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Can’t Live With It – Can’t Live Without It: Freedy Johnston

December 5, 2024 Paul Russell 0
If you grow up as a music fan and have aspirations to become a musician – life is treating you a little unfairly if the only place you can buy records back in the seventies was […]
Freedy Johnston
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Video: Freedy Johnston “Darlin'”

November 28, 2022 Ed Donnelly 0
Trigger warning: This music video deals with the death of a child. Aimee Mann picks up her pencil to illustrate Freedy Johnston’s new video for ‘Darlin’’.  To make the song even sweeter, she adds backing vocals […]
Interviews

Interview: Freedy Johnston on his basic urge to write songs

September 7, 2022 Martin Johnson 0
Don’t tweet and get your music from the radio. It can be hard sometimes to explain exactly what a singer-songwriter does and what the dynamics are around the creative process.  Freedy Johnston has been called a […]
Freedy Johnston 'Back On The Road Again'
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Freedy Johnston “Back On The Road To You”

August 30, 2022 Jonathan Smith 0
Sunny summer sweetness, with just a touch of melancholy. Freedy Johnston has a 30 year music career behind him, during which time he has garnered praise and love from critics and musical peers. He nonetheless remains […]
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Track Premiere: Freedy Johnston “Tryin’ To Move On”

July 25, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
This rocking number is taken from Freedy Johnston’s new album ‘Back on the Road to You’ which is out on September 9th via 40 Below Records.  ‘Tryin’ to Move On‘ relates a series of failures to escape […]

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Ray Charles, Willie Nelson
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For The Sake Of The Song: Willie Nelson “Seven Spanish Angels”

August 10, 2026 1
Seven Spanish Angels is a song which encapsulates a full range of americana imagery – doomed love, defiance, outlaws, faith, mystery and death – all set in an undescribed location that calls up the settings for […]
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Album Reviews

Chris Pierce “Songs for the Heavy Hearted”

August 10, 2026 0
A moving, beautifully crafted collection of songs that refuses to surrender compassion in a fractured world. Chris Pierce has always possessed one of the finest voices in americana, capable of conveying tenderness, conviction and quiet resilience […]
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Margo Cilker unveils her “Little White Cross” for October

August 10, 2026 0
Western folk singer-songwriter and AUK favourite Margo Cilker has announced her third album, Little White Cross, due out October 9 via Fossil Records, a label Cilker recently launched with fellow musician ISMAY. The upcoming 10-song set […]

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  • Lance Cowan “The Air That You Breathe”
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Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

August 7, 2026 0
At once nostalgic travelogue, introspective head-trip, and rootsy showcase, Madrid-born Juana Everett’s second album should be her breakthrough record. Past Lives in California swims headfirst through the murky waters of transit, both literal and metaphysical. Bring […]
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Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider

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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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Video Premiere: VanWyck “The Epic Tale of the Stranded Man – Expanded Edition”

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One of 2022’s highlights was ‘The Epic Tale of the Stranded Man’, a 12-song collection from AUK-favourite VanWyck.  Christine Oele, who performs as VanWyck, demonstrated her fine songcraft in this narrative album that told the tale […]
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Born and bred in Buckinghamshire, TD Lind fell in love with rock n roll, jazz and blues at a very early age. He spent his early years skipping school to play piano in jazz clubs in […]

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