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Cat Terrones “Shelter In Our Beauty”

June 9, 2025 Tim Martin 0

A first album which shows promise, we can look forward to seeing how her writing evolves. Los Angeles native Cat Terrones grew up watching whales and swimming in the Pacific. That has given her a feel […]

Luke O’Hanlon “The River Only Flows One Way”

June 9, 2025 Andy Davidson 0

An evocative, lyrical spate. Liverpudlian songwriter Luke O’Hanlon describes his third solo album as an “emotionally honest folk record, created over two years, a personal mediation on grief, identity and change”. He has spent the two […]

Live Review: The Black Feathers, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 30th May 2025

June 9, 2025 Graeme Tait 2

For many years, three large banners have hung across the back of the stage at Lincolnshire’s premier Americana music venue, each proudly proclaiming the following: “The Town Hall Live. Bringing the best folk, roots, and americana […]

Counting Crows “Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets!”

June 6, 2025 Fiona Golden 0

A jubilant return with all the fear that’s fit to print. Fading glory in Oklahoma, the modern panopticon of the surveillance state, “we are dissolving from night to morning and I want to believe in something”. […]

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Book Review: Mike Campbell “Heartbreaker”

June 6, 2025 Graeme Tait 1

For the few people who don’t know, Mike Campbell was the lead guitarist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from the band’s inception in 1976 to Petty’s tragic death in 2017. His iconic, melodic playing helped […]

Sorrel Nation will release sophomore album next month

September 8, 2026 0

Following a breakthrough period that saw major festival appearances, BBC Radio support and the release of her debut album Lost En Route, singer-songwriter Sorrel Nation returns with her second album, Creeping Thyme. The record will be […]

Blaine Todd “Angle of Repose”

September 8, 2026 0

Quirky, gentle release from San Francisco Bay area songwriter and musician. Angle of Repose is the fifth album from Bay area Blaine Todd, a newcomer to our site, but a release with a resonance with many […]

More People Really Should Know About: Liz Stringer

September 8, 2026 0

There are, of course, countless reasons why we love attending gigs and feeding on the buzz that only live music can give. On the Americana circuit that we inhabit in these pages, often at smaller and […]

Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1

As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]

Interviews

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. […]

Interviews

Interview: Nora Kelly holds space for the quirky in outlaw country music

August 24, 2026 1

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 […]

Features

Home Life: Lynne Hanson

May 14, 2020 1

Ottawa-based Lynne Hanson has just released ‘Just Words‘, her seventh album, produced by the much-respected Jim Bryson. For an artist who self-describes her music as ‘porch music with a little red dirt‘ it’s arguably her finest […]

Videos

Video: Curse of Lono “Krieger”

June 29, 2023 0

The latest video from Curse of Lono addresses a weighty theme with a sensitive and thought-provoking exploration of the experiences of Felix Bechtolsheimer’s German-Jewish great-great-uncle, a veteran of the First World War. It’s a heartbreaking story. […]

Tracks

Alex Hedley “Let it Roll On” – Listen

December 5, 2017 0

Dorset based Alex Hedley has released his new single ‘Let It Roll On’ taken from his ‘This Life’ EP which comes out later next month. If Nick Drake-esqe acoustic folk is your thing, you’ll probably enjoy this. Not […]

Cat Terrones “Shelter In Our Beauty”

Luke O’Hanlon “The River Only Flows One Way”

Live Review: The Black Feathers, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 30th May 2025

Counting Crows “Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets!”

Book Review: Mike Campbell “Heartbreaker”

Sorrel Nation will release sophomore album next month

Blaine Todd “Angle of Repose”

More People Really Should Know About: Liz Stringer

Live Review: The Felice Brothers, 100 Club, London – 2nd September 2026

Bloodkin “Flowers & Ash”