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More People Really Should Know About: Lowpines or Oli Deakin

February 24, 2026 Peter Thompson 0
Lowpines is the performing name of Oli Deakin, a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer currently based in Brooklyn, New York, but originally from Penrith at the edge of the Lake District in the UK. The name […]

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Afton Wolfe and The Snake Hunters “Live from the Fallout Shelter”

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Chris Stapleton at Merrieather Post Pavilion August 2019

For The Sake Of The Song: Chris Stapleton “Traveller”

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Jonathan Something “One More Lonesome Cowboy Song”

Album Reviews
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Live images of Robert Jon and the Wreck, Cambridge Junction, 2 Oct 2026

Live Review: Robert Jon and the Wreck, The Junction, Cambridge – 2nd October 2026

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Cover art for Sheryl Crow album "Pick You Up"

Sheryl Crow “Pick You Up”

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Album Reviews

Afton Wolfe and The Snake Hunters “Live from the Fallout Shelter”

October 12, 2026 0
A raw, live recording with all the in-the-moment feel of the best performances. Recorded at the Fallout Shelter venue in Norwood, Massachusetts, there is no denying the intensity of the live performance from Wolfe and his […]
Chris Stapleton at Merrieather Post Pavilion August 2019
Features

For The Sake Of The Song: Chris Stapleton “Traveller”

October 12, 2026 0
Our esteemed editor has labelled Chris Stapleton as the Marmite of artists for the writers here at Americana UK. It may be that our readers likewise fall into two camps and it took me a while […]
Album Reviews

Jonathan Something “One More Lonesome Cowboy Song”

October 12, 2026 0
Peaceful and contemplative acoustic offering is a balm for the soul. Recording as Jonathan Something, his birth name having been shed some years before, Jonathan Searles has recorded a number of albums, all of them unpredictable […]

  • Afton Wolfe and The Snake Hunters “Live from the Fallout Shelter”
  • For The Sake Of The Song: Chris Stapleton “Traveller”
  • Jonathan Something “One More Lonesome Cowboy Song”
  • Live Review: Robert Jon and the Wreck, The Junction, Cambridge – 2nd October 2026
  • Sheryl Crow “Pick You Up”
  • The Chapin Sisters “One Little Drop” – watching the money trickle down
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Interview: Fischer-Z’s John Watts reminisces on 50 years of making heartfelt music

October 1, 2026 0
The songs of John Watts, whether in his band Fischer-Z, in his other bands or as a solo artist, aren’t technically Americana, but everything in their construction and recording has the feel of exactly what Americana […]
Interviews

Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

September 29, 2026 2
Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]
Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final track on Maya de Vitry’s 2026 release, but […]

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Sounds from beyond the Shed 176 “Spring or Springtime for Hitler…?”

March 14, 2025 0
Just for a moment there, I thought Spring had sprung. I woke yesterday with a… forgive me… spring in my step and the air was full of singing birds this morning. There was also an email […]
Book Reviews

Book Review: Geoffrey Himes “Willie Nelson, All the Albums” The Stories Behind The Music

April 8, 2026 0
This book is a thing of beauty. From its presentation to the wonderful array of historical photographs inside, it is a volume to treasure. Author Geoffrey Himes wrote about music every week in the Washington Post […]
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Lucinda Williams performs “A Man Without a Soul” – Watch

July 6, 2020 0
Lucinda Williams is the latest artist over in the US to contribute a song to  The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’s #PlayAtHome series, performing last week ‘A Man Without a Soul’ which is taken from her […]

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