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Katy Rose Bennett “Alone On a Hill”

September 21, 2021 Peter Tomkins 0

Scope and emotional depth from a one-woman choir. Where do you find a community choir to lead when you are holed up by yourself in a house on a hill during a lockdown? Well, you have […]

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Serious Sam Barrett “The Seeds Of Love”

September 20, 2021 Lyndon Bolton 0

“Proper folk” from the Yorkshire Dales to Appalachia. A long-held aim of Yorkshire folk artist Serious Sam Barrett’s has been to make a “proper folk album”. Those familiar with his music would not hesitate to attach […]

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Taylor McCall “Black Powder Soul”

September 20, 2021 Peter Churchill 0

The guitar’s the star and he really does want to make it cry or sing. After a number of EP releases Taylor McCall’s full album debut ‘Black Powder Soul’ is a curious mix. In parts Americana, […]

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Sean Devine “Here For It All”

September 17, 2021 Mark Nenadic 0

Do you like Country music? Good. You’ll like Sean Devine. Well, this is quite nice. Straight down the middle, no messing about, full-blooded twangy country music.  Rooted some place in the 1980s/90s, if we’re intent on […]

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The Delevantes “A Thousand Turns”

September 17, 2021 Rick Bayles 1

No longer young, still gifted and back. Just over a year ago, The Delevantes were featured in what was, then, our “Forgotten Artists” series (now called “Whatever Happened To…”). At the time it was noted that […]

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  • Americana UK’s album of 2025 is The Delines “Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom”
  • Americana UK’s Top 20 albums of 2025: 10-2
  • For the sake of the song: Corinne West “Trouble No More”
  • Boy & Bear “Tripping Over Time”
  • Sounds from beyond the Shed 215 “Christmas Vinyl”
  • A year down the Tracks
  • Video: Elles Bailey “Better Days”
  • Something for the weekend: Aimee Mann “I Was Thinking I Could Clean Up for Christmas”
  • Americana UK’s top 20 albums of 2025: 20-11
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  • Cheryl Main: Misspelling an artists name is not a great sign (find the random v), but the list is pretty solid overall.
  • Mike Ritchie: Got six of these - only two will be in my top 10.
  • Jonathan Smith: Thanks Nigel, much appreciated. So pleased there’s still so many Northern Exposure stalwarts out there

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Interview: Mikel Jollett of the Airborne Toxic Event on struggles, joys and the journey

December 12, 2025 0

Hard times, no, unusually hard times served to bring the Airborne Toxic Event frontman Mikel Jollett a sense of purpose in life as a singer, songwriter, band leader, author and speaker about childhood trauma. As he […]

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Interview: Ian Gomm on Brinsley Schwarz, Nashville, Jeb Loy Nichols and football records

December 11, 2025 0

The Brinsley’s “Silver Pistol” was the album that perfected their Band obsession and, at the same time, showed that there was a lot more to them than being simple wannabes. Coincidentally, it was the first time […]

Interviews

Interview: Brian Dunne asks is it so bad to want a good life?

December 9, 2025 0

While patiently waiting for Brian Dunne to get his due from those who listen to and hopefully buy physical media, it is worthwhile to linger in the brilliance of his fourth album, “Clams Casino” (Missing Piece, […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

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As always in these prescriptive articles there must be a drawing of boundaries and Clint’s first article in the series seemed to have dealt with the idea that you should define americana in a narrow sense […]

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Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

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Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

Obituaries

The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

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I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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