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Pete Mancini “Killing the Old Ways”

May 5, 2022 Cam Fraser 1
Songwriter carves out a niche in the Drive By Truckers monolith of country-rock. New York songwriter, Pete Mancini, releases his third album recorded at Dial-Back Studio, Water Valley, Mississippi with Drive-By Truckers bass player, Matt Patton, […]
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The Americans “Stand True”

May 4, 2022 Paul Kerr 0
L.A.’s The Americans return after a five year hiatus with a gnarly yet soulful set of songs. Five years on from their debut album, ‘I’ll Be Yours’, the Los Angeles based trio, The Americans return with […]
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Notes from abroad: Bluegrass and Americana is alive and kicking at the Suwanee Music Festival

May 4, 2022 Mike Fiorito 2
We’re always up for something new at AUK and when we were offered this intimate glimpse into what appears to be an idyllic bluegrass festival, held in the Suwanee Music Park in North Florida, we thought, […]
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Cheryl Cawood “Bullet in the Cabin Wall”

May 4, 2022 Paul Gibson 0
Texas-domiciled country girl explores her Appalachian heritage. A fine line is to be trod between the traditional and the contemporary but Galveston based singer-songwriter Cheryl Cawood succeeds admirably on this, her full length debut. Cawood delves […]
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Graham Nash “Live: Songs For Beginners/Wild Tales”

May 4, 2022 Martin Johnson 2
Fifty-year-old songs that are still surprisingly relevant today. Two times Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Graham Nash is an intriguing artist despite the enduring success of his two main bands the Hollies and Crosby, Stills […]

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Americana favourite delivers the final chapter of his adventurous Sagebrush Trilogy that concludes with the mythological and wide-ranging story of the ‘Outlaw’ Billy MacLane. Readers of Americana UK are likely to be very familiar with the […]
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Tift Merrit announces new album “Sugar”

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Listen to the first single to be taken from it below. Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Tift Merritt has announced Sugar, her first album in nearly a decade, due out June 26th via One Riot which is described as […]

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Interview: The Breath’s Stuart McCallum and Ríoghnach Connolly on collaborating with the Paraorchestra

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How to achieve true musical Symbiosis. The Breath are guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer Ríoghnach Connolly, and they ensure that the song is always at the centre of their alt-folk sound. That sound is rich, reflecting […]
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Interview: Cynthia Marchant on the Ozarks, fast cars and the passing of time

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In 2022, with her second studio album, Flesh and Bone, Cynthia Marchant explored spiritual truth and depth, and the magic of connecting with self and others in the many stages of life. Three years later, she’s […]
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Interview: Michael Weston King on why “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

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How the worst kind of family tragedy can lead to a career high British americana stalwart and music award winner Michael Weston King is releasing a new solo album, Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore. On the […]

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I’ve written before about my father’s increasing dementia and how my mother is his sole carer with a bit of help for a couple of hours a week. Dad is 92, Mum is 87 and fiercely […]
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Sam Bush has long been regarded as one of the leading exponents of the mandolin and fiddle, and with New Grass Revival, he helped develop the progressive bluegrass genre. For the last thirty years, he has […]
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Ten contemplative songs from the much-travelled Brooklyn singer-songwriter WC Beck is an itinerant singer/songwriter originally from Kansas who calls Brooklyn, NY home after long stints in Portland and Paris.  While living in Portland, Beck made a […]

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