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Video: Ferris & Sylvester “Knock You Down”

September 24, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

The nostalgic home-video style footage used for ‘Knock You Down’ is perfect for a song that wishes for the simplicity of childhood and innocent memories.  It also gives us the chance to Ferris & Sylvester at […]

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Video: Ferris & Sylvester “I Should Be On a Train”

August 10, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

With the contrast of the quieter lulls and the scorching emotional moments, this song is one of the most engaging yet from Ferris & Sylvester.  Searing lines, such as: “I can’t bear your touch,” are direct […]

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Interview: Ferris & Sylvester

November 14, 2019 Andrew Frolish 2

Issy Ferris and Archie Sylvester formed a duo in 2016 and, since then, have released a string of critically acclaimed singles and EPs, including 2018’s ‘Made in Streatham’, which was recorded in the kitchen of their […]

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AmericanaFest, Nashville, September 10th-15th, 2019

October 11, 2019 Mark Underwood 0

For Americana UK, this year’s Nashville experience ended where it pretty much started – at Robert’s Western World on Lower Broadway. Hotfoot from arriving in the city around 7pm our assembled scribes headed straight downtown to […]

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Ferris & Sylvester + Roseanne Reid, The Portland Arms, Cambridge, 30th September 2019

October 9, 2019 Andrew Frolish 0

2019 has been a breakthrough year for Ferris & Sylvester. With slots at various festivals, including Glastonbury, Black Deer, Isle of Wight and Americanafest in Nashville, the duo has been reaching out to new audiences and […]

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Eric Bibb “Ridin'”

March 23, 2023 0

‘Ridin’’ is a strong and moving record that will reveal and reward more on repeated plays. Following 2021’s ‘Dear America’, Eric Bibb returns with his new album ‘Ridin’’.  The Stockholm-based expatriate American revisits his family’s activism […]

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Reg Meuross “Stolen from God”

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A stunning and important work of historical research set to some of the best folk tunes you’ll hear this year. This is a project that has been in the planning since 2018. Meuross says of it: […]

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Herman Dune “The Portable Herman Dune Vol. 2”

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David Ivar’s second helping of re-imagined recordings from his back catalogue continues to deliver. Back in September of last year David Ivar, the artist that is Herman Dune, released the first of which will be a […]

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The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

March 12, 2020 4

I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

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Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

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Live Review: Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit + His Lordship, O2 Apollo, Manchester – 18th November 2022

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AUK’s Clint West sees Jason Isbell complete a journey from small venue troubadour to the first modern americana superstar. On November 25th 2013 Jason Isbell played at Manchester’s Ruby Lounge in support of his newly released […]

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Interview: CMH Records release digital Merle Travis and Joe Maphis albums

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Maintaining a country and bluegrass heritage and developing its future digital fan base. Periodically Americana UK looks beyond artists to the organisations that help them get their music to the listening public. CHM Records was founded […]

Eamon McGrath “Fireworks” – explosions in the sky

Tracks
March 23, 2023 0

Eamon McGrath finds himself tongue-tied on his most recent single, taken from the album ‘A Dizzying Lust’ which is released on March 31st.  It’s a paradoxical situation though as he describes having “most of the English […]

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Classic Americana Albums: Great Speckled Bird “Great Speckled Bird”

Classic Americana Albums
March 23, 2023 1

Until the ‘Festival Express’ movie was finally released on DVD in 2004, Ian and Sylvia Tyson’s band, Great Speckled Bird, had been an act known mainly by collectors and as the group Buddy Cage left to […]

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Eric Bibb “Ridin'”

Album Reviews
March 23, 2023 0

‘Ridin’’ is a strong and moving record that will reveal and reward more on repeated plays. Following 2021’s ‘Dear America’, Eric Bibb returns with his new album ‘Ridin’’.  The Stockholm-based expatriate American revisits his family’s activism […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 89

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March 23, 2023 0

Soft skills for an employable, healthy future This last week has seen the school return (at last) to showcasing its musicians in a formal free-to-enter concert and this time the music was interspersed with dramatic pieces […]

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