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Track Premiere: Catherine Campbell “Orion”

March 8, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

And here we have the first play of the latest single from Catherine Campbell, an indie/folk singer-songwriter who was raised in Lexington, Kentucky and is now based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. On ‘Orion’ the soft-voiced singer considers […]

Track Premiere: Charles Moothart “Hold On”

March 7, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Let’s face it, you look at that picture and you know this is going to go one of two ways – that’s either a sensitive singer-songwriter or a fuzzed up rocker in the Ty Segall mould. […]

Dover Lynn Fox “Winter Son” – Dark winter days lead to the discovery of hope

March 6, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0

Dark winter days lead Dover Lynn Fox to discover hope in her new single ‘Winter Son’. This is a driving americana track that has traces of fellow Canadian chanteuse Sarah Mclachlan with tight interwoven vocal harmonies. […]

Amanda Cook “Mitchell Mullins” – should have stayed off the High Knob

March 6, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

As the image which accompanies this youtube video of this track suggests, things do not end up well for ‘Mitchell Mullins‘ although the song actually suggests that the final resting place of the title character is […]

Will Page “The Rise” – isn’t there a better way?

March 5, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Will Page is the fiddle player for Noble Jacks, but he’s also a singer-songwriter in his own right, as he ably demonstrates on ‘The Rise‘ which features Steve Knightly. It’s a song that imagines that there […]

New release from Neal Casal archives due in November

October 6, 2026 0

Book Of Stories (Home Recordings 1998–2003) is a new 12-track collection of previously unreleased songs by Neal Casal, which will be released on 6th November 2026 via the Neal Casal Music Foundation/Blackwing Music/Royal Potato Family. The […]

“A lovely, thoughtful and humorous man” – Americana UK remembers Martin Johnson

October 6, 2026 1

Back in September 2019, I received an email after one of our semi-regular call-outs for new writers to join our team which said: “After 40 years in IT and process outsourcing I am current kicking my […]

Bap Kennedy “Above All, Love”

October 6, 2026 1

Timely release of demos from the late, great Bap Kennedy. In the history of all things Americana, one of the most tragic and sad pieces of news was when one of Ireland’s finest songwriters, Bap Kennedy, […]

Interviews

Interview: Fischer-Z’s John Watts reminisces on 50 years of making heartfelt music

October 1, 2026 0

The songs of John Watts, whether in his band Fischer-Z, in his other bands or as a solo artist, aren’t technically Americana, but everything in their construction and recording has the feel of exactly what Americana […]

Interviews

Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

September 29, 2026 2

Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0

If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final track on Maya de Vitry’s 2026 release, but […]

News

John J Presley announces album “As The Night Draws In”

November 30, 2018 0

After various singles and EPs, dark tinged swamp rocking John J Presley – recently seen supporting Juanita Stein – at last announces his debut album ‘As the Night Draws In‘ which will be released on January […]

Videos

Video Premiere: Beth // James “Shake it Out”

May 13, 2022 0

Husband and wife duo Beth // James bring the fun in the charming new video for their single ‘Shake it Out’. Mikaela Beth and Jordan James Burchill met while studying jazz at the University of North […]

Videos

Video: Going to the Sun “Hopeful Song”

June 16, 2020 0

Here’s the video for ‘Hopeful Song’ from Going to the Sun and that’s something we all need a little more of right now. We’re getting used to seeing artists play in videos created during lock-down but […]