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Personal Trainer “Human Assholes”

August 20, 2026 NickBarber 0
Experimental indie-jazz for the beat generation. Hailing from the Netherlands, the band’s third album was allegedly built around the base starting point of an acoustic guitar; although as the listener journeys through the songs on the […]

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Personal Trainer “Human Assholes”

Album Reviews
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Margo Cilker “Little White Cross” – unplanned ends for reckless actions

Tracks
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Video: Rayland Baxter “The Fool” – that monster can tear us apart

Videos
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Interview: Issy Ferris and Archie Sylvester on why “It’s A Joy To Be Alive”

Interviews
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artwork for Michael McDermott album "Flowers From The Graveyard"

Michael McDermott “Flowers From The Graveyard”

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Album Reviews

Personal Trainer “Human Assholes”

August 20, 2026 0
Experimental indie-jazz for the beat generation. Hailing from the Netherlands, the band’s third album was allegedly built around the base starting point of an acoustic guitar; although as the listener journeys through the songs on the […]
Tracks

Margo Cilker “Little White Cross” – unplanned ends for reckless actions

August 20, 2026 0
Here’s an unexpected bonus for the Track section – the relentless wrestle between videos and tracks has allowed the realm of sound to also sometimes claim performance videos.  You do not need to ask us twice […]
Videos

Video: Rayland Baxter “The Fool” – that monster can tear us apart

August 20, 2026 0
Rayland Baxter’s latest single explores what it is like to fall in love too quickly and then deal with the vulnerability, emotional upheaval, and uncertainty afterwards. In The Fool, Baxter takes all these ideas and delivers […]

  • Personal Trainer “Human Assholes”
  • Margo Cilker “Little White Cross” – unplanned ends for reckless actions
  • Video: Rayland Baxter “The Fool” – that monster can tear us apart
  • Interview: Issy Ferris and Archie Sylvester on why “It’s A Joy To Be Alive”
  • Michael McDermott “Flowers From The Graveyard”
  • Film of “Hadestown: The Musical” gets limited release in October
  • Sequoia “So Long”
  • Live Review: Jenny Don’t And The Spurs, The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge – 12th August 2026
  • Kate MacLeod’s Mind the Gap “Home-Brewed”
  • Track Premiere: Gyasi “Poor Boy”
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Interview: Issy Ferris and Archie Sylvester on why “It’s A Joy To Be Alive”

August 19, 2026 0
One thing everyone quickly learns as they get older is that time waits for no one, and that life continues its unstoppable flow forward. Americana UK has followed Ferris & Sylvester’s career since their first album, […]
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Interview: Waylon Payne on the ‘family’ business and pulling Willie Nelson’s beard

August 13, 2026 0
Americana UK’s Ian Rothery caught up with Waylon Payne via Zoom at his home in Nashville on one of the few days of the year when it might actually have been hotter in the UK than […]
Interviews

Interview: The Roseline play sweet music but you must accept the thorns

August 12, 2026 1
It’s no secret that americana music in all its colorful variations has been prevalent and in vogue for years now as countless bands and singer/songwriters from the last two decades have found success filtering their music […]

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Nicholas Jamerson “Peace Mountain”

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A very good country and Appalachian album with great songs and excellent vocals throughout. This is an assured album – 14 songs and an additional 3 tracks of Dialogue. The dialogue tracks may not satisfy those […]
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