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Jax Hollow “Only The Wild Ones”

April 25, 2023 Rick Thorn 0
Charismatic and confident Southern Americana. ‘Only the Wild Ones’ is an album that has something for everyone.  Southern rock, country, blues even pop but most importantly it’s americana at its most expressive. Hollow, described by Guitar […]
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Charlotte Le Lievre “Songs From the Barrier Line”

April 24, 2023 David Jarman 0
Australian outback-inspired songs with traditional country and Americana stylings on debut album. Americana with Australian roots is an uncommon feature in American UK reviews, but ‘Songs From the Barrier Line’, the debut release from Charlotte Le […]
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Live Review: Diana Jones, Twickfolk, Cabbage Patch, Twickenham – 16th April 2023

April 24, 2023 Lyndon Bolton 0
As Diana Jones ended her performance to rapturous applause, the person next to your reviewer could not have summed it up better, “She gives you hope that the world might be a better place and she […]
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Dan Montgomery “Cast Iron Songs and Torch Ballads”

April 24, 2023 Guy Lincoln 0
Troubadour cranks up the volume for raucous 7th. ‘Cast Iron Songs and Torch Ballads‘ is Memphis native Dan Montgomery’s 7th album in a music-making career of 20-plus years. It’s a pretty straight-ahead blue-collar roots rockin’ record, […]
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Dan Whitaker “I Won’t Play By Your Rules”

April 24, 2023 Jonathan Smith 0
Vintage Americana sounds by seasoned songwriter. With 13 albums already under his belt, the arrival of Dan Whitaker’s 14th also marks the transition from his long-time home of Chicago to Austin, Texas, a place he describes […]

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Well that’s it from us for this week. If you haven’t bought your tickets yet to Americana 25, our festival taking place in Liverpool at the end of November, we have sold out around half of […]
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Joshua Burnside “It’s Not Going To Be Okay”

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A searing display of grief through ten bare songs. How we all cope with grief is complex and individual, though the ability of energising one’s sadness through music is a powerful and positive one. Belfast’s Joshua […]
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As Graeme Tait takes an enforced break he kindly asked me to step in this month to produce our monthly EP Roundup. I think he knows he has no fears about my contributions matching his excellent […]

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Interview: Charlie Musselwhite knows the highway and it knows him

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At age 82, Charlie Musselwhite continues to put out relevant and meaningful albums. Sweet. While his body of work may not conjure memories for some of our younger readers, it’s great to see him continuing his […]
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Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

April 22, 2026 0
Matt Hill has combined his career as a singer-songwriter with his work as a campaigner in the charity sector and currently as a community songwriter. He has tasted success as an americana singer-songwriter and played in […]
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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

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Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]

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Exclusive AUK Black Deer Backstage Video: Annie Dressner

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The Black Deer Festival 2023 is already a distant memory.  As ever, it was an awesome combination of culture and community with some truly great musical experiences on stages large and small.  I saw Allison Russell […]
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Jeremy Nail “Live Oak” (Independent, 2018)

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‘Live Oak’ is the third album from Texan Jeremy Nail, just the name of the album along is strong with symbolism for Nail. The name of the album refers back to an oak tree in Austin, […]

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