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Video Premiere: Dean Owens “La Lomita”

October 24, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0
Just in time for Halloween, Dean Owens brings us something a little spooky in his brand new video for ‘La Lomita’.  Ruth Barrie of Waltzer Films, helped with makeup by Dallas Henderson, has created a truly […]
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Glasgow Americana to return in October

September 26, 2022 Emily Dongray 0
Glasgow Americana returns for its 15th annual Americana festival. The seven shows will run from the 5th through the 9th of October at various venues across the city. The line-up includes over twenty musicians from the […]
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Live Review: Scotland sings Nanci Griffith @Perth Southern Fried Festival – Perth, 30th July 2022

August 9, 2022 Paul Kerr 0
It almost felt like the good old times. A storied concert in Perth’s spectacular concert hall, followed by a late night gig in the revamped Perth Theatre – Southern Fried was back. It wasn’t however the […]
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AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Lyndon Bolton

June 9, 2022 Lyndon Bolton 1
When compiling my ‘Top Ten Ever’ list I spent surprisingly little time ruminating how and what to include. Instead, I just came up with ten albums that for various reasons have made a deep impression on […]
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Video: Dean Owens “We Need Us”

April 1, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0
Dean Owens has released a new single to show support and solidarity with the dispossessed and displaced people of Ukraine.  The world has been left reeling by recent events but, in the face of a humanitarian […]

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Something for the weekend: Black Midi “Still”

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Well that’s it from us for this week. If you haven’t got your tickets yet for our 25 year knees up featuring Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and a whole load more americana, you can pick them […]
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Charley Crockett “Age of the Ram”

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Americana favourite delivers the final chapter of his adventurous Sagebrush Trilogy that concludes with the mythological and wide-ranging story of the ‘Outlaw’ Billy MacLane. Readers of Americana UK are likely to be very familiar with the […]
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Tift Merrit announces new album “Sugar”

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Listen to the first single to be taken from it below. Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Tift Merritt has announced Sugar, her first album in nearly a decade, due out June 26th via One Riot which is described as […]

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

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

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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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Interview: Michael Weston King on why “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

April 2, 2026 0
How the worst kind of family tragedy can lead to a career high British americana stalwart and music award winner Michael Weston King is releasing a new solo album, Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore. On the […]

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Blackberry Smoke announce 2022 UK dates

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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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John Calvin “Greener Fields And Fairer Seas”

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A sophomore album that at times appears a little unsure of its own identity or musical direction. John Calvin released his debut album “Masquerade Monday”, back in 2018 under the watchful eye of producer Nate Campisi, […]
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Ladybird “Clementine”

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A mix of ’90s rock and country produces an album trying to be too many things to too many people.  Country music is a strange thing. For something so rooted in tradition, it is often subject […]

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