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Various Artists “Highway Butterfly: The Songs Of Neal Casal”

November 15, 2021 Paul Kerr 0
A wonderful and lovingly compiled tribute to the late Neal Casal. Neal Casal’s death, by his own hand, in 2019, reverberated throughout the musical community which Americana UK inhabits. Never a household name, never lauded with […]
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Live Review: Lauren Housley + Robbie Cavanagh, The Half Moon, Putney, 4th November

November 12, 2021 Lyndon Bolton 2
Of the many albums released during lockdown, Lauren Housley’s ‘Girl From the North’ is one to be savoured live. From the Americana and country core of her first two albums, Housley has added New Orleans blues […]
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Fine Lines “Deadbeat Lullabies”

November 11, 2021 Martin Johnson 0
Folk-country infused americana from Northwest England but you wouldn’t know it Mark Radcliffe has something of a reputation in and around roots music as a broadcaster of note and sometime musician. ‘Deadbeat Lullabies’ is the Fine […]
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Billy Strings “Renewal”

November 11, 2021 David Jarman 4
Rising star flat picker Strings and his band deliver a vigorous blend of bluegrass and contemporary styles with fine lyrics. Billy Strings has come to be rightly regarded as one of the rising stars of the […]
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Various Artists “Home In This World: Woody Guthrie’s Dustbowl Ballads”

November 10, 2021 Alan Fitter 0
81 years after it was released, fourteen artists give their take on Woody Guthrie’s classic album “Dust Bowl Blues” In 1940 Woody Guthrie released his album ‘Dust Bowl Ballads’ consisting of 12 songs about the drought […]

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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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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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Video: The Rockingbirds “Gradually Learning”

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In the week when the UK Americana Association has announced that its Grass Roots Award for 2018 will go to Alan Tyler and Steve Pulford (and quite right too) it seems appropriate to have a track […]
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Americana UK’s weekly podcast launches today!

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Last week, the pilot episode of Americana UK’s weekly podcast ‘The Roundup‘ went up on the magazine’s Soundcloud. This week the show launches in a condensed format. The weekly digest endeavours to give listeners a chance […]
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Video Premiere: Jesse Lynn Madera “Sweet Pretender”

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Houston-raised singer-songwriter Jesse Lynn Madera has released ‘Sweet Pretender’, another engaging single and video.  This song, co-written with her friend Rob McCulloch, is designed to get you moving.  Atmospheric guitar from Brian Whelan (Dwight Yoakum) simmers […]

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