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Interviews

Video Interview: Blackberry Smoke’s Charlie Starr on “Be Right Here”

February 22, 2024 Martin Johnson 2
25 years as a band and still going strong. Americana UK interviews have proved popular with our readers and after long discussions at AIK Towers, we have decided to publish some future interviews on video to […]
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Album Reviews

Blackberry Smoke “Be Right Here”

February 14, 2024 Graeme Tait 2
Eighth studio album from Atlanta, Georgia’s americana rockers delivers a broader palette whilst still staying true to their bourbon-soaked southern roots. Having recorded their seventh album ‘You Hear Georgia’, during the most intense and restrictive period […]
Other stuff

Our new AUK supporters playlist is out today – win tickets to see Blackberry Smoke on tour

March 3, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0
Our new playlist of the best new Americana we’ve heard over the last month is out later today exclusively for AUK supporters including new tracks by Iris DeMent, Ron Sexmith and Ruston Kelly among others – […]
Features

Classic Clips: Blackberry Smoke with Amanda Shires “You Got Lucky” – Live from Southern Ground, 2018

October 15, 2021 Rick Bayles 0
I remember being blown away when I first stumbled on this. Blackberry Smoke are a band I like but always find that little bit more interesting when they’re playing acoustically; team them with everyone’s (well, mine […]
News

Blackberry Smoke announce 2022 UK dates

June 3, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0
Atlanta, Georgia’s Blackberry Smoke have announced a string of UK shows, as part of a full European tour in early 2022, bringing their southern rockin’ sounds to these shores next February. Special guests on the tour […]

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    Van Halen - II

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    @joe-nathan I love Heather. Lament playing now. Thanks.

    By Andy Davidson , 2 days ago

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    Mount Moriah - Live at Local 506

    By Joe Nathan , 2 days ago

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    Palm Sunday - Wishful Thinking EP

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Essentials: The Top 10 Americana Railroad Songs

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The Milk Carton Kids “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

Album Reviews
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Review: Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame – Class of 2025 Induction Ceremony

Live Reviews
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DIX “Ludovicus Bosco Hic Fuit”

Album Reviews
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A reminder of our call for short fiction: Americana stories…

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Essentials

Essentials: The Top 10 Americana Railroad Songs

April 16, 2026 2
At the remove of two hundred years, it is very hard, if not impossible, to fully comprehend the impact that the expansion of railroads throughout the world had in the 19th and early 20th Centuries. The […]
Album Reviews

The Milk Carton Kids “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

April 16, 2026 0
Exquisite harmonies and faultless guitar work deliver songs of crystaline fragility. The Milk Carton Kids are back! A new album from the superb Milk Carton Kids is always something of a cause for celebration, here at […]
Live Reviews

Review: Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame – Class of 2025 Induction Ceremony

April 16, 2026 0
Two years ago, the ceremony honouring the inductees of the inaugural class of the Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame (FARHoF) set the bar high indeed. Two thrilling and emotional evenings of music-making and camaraderie, memories […]

  • Essentials: The Top 10 Americana Railroad Songs
  • The Milk Carton Kids “Lost Cause Lover Fool”
  • Review: Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame – Class of 2025 Induction Ceremony
  • DIX “Ludovicus Bosco Hic Fuit”
  • A reminder of our call for short fiction: Americana stories…
  • Live Review: Fairport Convention, Union Chapel, London – 28th March 2026
  • Tabasco Birds “Cosmic American Music”
  • Julian Taylor hits the UK running
  • Track Premiere: Todd Albright “Frankie”
  • Video Premiere: Leeroy Stagger “Fiddler’s Daughter” – honouring creativity and whimsy
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Interviews

Interview: Thomas Ådland, of Thomas & The Angry Hearts, on Language, Love and Identity

April 13, 2026 0
Two days before I heard them fill Martin’s Bar in Lillestrøm, I watched Thomas & The Angry Hearts make music in a wooden house surrounded by trees. In that studio, sound was built patiently: a harmony […]
Interviews

Interview: The Breath’s Stuart McCallum and Ríoghnach Connolly on collaborating with the Paraorchestra

April 7, 2026 0
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 […]
Interviews

Interview: Cynthia Marchant on the Ozarks, fast cars and the passing of time

April 7, 2026 0
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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Tracks

David Rawlings “Cumberland Gap” – Listen

July 28, 2017 0
New music from David Rawlings is always a bit of a treat and this Southern gothic tune appears on the singer-songwriter’s new album ‘Poor David’s Almanack,’ which is due out August 11th. “That song was written a […]
Tracks

Icarus Phoenix “Pedantic Myopia” – pedantic? Moi?

January 24, 2025 0
The prolific Drew Danburry has penned another excellent new single for his band Icarus Phoenix –  current lineup: Drew Danburry (gtr/vox), Eli Sims (drums), Leena Rhodes (gtr/vox/synth), Brendan Russell (bass) and Peyton Rodeffer (gtr/vox/etc) –  the […]
Tracks

Turner Cody And The Soldiers Of Love “Telling Stories” – Listen

May 7, 2021 0
People will tell you that they don’t write songs like they used to, and we can argue whether that’s actually a problem or not another time.  What we’ll present you today with is the evidence that […]

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