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Jaspar Lepak “P Is For Placenta” – celebrating the powerhouse of life

December 7, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
There are, indeed, few things that can’t have a song written about them, but we’ll admit that, probably like you dear reader, this one was a bit of a surprise.  But Jaspar Lepak has addressed the […]
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Track Premiere: S/J “Never Win”

December 7, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Today’s premiere here on Americana UK is the fourth single from Seth Jude Richard, who records as S/J, ‘Never Win‘ will be available everywhere tomorrow via Thousand Islands Records, but it’s right here right now.  On […]
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Vishtèn Connexions “Expansion” – the music of life

December 6, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Can there be a time of year when we more need the Americana UK Kinda Folky Instrumental Midweek Break (or the AUKKFIMB as we like to call it).   What with the frantic pace of December, with […]
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Track Premiere: Lars Nagel “Johnny Was Right”

December 6, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Today’s premiere from Lars Nagel is taken from his latest album ‘Tomorrow Never Knows,‘ a bold choice even Nagel admits saying “I was of course hesitant about using the name of a classic Beatles song, but […]
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John Francis Flynn “Kitty” – tradition deconstructed and remade

December 5, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
John Francis Flynn’s atmospheric and somewhat unsettling take on ‘Kitty‘ is taken from his recent release ‘Look Over The Wall, See The Sky’.  It tells the story of a man about to head out on the […]

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Something for the weekend: Starpainter “I Found a River”

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Well that’s it from us for this week and we leave you dear reader with a new video for a new song by Alberta-based sextet Starpainter which YES I KNOW we ran last week, but Jon […]
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Kris Drever “Doing This For Love”

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Meditations on the unglamorous, but with melodic hooks, from Scottish folk-award winner Anyone coming to this album for their first experience of Kris Drever may well be expecting something fairly traditional in light of his many […]
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Classic Clips: Jesse Colin Young “Darkness Darkness” – All Star Jam, Capitol Theatre, Passaic, New Jersey, 1984

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Jesse Colin Young passed away just over a year ago, on the 16th of March, at the age of eighty-three. Born Perry Miller and raised in Queens, New York, to musical parents, Young initially found fame […]

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Interview: Dirk Powell on “Wake” and bridging modern and age-old roots music

June 11, 2026 1
Dirk Powell is a special kind of musician, someone who, through family connections, knows and understands both Appalachia and Cajun music, and is at the same time comfortable with modern music technology. He has won four […]
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Interview: Ma Polaine’s Great Decline is thriving

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With influences in blues, jazz and country, Ma Polaine’s Great Decline is actually thriving on their fifth album, Monster Swan (2025). Based in Somerset, England, Beth Packer’s distinctive, emotive vocals, coupled with her evocative lyrics, create […]
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Interview: Greg Loftus – As both musician and carpenter, he would like to knock on wood

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Greg Loftus comes from the town of Bourne, not far from the bridge that connects Massachusetts to Cape Cod. It is there that he practices woodworking, operates a club in nearby Falmouth and makes rock music […]

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