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Track Premiere: Colebrook Road “Mountain”

May 17, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
Colebrook Road are guitarist, lead vocalist, and main songwriter Jesse Eisenbise, banjoist, dobroist, and bass vocalist Mark Rast, mandolinist Wade Yankey, fiddler and baritone vocalist Joe McAnulty and bassist and tenor vocalist Jeff Campbell.  Between them […]
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Something for the weekend: Margo Price “Long Live the King”

May 14, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0
And so we head into the last weekend outdoors and leave you, dear reader, with a new single from BLM-backing country singer Margo Price who once said about alienating fans, “You can’t argue with stupid”, although […]
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Reid Zoé “When I Go” – Listen

May 14, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
Reid Zoé is one third of Toronto based band Sleeping Bees, but ‘When I Go‘ is a song from her soon to arrive (June 4th) debut solo EP ‘Shed My Skin.‘  And it may sound a […]
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Katherine Priddy “Eurydice” – Listen

May 13, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
Katherine Priddy is carving out a position as one of the new generation of folk voices – and ‘Eurydice‘ only goes to reinforce that statement.  It’s taken from ‘The Eternal Rocks Beneath‘, Priddy’s new album which […]
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Mountain Goats “The Slow Parts On Death Metal Albums” – Listen

May 12, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
Taken from the new album ‘Dark in Here‘, out on June 25th, ‘The Slow Parts on Death Metal Albums‘ is an autobiographical tale.  Mountain Goats’ bass player Peter Hughes spills the beans: “John Darnielle concedes that […]

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An Essentials occasional one-off feature, this one responding to our readers’ input. We ran a previous Essentials list which covered the top ten songs that name-drop other artists. As the title suggests, an artist mentions another […]
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Lawrence Rothman “Here Lies Love / Sawdust to Stardust”

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Powerful confessional lyrics drive Lawrence Rothman’s journey to the dark side of Americana. For their fifth album, Here Lies Love / Sawdust to Stardust, Lawrence Rothman has brought an ‘A‘ list of collaborators, including Madi Diaz, […]
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Live Review: Petunia (solo without The Vipers), The Kitchen Garden Café, Birmingham – 24th September 2026

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The Kitchen Garden Café in King’s Heath, Birmingham, makes you glad people still believe in putting good music in small rooms. Attached to a restaurant and garden centre by day, it becomes an intimate music venue […]

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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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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”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 […]

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Sturgill Simpson “Cuttin’ Grass, Vol 1 : The Butcher Shoppe Sessions” (High Top Mountain Records, 2020)

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UK Americana Week and Awards – 2023 nominations announced

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During the official launch at London’s Omeara venue, the Americana Music Association UK (AMA-UK) revealed the nominations for the eight panel and member-voted categories of the UK Americana Awards 2023 and the winners of the coveted […]

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