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Pump Up The Volume – A Year of Tracks

December 20, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Well, another year steams away down the Americana UK Tracks, and it’s therefore time to do the annual compare and contrast in which we find just which songs you enjoyed each month dear readers, and compare […]

Features

Jingle Bells Friday – Snow is falling… somewhere…

November 24, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Actually not so far away – there should be snow in Germany this weekend…not such a hotbed of Americana though (unless, of course, you know differently).  Anyway – this week we have another fine selection of […]

Interviews

Interview: Darling West’s Mari and Tor Egil Kreken discuss “Cosmos” and nordicana

June 20, 2023 Martin Johnson 0

Norwegians love the banjo and bring a natural sense of melancholy to their music. Many people enjoyed the 2000 film ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou’, but in Norway, it also helped kickstarted the nordicana genre when […]

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Darling West “Cosmos”

May 2, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0

Norway’s Darling West look to Rumours era Mac for new album. Opening with the title track is always a signal of intent and Norwegian band Darling West lay down the template for this album from the […]

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Darling West “Cosmos” – drifting off into the universe

March 17, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

The awesome Darling West have a new album that will be released on Jansen Records on the 24th of March – it’s called ‘Cosmos’ and so, of course, this is the title track.  We’ve swooned often […]

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  • Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “Dustland”
  • Live Review: Frazey Ford + Phantom, La Maroquinerie, Paris – 30th October 2025
  • North Carolina’s Natalie Jane Hill to release third album and tour in 2026
  • Classic Clips: Allison Russell “You’re Not Alone”- Americana Fest, 2022
  • Lonesome Ace Stringband “Big Wing”
  • Live Review: An Evening with Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Manchester Apollo – 25th October 2025
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  • Podcast number 6 with The Wandering Hearts now live
  • The Lowest Pair “Give It All Away” – tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
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Interview: Talking New Music, Producing GRAMMY-Winning Albums, Family and Legacy with John Carter Cash

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John Carter Cash has enjoyed a remarkable career in the music industry. Winning multiple GRAMMY awards for his work as a producer, he has collaborated with a succession of iconic artists, from John Prine to Emmylou […]

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Interview: James McMurtry discusses creativity, cancer companies and latest album The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy

October 23, 2025 3

No one could ever accuse James McMurtry of being fanciful. After all, the characters in his songs invariably are edged with such direct, keen-eyed realism, it seems like they’ve walked straight out of the diner or […]

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Interview: Ashley Monroe succeeded through hard work and sacrifice

October 15, 2025 0

When you learn that Ashley Monroe was once part of a country supergroup – Pistol Annies with Miranda Lambert and Angaleena Presley – you figure right away she must be some kind of urban cowgirl, a […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

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Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

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Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

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I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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