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Interview: Elles Bailey on “Beneath The Neon Glow”

August 27, 2024 Martin Johnson 0
The influence of parental love and the challenges of settling on an album title. Elles Bailey’s particular British take on American roots music has seen her win numerous awards across the americana and blues genres, and […]
artwork for Elles Bailey album "Beneath the Neon Glow"
Album Reviews

Elles Bailey “Beneath the Neon Glow”

August 22, 2024 Viv Fish 1
A poignant, perfectly formed collection of powerful songs. “Beneath the Neon Glow” is many things to multi-award-winning Elles Bailey. Having released her first three studio albums as an independent artist, Bailey recognised that she was “a […]
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Elles Bailey celebrates hit album and tours UK in the autumn

August 20, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
UK Americana Music Award winner Elles Bailey’s album, “Beneath The Neon Glow”, released earlier this month on Cooking Vinyl, debuted at number 12 in the UK Official Album Chart following a busy release week which saw […]
Videos

Video: Elles Bailey “Leave The Light On”

May 23, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0
Elles Bailey’s latest single is a guitar-driven anthem, full of strong rhythm and concluding with a great solo.  As ever, Bailey’s characterful voice with an edge of grit is central to the performance.  ‘Leave The Light […]
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Elles Bailey to release new album in August

April 10, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
Elles Bailey has established herself as a favourite act of the UK Americana Music Association gathering a string of awards since 2020 as well as being championed by leading americana radio presenters like Bob Harris and […]

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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 2
The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]
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Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0
The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]
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Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers

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Includes tracks from My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams and MJ Lenderman among others. Cinema Music Group, Killphonic Records, and City Slang have announced Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 2 – Out of […]

  • Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits
  • Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”
  • Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers
  • Greg Freeman announces new album and UK dates
  • All-star line-up for Bob Harris event announced for Royal Albert Hall in December
  • Live Review: Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes + Riley Catherall, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 25th July 2026
  • Clayton Denwood “Looking for a Road”
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Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider

August 4, 2026 0
Nashville East resident Aaron Lee Tasjan has long been a favourite of Americana UK, and with 12 albums to his name, including his latest Get Over It, Underdog, and approaching 40, he is no longer the […]
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Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

July 29, 2026 0
American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]
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Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0
“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]

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Track Premiere: Sara Petite “Bringin’ Down The Neighbourhood”

February 28, 2023 1
P.F. Sloan wrote, and Barry McGuire sang, “hate your next door neighbour but don’t forget to say grace” – and whilst that’s a fine skewering of hypocrisy we can’t help but wonder what he would have […]
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Video Premiere: Mackenzie Grant “Borderline”

February 2, 2022 2
Mackenzie Grant’s latest single is a sensitive interpretation of the Joni Mitchell classic ‘Borderline’.   The song originally featured on Mitchell’s GRAMMY Award-winning ‘Turbulent Indigo’ album in 1994, which was inspired by the life of Van Gogh, […]
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Lo Carmen “Now You Know Nashville” – Listen

May 23, 2019 0
On her latest single, Lo Carmen plays out a tale of the ingenue fresh in town and relying on her battered paperback guide to see her through. It’s honky-tonk country to its (probably dyed) roots, and […]

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