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Interview : Don Gallardo on surviving COVID and writing his lockdown album

August 6, 2021 Paul Kerr 0
Nashville’s Don Gallardo was almost an honorary European for a time as his last tour coincided with the first lockdown. If Don Gallardo has kept a diary of his plague year, it certainly has a riveting […]
Interviews

Interview: Clubhouse Record’s Tristan Tipping celebrates ten years for one of the UK’s premier roots labels

April 16, 2020 Del Day 0
Brothers Tristan and Danny Tipping set up Clubhouse Records ten years ago when Americana was considered Alt.County and plaid was still worn underneath your jacket to avoid tough questioning. That, a decade later, Clubhouse is considered […]
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Don Gallardo feat. Lilly Winwood “In the Name of Good Intentions” (JTM Music, 2019)

September 27, 2019 Peter Churchill 0
With his heart in the Americana sound, coming out of his long-time East Nashville residence, but with roots that are firmly in the soil of California, it should probably come as no surprise that Don Gallardo […]
Live Reviews

Static Roots Festival, Zentrum Altenberg, Oberhausen, Germany, 12-13th July 2019

July 25, 2019 Paul Kerr 3
It’s festival season for sure as hordes of music fans pack both wellies and sun cream as they head off for a weekend of unbridled fun. Be it the massive set up at Glastonbury or the […]
Previews

Don Gallardo announces summer UK dates

June 18, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0
Don Gallardo, whose last album we described last year as “richly layered music on the country-rock side of Americana” has announced a string of summer UK tour dates including Suffolk’s Maverick Festival, shows including London, Bristol […]

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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

April 7, 2026 0
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 […]
Interviews

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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Video Premiere: Turn Turn Turn “New Rays From an Old Sun”

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Here’s the latest single from the Twin Cities’ Turn Turn Turn.  The core trio of Barb Brynstad (bass and vocals), Savannah Smith (guitar and vocals) and Adam Levy (guitars and vocals), aided by drummer Josh Kaplan […]
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Anniversary Cheers: Slim Dunlap’s “Every Little Word” is a reissue of his two solo albums 30 years on, with added extras

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Sadly deceased yet underrated ex-Replacements guitarist gets the full, beautifully packaged re-issue treatment with remastered solo albums and outtakes, demos and live recordings. Back in the late 1980s Paul Westerberg’s popular indie-rock band The Replacements had […]
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JD Clayton “Blue Sky Sundays”

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Clayton celebrates the land and music that raised him, and the joy in his growing family. No, not that JD. Singer-songwriter JD Clayton has returned for his sophomore album twinged with a little more blues sound […]

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