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Live Review: UK Americana Music Week – AMAUK UK Showcases, Hackney Venues, 21st January 2025

February 13, 2025 Jonathan Aird 1

The music showcases on the Tuesday and Wednesday evenings of the AMAUK’s annual conference are a really fine way to get going on gig attending after the inevitable Yuletide lull. Taking advantage of the high density […]

Album Artwork for Shane Pendergast album "Winter Grace"

Shane Pendergast “Winter Grace”

February 12, 2025 Andy Short 0

Canadian singer-songwriter lighting a candle of hope for us all. There is a beauty to Shane Pendergast’s music that instantly puts you in a reflective, relaxed mood. Think of families, loved ones, and friends who have […]

Live Review: Arkansauce, Bowstring Burgers & Brewery, Wilmington, North Carolina – 6th February 2025

February 12, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

Bolstered by the independent release in April, 2023 of their fifth album, “OK to Wonder,” Arkansauce have continued to bring nightly the vibrant melodies of the Ozark Mountains’ rolling hills and raging rivers that can be […]

Straylings “Call Back Your Name”

February 12, 2025 Andy Davidson 0

More English muslin than upland cotton. The Straylings are Dana Zeera and Oliver Drake. “Call Back Your Name” is their third album, released last December, the title track being a single from four years ago. They […]

Heather Maloney “Exploding Star”

February 11, 2025 Guy Lincoln 0

Tender indie-folk evocation of grief and hope. Massachusetts-based “writer song-singer” Heather Maloney returns to the fray with her first LP in five years and the 7th (or 8th?) since her 2009 self-released debut CD. The new […]

Fruition “Something More”

September 10, 2026 0

Dense harmonies and insightful words make this a “why haven’t I heard them before” album. Fruition say that “this album is the culmination of almost two decades of making music. We set out to show the […]

Americana Stories – John Jenkins “Just One of Those Nights”

September 10, 2026 0

Liverpool singer-songwriter John Jenkins and is one of our “most compelling voices in folk, Americana, and country,” as his press accurately describes him. Having seen him play live with his regular musical partner, Pippa Murdie, in […]

David Coller “Blue Water”

September 10, 2026 0

Stunning traditional songwriting on instant folk classic. This is the second full-length release by singer-songwriter David Coller this year. His first, When Summer Comes, was given a glowing write-up in these pages, and now comes Blue […]