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Marty Bohannon “Fall City” – all has changed

February 12, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
It’s no real surprise to find that Chattanooga Tennessee’s the Bohannons are headed up by brothers Marty and Matt Bohannon (that’s Marty on the left and, yeah, you’ve guessed it, Matt on the right in the […]
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Joel David Weir “Good Good Trouble” – waiting for justice

February 11, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
Joel David Weir is an Indiana based singer/songwriter who pulls on the same inspiration as early Dylan and good folks like Woody Guthrie.  He write’s songs that comment on the times, and there’s certainly a lot […]
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Bandits On The Run “Let’s Go Below” – subterranean adventures

February 10, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
Let’s just take a moment and reflect on the busy lives of Brooklyn’s Bandits On The Run, who made their first big mark with ‘Love in the Underground’ back in 2019 when it was featured on […]
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Something for the weekend: Waxahatchee “Mud”

February 7, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0
Well that’s it from us for this week dear reader. It’s been a miserable week to be a website associated with the USA – this website of course like Woody Guthrie’s guitar kills fascists but killing […]
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Jim Basnight “Gotta Get Straight” – power pop kiss-off

February 7, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
A new song from prolific power popster Jim Basnight, it’s a hook heavy washing of the hands kind of song – it’s a first taste of the next album, as yet untitled, which should be out […]

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Jenny Reynolds “Willow and Stone”

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Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward

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Patty Loveless and Chris Staplerton at the CMA Awards 2022

Classic Clips: Patty Loveless and Chris Stapleton “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive” at CMA Awards, 2022

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Teenage Fanclub don’t dare to dream on new album and tour this autumn

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Book Review: Uncut’s “The 200 Greatest Americana Albums…Ranked!”

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Artwork for Jenny Reynolds album "Willow and Stone"
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Jenny Reynolds “Willow and Stone”

July 24, 2026 0
Songs on surviving life from an accomplished singer-songwriter, with hints of jazz amongst the folk rock accompaniment. Jenny Reynolds is a singer-songwriter, initially from Boston but now firmly a part of the Texas scene for the […]
Interviews

Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward

July 24, 2026 0
End Times Elevator Music is a special record to behold. From the Link Wray fuzz guitar rumbles on opener No Alarm to the title track closer, which arrives like Ben Schneider and Brendan Urie collaborated, there […]
Patty Loveless and Chris Staplerton at the CMA Awards 2022
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Classic Clips: Patty Loveless and Chris Stapleton “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive” at CMA Awards, 2022

July 24, 2026 0
One day, more than 30 years ago, Darrell Scott, pre-eminent singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, was visiting the grave of his great-grandfather and he noticed on a gravestone nearby, the phrase “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive”. It was […]

  • Jenny Reynolds “Willow and Stone”
  • Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward
  • Classic Clips: Patty Loveless and Chris Stapleton “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive” at CMA Awards, 2022
  • Teenage Fanclub don’t dare to dream on new album and tour this autumn
  • Book Review: Uncut’s “The 200 Greatest Americana Albums…Ranked!”
  • The latest AUK podcast is now available featuring Sophie Moore
  • Bee Appleseed “Escape From The Digital World” – turn off, tune out, fall into the world
  • Video: Sorrel Nation “Ran Jonny Ran” – longing and misplaced loyalty
  • Essentials: The Top 10 Americana Tracks by the least likely suspects
  • Ed Askew “The Final Painting”
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  • Jon Heal: I'm interested about how many writers/staf they polled to get these lists together, and using what criteria - as you…
  • Lionel Clement Stanbrook: Great list and imaginative thinking. The spirit, if not the body, of Americana.
  • Jeremy Courtnadge: Nice heads-up. An album to look forward to by an Americana great. Being a bit of a Soul and Motown…

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Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward

July 24, 2026 0
End Times Elevator Music is a special record to behold. From the Link Wray fuzz guitar rumbles on opener No Alarm to the title track closer, which arrives like Ben Schneider and Brendan Urie collaborated, there […]
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Interview: Have Gun, Will Travel is constantly evolving – What a concept!

July 22, 2026 0
Have Gun, Will Travel is the name of the band with the emphasis on travel. Not so much touring all over the world, but exploration, whether in their three concept albums or the songs written for […]
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Video Interview: Alex Amen on “Sun Of Amen” as he comes of age as a songwriter

July 21, 2026 4
Alex Amen is making waves as one of the new breed of songwriters to keep a very close eye on. Born in Texas, he has lived in communes on the West Coast, formed and played in […]

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Video: Halley Neal “Somebody Else’s Daughter”

October 28, 2022 0
Check out the live acoustic performance video for ‘Somebody Else’s Daughter’ by Nashville-based singer-songwriter Halley Neal.  The song begins with a smooth, warm strum that finds a subtly engaging tune.  Then Neal’s voice, clear and pure […]
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Jon Boden “Painted Lady” (Navigator Records, 2016)

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Folk superstar Jon Boden has always had itchy feet. Not content with an acclaimed partnership with box ace John Spiers and fronting Bellowhead, the eleven piece big band that he founded with Spiers which went on […]
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More People Should Really Know About: John Kilzer

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Some songs get their hooks into you, and that’s true of John Kilzer’s ‘Sleeping in the Rain‘, an unfolding set of stories about addictions and a glance at the back stories that each substance abuser proffers […]

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