lost”

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A talent realised with a set of songs that demand repeated playing. The distant pedal steel that opens ‘Twenty-Third Street’, the first song on ‘All That’s Been Lost’ drops you instantly in the prairie, but it’s […]
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AMA announces nominations for 24th Annual Americana Honours and Awards

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The Americana Music Association (AMA) – the US one that is – has announced the nominations for their 24th Annual Americana Honours & Awards for 2025.  The awards will be presented at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on […]

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