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Track Premiere: Curse Of Lono “So Damned Beautiful”

October 21, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
Dark.  We often glibly talk about a song being edgy, being dark, delving deep into nightmare situations.  ‘So Damned Beautiful‘, the new single from Curse of Lono’s new album ‘People In Cars‘ is one such song […]
Live Reviews

Alabama 3 + Curse Of Lono, 02 Academy, Bristol, 20th December 2019

January 13, 2020 Tim Merricks 0
It’s been a long time coming but Brixton’s perennial sharp-shooters Alabama 3 are once again hungry for that “Sweet Pretty Muthafuckin Country Acid House Music.” The unholy congregation of talent who put the menace into ‘The […]
News

Static Roots Festival announces first acts for 2020

January 8, 2020 Mark Underwood 0
Fast becoming pretty much an essential date in any Americana fan’s festival diary these days, the Static Roots Festival in Oberhausen, Germany this coming July announced its first performers just before Christmas. Dietmar Leibecke, festival organiser […]
Live Reviews

Robert Vincent + The Curse Of Lono + Foreign Affairs, Under The Apple Tree Sessions, Bush Hall, London, 26th October 2019

November 4, 2019 Martin Fisher 0
The hosts for this particular night of what was Country Music Week at Bush Hall were none other than Bob Harris’s Under The Apple Tree, the digital platform for Harris, his son Miles and various family […]
Live Reviews

Curse Of Lono + John Murry, The Blue Arrow, Glasgow, 12th October 2019

October 21, 2019 Paul Kerr 1
It’s getting so that Curse Of Lono’s popularity has to push them into larger venues in the very near future. Over a short course they have captured the attention of Bob Harris (who awarded them the […]

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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 2
The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]
Album Reviews

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0
The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]
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Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers

August 5, 2026 0
Includes tracks from My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams and MJ Lenderman among others. Cinema Music Group, Killphonic Records, and City Slang have announced Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 2 – Out of […]

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  • Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”
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  • Greg Freeman announces new album and UK dates
  • All-star line-up for Bob Harris event announced for Royal Albert Hall in December
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Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider

August 4, 2026 0
Nashville East resident Aaron Lee Tasjan has long been a favourite of Americana UK, and with 12 albums to his name, including his latest Get Over It, Underdog, and approaching 40, he is no longer the […]
Interviews

Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

July 29, 2026 0
American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]
Interviews

Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0
“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]

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Classic Clips: Wilco, Mavis Staples and Nick Lowe “The Weight” – Chicago Civic Opera House, 2012

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Featuring three greatly loved artists round these ere parts, this a glorious piece of film from the green room of the Chicago Civic Opera House in 2012 as they rehearse the encore they are about to […]
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Americana Music Association (UK) Announces Award Winners

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By the miracle of the electric railway your dedicated late night news reporter was able to hot-foot (hot-rail?) it from London’s Hackney Empire where the AMA-UK Awards show was held on Thursday night and get back […]
Videos

Video Premiere: Nels Andrews “Memory Andrews”

April 16, 2020 0
Here is the video premiere of ‘Memory Compass’ from Nels Andrews.  Like many of his songs, it’s a reflective piece with affecting lyrics.  Recorded live for the video, the song is taken from Andrews’ fourth album, […]

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