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More People Really Should Know About: Kate Ellis

April 16, 2024 Lyndon Bolton 0
Amid today’s obsession with genre labelling (is this country, is this pop, is this….whatever), it feels all the more important to cherish artists whose priorities run counter to the marketing spin, sinister algorithms and other such […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: The ARC Songwriters, featuring Kate Ellis, My Girl The River and Anna Howie, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 2nd March 2024

March 12, 2024 Graeme Tait 2
It may well have been the first Saturday in March, and the start of a new metrological season but the weather was anything but springlike as the bravest and most passionate of music lovers made their […]
Videos

Video Premiere: Kate Ellis “The Other Side of the Street”

January 5, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0
We’re delighted to premiere the latest single from Louisiana-born songwriter Kate Ellis.  As a young man, Ellis’s father once played guitar with the legendary Hank Williams on the famous Louisiana Hayride and he inspired her love […]
Interviews

Interview: Kris Wilkinson Hughes on The ARC Tour with Kate Ellis and Anna Howie

May 10, 2022 Martin Johnson 0
Born in Louisiana but semi-Anglicised by over twenty years in the UK, the epitome of Americana UK. If you were looking for a typical Americana UK artist then you would be hard pushed to find a […]
Videos

Video Premiere: Kate Ellis “The Story You’ve Been Told”

February 18, 2022 Andrew Frolish 1
Quite simply, Kate Ellis’s intimate voice is a rare gift, possessing a warmth and beauty that is immediately captivating and carries us through her heartfelt songs.  ‘The Story You’ve Been Told’ is no exception.  Over delicate […]

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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 […]
Album Reviews

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 […]

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  • 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
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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 […]
Interviews

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 […]
Interviews

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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Tracks

Track premiere: Caroline Reese “Nicotine”

August 29, 2017 0
“Two Horses” is the new EP by Pennsylvania raised singer-songwriter Caroline Reese which lands on September 8th, and Gawd bless her she’s shared a track from it with us to delight both of your ears (or […]
News

Stripmall Ballads “Distant” (Freeloader Free Press, 2020)

May 28, 2020 0
Now, these are not the happiest of times, obviously, but why do so many new albums coming from singer/songwriters have to be so relentlessly miserable? Even a miserable song with a jaunty tune would be a […]
Previews

Preview: Jessie Malin Returns to the UK for a limited run of shows

June 8, 2026 0
Jesse Malin has been through the wringer as they say in recent years so it’s lovely to see him back on UK shores this week for a short series of dates. Hailed by Rolling Stone as […]

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