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Classic Clips: Joni Mitchell “Coyote”, Gordon Lightfoot’s home, 1975

July 3, 2026 Jonathan Aird 3
No doubt some really clued up expert on the Rolling Thunder Revue can pinpoint the actual evening that this clip comes from, but enough to say that it is footage captured whilst Joni Mitchell was on […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Desire Reimagined, Dingwalls, London – 3rd June 2026

June 16, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0
What a prospect on a night brooding with potential for rain, but also with the potential to hear one of Dylan’s most iconic albums played all the way through and in the right order. This celebration […]
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Book Reviews

Book Review: Paul Slade “Blood On The Leaves”

June 11, 2026 Andy Short 0
A few years ago, at a local gig to see the Pennsylvania band The Stray Birds, the crowd was overall polite and receptive to the music; however, let us just say they needed to warm up. […]
Tracks

It was fifty years and five months today…

June 3, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0
Well, here’s the thing, we’re hitting all the anniversaries over the next few years.  And whilst it is true that Dylan’s Desire came out on the 5th of January 1976 there is another reason to mention […]
Columns

Hell in a Handcart – a tale of two Keirs

May 15, 2026 Paul Villers 1
“In a time of universal deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act” – George Orwell We need to talk about Kevin. No sorry, not Kevin the titular character in the psychodrama novel and film – […]

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For The Sake Of The Song: Roger McGuinn “Car Phone”

Features
July 13, 2026 1

Ed Snodderly “ES Pearl Presents Baggage Flies Free”

Album Reviews
July 13, 2026 1

Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

Interviews
July 13, 2026 0
Mary Gauthier

Mary Gauthier announces new album “Reckoning”

News
July 13, 2026 0

Sounds from beyond the Shed 244 “There by the grace…”

Columns
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Features

For The Sake Of The Song: Roger McGuinn “Car Phone”

July 13, 2026 1
Roger McGuinn has been a musical staple for as long as I can claim to have been making my own choices about what I listen to, through the Byrds and various attempts to put together three-letter […]
Album Reviews

Ed Snodderly “ES Pearl Presents Baggage Flies Free”

July 13, 2026 1
No fuss, just an album of beautifully crafted songs straight from the heart. Five decades into a career that has seen Ed Snodderly as a songwriter, performer, actor, and owner of the legendary Down Home club […]
Interviews

Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0
Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]

  • For The Sake Of The Song: Roger McGuinn “Car Phone”
  • Ed Snodderly “ES Pearl Presents Baggage Flies Free”
  • Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers
  • Mary Gauthier announces new album “Reckoning”
  • Sounds from beyond the Shed 244 “There by the grace…”
  • Kaatwalk “Open Your Eyes” – can you really not see what’s before you?
  • Video: American Aquarium “Twin Flames” (Live From Echo Mountain)
  • Something for the weekend: Keyside “Cocodamol”
  • Book review: Willy Vlautin “The Left and the Lucky”
  • Classic Clips: Mumford & Sons & Emmylou Harris ft. Jerry Douglas “The Road” – CMT Crossroads, The Factory, Franklin, Tennessee, 20th September 2012
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  • Steve Robinson: Hey Jonathan, What a fun read. Had the pleasure of singing that song with Roger many times as part of…
  • Martin Johnson: AUK had a chat with Ed a couple of years about his life in and love of music. https://americana-uk.com/interview-ed-snodderly-on-his-many-faceted-career-in-the-music-of-the-american-south
  • Martin Johnson: AUK has an interview coming up with BJ Barham in the next couple of weeks.

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Interviews

Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0
Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]
Interviews

Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 1
Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]
Interviews

Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Roots Music Festival

July 6, 2026 3
Americana UK’s Rick Bayles’ monthly column, Vox Continental, shines a light on what is happening on the americana front in Europe. In his most recent column, Rick gave the nod to the Static Roots Festival, which […]

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The Other Side Of Me: Martin Johnson on the musical world opened up by Miles Davis’s “On The Corner”

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If you were a young music fan in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s there was every possibility that you would have heard of a lot more music and artists than you had managed to actually […]
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The Decemberists “As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again”

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Far from revolutionary but an undiminished return. Six years on from ‘I’ll be Your Girl’, The Decemberists are back on four sides with their ninth studio album. The second single ‘Joan in the Garden’ along with some band […]
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Dirty Dozen: Megan O’Neill

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‘Stories To Tell’ showcases six original songs that were recorded at British Grove Studios in London and produced by long-time Mark Knopfler collaborator, Guy Fletcher (Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler, Roxy Music). Megan & The Common Threads […]

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