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Sean McConnell “Secondhand Smoke” (Big Picnic Records, 2019)

February 5, 2019 Elise Kennedy 0

It is probably too early in the year to think about what your album of the year is, but it would be safe to say that Sean McConnell’s new album ‘Secondhand Smoke’ will probably end up at […]

Better Oblivion Community Center “Better Oblivion Community Center” (Dead Oceans, 2019)

February 5, 2019 Ben Roberts 0

Phoebe Bridgers is definitely not one to shy away from collaborations. After finishing a tour with female supergroup, Boygenius, she turned her attention to working with Bright Eyes main man, Conor Oberst. Sometimes these collaboration projects […]

Deer Tick “Mayonnaise” (Partisan Records, 2019)

February 4, 2019 Phil Grant 0

Deer Tick, the mercurial Rhode Island indie outfit, have long been multi-labelled with Rock/Folk/Blues/Country tags but they don’t feel they have the drawl for the latter. Well my Providence friends, this is Americana UK, and you […]

Birds Of Chicago + Salthouse @Celtic Connections, Drygate, Glasgow, 31st January 2018

February 4, 2019 Paul Kerr 0

Long time AUK favourites Birds Of Chicago flew into Glasgow as Celtic Connections was nearing the end of its run. With core members, Allison Russell and JT Nero accompanied by the acclaimed producer and wizard guitar […]

Americana Music Fest 29th January, Hackney, London

February 4, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

Organised by the Americana Music Association UK (AMAUK), the showcase runs at five Hackney Central venues over two nights, culminating in the awards ceremony at hackney Empire on the third evening. It’s a fairly massive undertaking, […]

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Wilco - summerteeth
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Dead Goat to release self titled debut amid talk of an Irish supergroup

March 23, 2026 0

Dead Goat has announced the release of their first album, which is self-titled and comes out this Friday (26th March) via AV8 Records. Who are they, you ask? Well, individually, they are each accomplished artists in […]

Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”

March 23, 2026 0

Superb fourth from Canadian song thrush. Mud Blood Bone is Cat Clyde’s fourth album and arrives just over four years since its predecessor, Down Rounder. In between times, Clyde released a live album, Live At Rare […]

For the Sake of the Song: Marah “Round Eye Blues”

March 23, 2026 0

Marah is at their best when singing about lonely urban streets where bums warm their hands around trash fires in rusty 50-gallon cans, transvestite prostitutes wrap their feather boas a little tighter against an unforgiving 4:00 […]

Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0

Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 2

While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

Interviews

Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

March 4, 2026 2

At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

Interviews

How I Write A Song: Ray Wylie Hubbard

March 5, 2021 0

Did you know a songwriter is like a shark that never sleeps? When asked to describe the process of creating a song, some writers, as we’ve already seen in this series, talk about their music first […]

Videos

Video: SUSTO feat. Ben Bridwell “Hard Drugs”

May 27, 2021 0

To celebrate the announcement of ‘Rogue Acoustic’, a new live album due on 4th July, SUSTO have shared this outstanding performance of ‘Hard Drugs’, which originally appeared on 2017 album ‘& I’m Fine Today’. For this […]

Album Reviews

Steve Hartsoe “King of Small Talk”

June 15, 2022 0

Steve Hartsoe delivers another set of hard-driving, guitar-led Americana roots rock. Steve Hartsoe is a relatively unfamiliar name despite this being his sixth outing on record, a full album, several EPs and an album released under […]

Sean McConnell “Secondhand Smoke” (Big Picnic Records, 2019)

Better Oblivion Community Center “Better Oblivion Community Center” (Dead Oceans, 2019)

Deer Tick “Mayonnaise” (Partisan Records, 2019)

Birds Of Chicago + Salthouse @Celtic Connections, Drygate, Glasgow, 31st January 2018

Americana Music Fest 29th January, Hackney, London

Dead Goat to release self titled debut amid talk of an Irish supergroup

Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”

For the Sake of the Song: Marah “Round Eye Blues”

Elgin and the Marbles “The Sun Never Sets”

Jack Studer “Falling Forward”