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  • [ October 5, 2026 ] For The Sake of The Song: Steve Forbert “Ebenezer’s Back In Town” Features
  • [ October 5, 2026 ] This is Lorelei “The Singer in My Band” Album Reviews
  • [ October 5, 2026 ] Anniversary Cheers: Levellers “Levelling The Land” celebrates 35 years Anniversary Cheers
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Swimming Bell “Take It Easy” – Easy on me, easy on you

October 13, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
The latest track from LA-based songwriter Katie Schottland’s Swimming Bell project, ‘Take It Easy’ is a gentle ode to shaking off the serious aspects of life and trying to be kind to yourself and others in […]
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S/J “Carry On The Name” – no pressure…

October 12, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
It is time, dear friends, for yet another tale of coming to Americana via punk… S/J is Seth Jude Richard, a south Louisiana boy who now lives in Florida. He grew up in a French rich […]
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Miscellany Of Folk “Stone Of Destiny / Plains Of Joy” – it’s time to jig

October 11, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
It has been too long, we agree, since the last Wednesday Instrumental Interlude Wind Down on Americana UK (which we sometimes snappily refer to as WIIWDAUK, once you say it once you’ll be saying it all […]
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Alice Gerrard “Sun To Sun” – it’s time to stop just talking

October 11, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Alice Gerrard’s ‘Sun To Sun‘ may be a sprightly tune, with equal light placed on Tatiana Hargreaves’ fiddle, Reed Stutz’s banjo and DaShawn Hickman’s pedal steel but it has a serious message about gun control.  Gerrard’s […]
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Midlake & John Grant “You Don’t Get To” – no quitters

October 10, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
So, we were mentioning that John Grant and Midlake had a new double A side single, and doubtless you were wondering, dear reader, what the other A Side was like?  Well, it is quite simply John […]

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For The Sake of The Song: Steve Forbert “Ebenezer’s Back In Town”

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Laura Cortese “Lucky Water”

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Steve Forbert
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For The Sake of The Song: Steve Forbert “Ebenezer’s Back In Town”

October 5, 2026 0
Steve Forbert arrived on the music scene in 1978 fully formed and alive with youthful energy and attitude. Fast forward nearly fifty years and he continues to make music that is consistently relevant and enjoyable. Touted […]
Album Reviews

This is Lorelei “The Singer in My Band”

October 5, 2026 0
Deeply human songs with indie sensibilities and shades of bluegrass. This is Lorelei is the moniker used by singer-songwriter Nate Amos. He’s also in the experimental, indie pop band Water from Your Eyes, where he plays […]
Anniversary Cheers

Anniversary Cheers: Levellers “Levelling The Land” celebrates 35 years

October 5, 2026 0
Warner Music UK/Rhino release a 35th-Anniversary version of the classic sophomore album from the Levellers. Originally released in 1991 with that iconic opening “There’s only one way of life / And that’s your own”, the Levellers […]

  • For The Sake of The Song: Steve Forbert “Ebenezer’s Back In Town”
  • This is Lorelei “The Singer in My Band”
  • Anniversary Cheers: Levellers “Levelling The Land” celebrates 35 years
  • Dom Flemons to release new album using Smithsonian’s collection of musical instruments
  • Laura Cortese “Lucky Water”
  • Live Review: First Aid Kit and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, The Royal Albert Hall, London – 30th September 2026
  • Wynonna “Hear Me Now” – if only we could
  • Video: Charlie Sherbourne & The Nightbirds “All I Ever Wanted”
  • Some sad news to end the week with: Americana UK loses two of our best, Paul Kerr and Martin Johnson
  • Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Kyp Harness
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  • keith hargreaves: Thanks John don’t we all!!
  • Dusty Wright: RIP, Music Brothers! Condolences and blessings to their families. They will be missed. peace.
  • John Jenkins: Another Excellent show - love Mary Gaulthier. Wish i could write a song with her myself - Best wishes John

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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]

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Video: The Jayhawks “Sioux City”

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In the retro slot we have the frigshockingly young Jayhawks from 1991, live in Germany with Sioux City.  Have a great weekend y’all.
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Video: Beck “Ride Lonesome” feat. Sierra Ferrell – you can’t put your arms ’round a memory

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Eight-time GRAMMY winner Beck has joined forces with a host of talented artists recently, releasing collaborations with the likes of Orville Peck, the Black Keys, Gorillaz and Chemical Brothers. For his latest single, Beck has teamed […]
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Video: Steve Poltz “Ballin’ On A Wednesday!”

June 19, 2019 0
A hymn to having a good time in the middle of the week (something we can all get behind), this is from Nashville man Steve Poltz’s latest album ‘Shine On’, out now.

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