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Jim Basnight “Blow Your Life Away” – you’re going to be a musician?

January 27, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Wow, dear reader, this has been a busy week – Americana Fest is two things, really enjoyable and knackering.  The things we do for you, right?  We’re music nerd saints and no doubts about it.   So […]
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Track Premiere: The Blue Highways “Out On The Line”

January 26, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
The Blue Highways are North London’s latest purveyors of alt-rock – it’s a family band based around the musical partnership of singer Callum Lury with his brothers lead guitarist Jack and drummer Theo.  ‘Out On The Line‘ is […]
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Bobby Lee “Reds For A Blue Planet” – Cosmic-Drone-Americana

January 25, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Can we really have reached the end of January without an instrumental track feature?  Seems so, and that doubtless explains why January has been such a drag – I mean, not even a few minutes to […]
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Rickie Lee Jones “Just In Time” – Happy Day

January 25, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Yes, it is the return of the Duchess of Coolsville, with a first song from her upcoming new album on the 28th of April.  The album is called ‘Pieces of Treasure‘ and sees Rickie Lee Jones […]
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Fruit Bats “Rushin’ River Valley” – tour the UK man

January 24, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Eric D. Johnson should need no introduction by now, and nor should Fruit Bats.  But lookee here –  new album coming out on April 14th.  It’s called “A River Running To Your Heart” and it’s on […]

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Some sad news to end the week with: Americana UK loses two of our best, Paul Kerr and Martin Johnson

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We’re sorry to end this week with some sad news for regular readers which some of you will know already via social media. It’s been a very tough last few days for us as a team […]
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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Kyp Harness

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Kyp Harness makes music on his own terms and has been doing it for 35 years. He is prolific, having put out 20 independent albums of storytelling and melody, with his latest (Lovely) released in April […]
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Mistaken for Wayne “Whitefish”

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Musical pursuits in the heart of rural Canadian life. Not only outside the music industry but within its margins (much less frequently at its very core), there are those for whom music is one of several […]

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

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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”

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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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Live Review: Black Deer Live London Launch, The Crypt St Martins, London – April 25th 2024

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The launch event featured Morganway, Hollie Rogers and Her All Star Band and Gina Larner. The atmospheric Crypt underneath London’s St Martin’s Church on Trafalgar Square was the perfect setting for Black Deer Live’s London launch […]
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John Grant and Richard Hawley, The Barbican, London – 24th September 2023

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John Grant with Richard Hawley and his band (on guitar and lap steel Shez Sheridan, master of keyboards John Trier, Dean Beresford on drums and on bass Colin Elliot), brought their tribute to Patsy Cline to […]
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Static Roots Festival, Zentrum Altenberg, Oberhausen, Germany, 12-13th July 2019

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It’s festival season for sure as hordes of music fans pack both wellies and sun cream as they head off for a weekend of unbridled fun. Be it the massive set up at Glastonbury or the […]

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