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Interview: Gill Tee, Co-Founder, and Chris Russell-Fish, Managing Director of the Black Deer Festival

September 9, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0
The Black Deer Festival has become a standout fixture in the UK’s Americana and roots music scene, celebrated for its eclectic line-ups, intimate atmosphere, and commitment to both emerging and established artists. In October 2025, Black […]
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Black Deer Radio unveils new show featuring AUK stalwart Keith Hargreaves

July 10, 2025 Mark Whitfield 1
It’s not often we celebrate one of our own, but this week, news editor and all round good fella Keith Hargreaves, will start a news-based weekly show for the Americana Music station Black Deer Radio. The […]
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Black Deer heads for the city in October

May 13, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
Two Day Festival announced for Tobacco Dock in October. The people who brought fans the Black Deer Festival in Eridge Park have turned their attention to London with the announcement of “Black Deer In the City“. […]
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Black Deer Radio – bringing Americana to the people

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With so many noises competing for attention these days it’s difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff but a radio station that has only been around less than a year may well have found a […]
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Black Deer 2025 festival is not happening

December 2, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0
But it will return in 2026 and for now continues to develop radio and grassroots gigs. The annual Americana festival hosted by Black Deer has announced that it’s taking a year off in 2025. In a […]

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Well that’s it from us for this week. If you haven’t got your tickets yet for our 25 year knees up featuring Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and a whole load more americana, you can pick them […]
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Americana favourite delivers the final chapter of his adventurous Sagebrush Trilogy that concludes with the mythological and wide-ranging story of the ‘Outlaw’ Billy MacLane. Readers of Americana UK are likely to be very familiar with the […]
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Tift Merrit announces new album “Sugar”

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Listen to the first single to be taken from it below. Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Tift Merritt has announced Sugar, her first album in nearly a decade, due out June 26th via One Riot which is described as […]

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How to achieve true musical Symbiosis. The Breath are guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer Ríoghnach Connolly, and they ensure that the song is always at the centre of their alt-folk sound. That sound is rich, reflecting […]
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Interview: Cynthia Marchant on the Ozarks, fast cars and the passing of time

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In 2022, with her second studio album, Flesh and Bone, Cynthia Marchant explored spiritual truth and depth, and the magic of connecting with self and others in the many stages of life. Three years later, she’s […]
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Interview: Michael Weston King on why “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

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How the worst kind of family tragedy can lead to a career high British americana stalwart and music award winner Michael Weston King is releasing a new solo album, Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore. On the […]

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