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Album Reviews

Dirt Road Souls “(The Life and Times of) Johnny Moonshine”

May 19, 2026 Jeremy Clarke-Williams 0
A small-town song cycle energetically conveyed as a country-rock parable. A bar band! A concept album! A rock opera! These are descriptions that might send some running for the nearest bottle of Jack Daniel’s, but wait, […]

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Anniversary Cheers: “Buena Vista Social Club” celebrates 30 years

Anniversary Cheers
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The Long Road 2026 festival poster

Preview: The Long Road Festival of Country, Americana and Roots, 27th-30th August Stanford Hall Leicestershire

Previews
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Moon Attendant “Dum Evol”

Album Reviews
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Book Review: Jeff Apter “King of Hearts, Roy Orbison”

Book Reviews
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Personal Trainer “Human Assholes”

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EGREM recording studio Havana - Buena Vista Social Club
Anniversary Cheers

Anniversary Cheers: “Buena Vista Social Club” celebrates 30 years

August 20, 2026 0
World Circuit Records, celebrating 40 years, reissues world music’s most iconic album for its 30th birthday. When world music shot out of the blocks into the consciousness of a fascinated listening audience, one album, for various […]
The Long Road 2026 festival poster
Previews

Preview: The Long Road Festival of Country, Americana and Roots, 27th-30th August Stanford Hall Leicestershire

August 20, 2026 0
The Long Road Festival, at Stanford Hall, Leicestershire, remains a favourite festival for americana fans – combining country, Americana and roots music. Running this year from Thursday 27th to Sunday 30th August, the festival lineup combines […]
Album Reviews

Moon Attendant “Dum Evol”

August 20, 2026 0
A strange and often beguiling journey through psychedelic pop, fractured relationships and the lessons we learn the hard way. There is something immediately intriguing about Dum Evol. Brighton’s Moon Attendant have created an album that feels […]

  • Anniversary Cheers: “Buena Vista Social Club” celebrates 30 years
  • Preview: The Long Road Festival of Country, Americana and Roots, 27th-30th August Stanford Hall Leicestershire
  • Moon Attendant “Dum Evol”
  • Book Review: Jeff Apter “King of Hearts, Roy Orbison”
  • Personal Trainer “Human Assholes”
  • Margo Cilker “Little White Cross” – unplanned ends for reckless actions
  • Video: Rayland Baxter “The Fool” – that monster can tear us apart
  • Interview: Issy Ferris and Archie Sylvester on why “It’s A Joy To Be Alive”
  • Michael McDermott “Flowers From The Graveyard”
  • Film of “Hadestown: The Musical” gets limited release in October
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  • Alan Peatfield: Great stuff. Already booked the release date in my diary (at my age, I'd likely forget otherwise!)
  • Graeme Tait: Hi John. Really pleased to hear that. Fingers crossed we see Eric over here before too long.
  • John bryan: Suitably blown away Graeme and it would be lovely to see Eric this side of the pond.

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Interviews

Interview: Issy Ferris and Archie Sylvester on why “It’s A Joy To Be Alive”

August 19, 2026 0
One thing everyone quickly learns as they get older is that time waits for no one, and that life continues its unstoppable flow forward. Americana UK has followed Ferris & Sylvester’s career since their first album, […]
Waylon Payne Press Photo July 2026
Interviews

Interview: Waylon Payne on the ‘family’ business and pulling Willie Nelson’s beard

August 13, 2026 0
Americana UK’s Ian Rothery caught up with Waylon Payne via Zoom at his home in Nashville on one of the few days of the year when it might actually have been hotter in the UK than […]
Interviews

Interview: The Roseline play sweet music but you must accept the thorns

August 12, 2026 1
It’s no secret that americana music in all its colorful variations has been prevalent and in vogue for years now as countless bands and singer/songwriters from the last two decades have found success filtering their music […]

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Album Reviews

Matthew Check “The November Album”

November 16, 2021 0
Personal songs from the archive of folk/Americana artist. Matthew Check is a singer-songwriter based out of Brooklyn, New York. ‘The November Album’ originally dates from recordings made in 2013, but which are finally seeing the light […]
Videos

Video: Black Deer Festival – Far From Saints

June 15, 2023 0
For today’s video, we’re celebrating another act we’re looking forward to performing at Black Deer Festival this weekend.  Building on their recent debut single (check it out here), Far From Saints deliver another stunning song in ‘Screaming […]
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Classic Clips

Classic Clips: Albert Lee “Country Boy” Live on BBC Radio 2’s ‘Weekend Wogan’ – 28th March 2010

May 15, 2026 0
National treasures come in all shapes and sizes, from David Attenborough to David Bowie, and this clip brings together two of the best, when both were well past pensionable age. Terry Wogan, the smooth and twinkle-eyed […]

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