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Mitchell Makoons “Courage” – Rocking across the plains of Manitoba

February 13, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0

Mitchell Makoons melts through the Manitoba winter with his new track ‘Courage’. The song is an uptempo cooker that blends Makoons’ Ojibway roots with straightforward americana. In 2022 he was nominated for three Manitoba Country Music […]

Iron & Wine “You Never Know” – What will you do on the world today?

February 13, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

‘You Never Know‘ is a first advance release from the upcoming seventh album ‘Light Verse‘ from Sam Beam’s band Iron & Wine. It’s been seven years since the last full album ‘Beast Epic‘, so it’s safe […]

Junior Sisk (Featuring Dan Tyminski) “A Man Like Me” – I walk alone…

February 12, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Another Monday, another start of the week with a Bluegrass tune, and ‘A Man Like Me‘ is everything a Bluegrass ballad of broken hearts and love gone wrong should be. There’s a great interplay between the […]

Something for the weekend: Dylan John Thomas “Feel The Fire”

February 9, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. We leave you with a song from the new self-titled debut album by Glasgow based Dylan John Thomas – although he’s been championed by the likes […]

Kellie Loder “When We Kiss” – A romantic night leads to a romantic song

February 9, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0

Kellie Loder ramps up the romance on her new single ‘When We Kiss’. Loder’s lyrics perfectly capture the giddy exhilaration of a newly found love. Her breathy delivery is a meditation on the boundless possibilities that […]

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 […]

Album Reviews

Jim Keller “Spark and Flame”

December 7, 2022 0

Great musicianship with eighties influences. Jim Keller was the guitarist and chief songwriter for the San Francisco group, Tommy Tutone, who had a couple of power-pop hits in the eighties, the most famous being ‘867-5309/ Jenny’. […]

Videos

Video: Grace Pettis “Landon”

July 19, 2021 0

The latest single from Grace Pettis begins with just her unaccompanied, clear, precise voice, singing: “From the day we met I was never the same,” acknowledging the real value of her relationship with Landon, the subject […]

Videos

Video: Tommy Emmanuel “Maxine”

October 29, 2025 0

Here’s the latest single from guitar virtuoso Tommy Emmanuel, released to coincide with his latest album. Widely known for his acoustic guitar talents, Emmanuel actually plays bass, percussion and electric guitar on ‘Maxine’, as well as […]