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Red Means Run “Things You Hold True”

July 24, 2024 Tom Harding 0
Return of Americana roots rock revivalists. Red Means Run return with their first release since 2019, offering a revivalist set of roots Americana. The opener, ‘Isn’t What I Wanted,’ elicits a readily recognizable sound that lands […]
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Okay, it’s July, and time for our regular ‘EP’s Round-Up’, of all that falls under the Americana Music banner. This month’s collection offers a broad selection of the genre, so plenty to get your teeth into, […]
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Steve Earle “Alone Again (Live)”

July 24, 2024 Peter Thompson 0
Excellent Steve Earle solo acoustic live release offers a glimpse of the hard-core troubadour doing what he does best. Earle has gone full circle, back to how he started out; standing on a stage by himself, […]
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Book Review: Robyn Hitchcock “1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left”

July 23, 2024 Paul Kerr 1
1967 opens with Robyn Hitchock, aged 12, entering the English public school system, leaving the family home behind along with his model trams and trolleybuses. His has been a relatively privileged life so far, insulated, as […]
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Melissa Carper “Borned In Ya”

July 23, 2024 Guy Lincoln 0
Unique Texan voice revels in the old-times(y), again. Thirty plus years of devotion to music and music-making and three albums into a career as a solo recording artist and Melissa Carper here offers up her definitive […]

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Well that’s it from us for this week – it is unbelievable that 9/11 was a quarter of a century ago. I asked my son what it was the other day and he said “the number […]
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Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy “Ghosts of American Psychonauts”

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Eight exquisite live performances from a master songwriter. Bonnie “Prince” Billy (aka Will Oldham) is no stranger to releasing live albums. Over the past 25 years he’s produced numerous live recordings under his various aliases. This […]
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Classic Clip: Crosby Stills Nash & Young “Don’t Be Denied” – Wembley Stadium, 1974

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The early autumn of 1974 saw a gathering of fans of what later contributed to a slice of the pie known as Americana. The occasion: an all-star concert at London’s Wembley Stadium (the old one) featuring […]

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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 […]
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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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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 quirky in outlaw country music

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