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Live Reviews

Live Review: Kim Richey + Carla J Easton, Newbald Village Hall, North Newbald, Yorkshire – 25th May 2024

June 3, 2024 Graeme Tait 3
My windshield wipers were operating in overdrive, headlights on full, as I made the journey to the venue through weather that was more in keeping with late February rather than late May, the mist completely obscuring […]
Album Reviews

Kim Richey “Every New Beginning”

May 22, 2024 Martin Johnson 0
Songs with a twist from a singer-songwriter at the top of her game. Kim Richey’s songwriting and vocals have been appreciated by and influenced a host of other artists, including Brandi Carlile, Trisha Yearwood, Jason Isbell, […]
Interviews

Interview: Kim Richey on “Every New Beginning”

May 14, 2024 Martin Johnson 0
Why writing songs and making demos is a fun thing to do even after 30 years. Anybody who takes an interest in country, americana and folk will have at least come across Kim Richey’s name in […]
Album art for Ben Glover 'And The Sun Breaks Through The Sky'
Album Reviews

Ben Glover “And The Sun Breaks Through The Sky”

May 7, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
Northern Irish Nashville-based Ben Glover’s fine collection of songs. Ben Glover is as well-known as a songwriter as a performer, having written or co-written for a host of acts including Gretchen Peters, Mary Gauthier and Kim […]
News

Preview: Ben Glover to release “And The Sun Breaks Through The Sky” later this month

April 4, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
Ben Glover, the Northern Irish singer-songwriter, has announced the release of his latest album ‘And The Sun Breaks Through The Sky’ on 26th April. The record will be released on Goldrush Records. The album is Glover’s […]

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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

August 5, 2026 0
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
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  • Alan Peatfield: OK, Graeme - just one observation ... the obvious one. "As a songwriter he is right up there; on the…
  • Graeme Tait: Hi Alan. Glad you approve. It was an excellent gig.

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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 […]
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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Videos

Video Premiere: Drunken Hearts “New Reseda”

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This is how Americana should be performed.  Singer-songwriter Andrew McConathy and his outstanding band Drunken Hearts have recorded a new video EP, ‘Wildfire Sessions’, which will be released one video at a time, beginning with ‘New […]
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Album Reviews

The Lostines “Meet The Lostines”

April 26, 2024 0
A wonderfully vibrant New Orleans brew of country, soul, gospel and swamp. The Lostines are singer-songwriters Casey Jane Reece-Kaigler and Camille Wind Weatherford. Both come originally from the Pacific Northwest and met when they relocated to New Orleans. […]
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Melanie Maclaren “Laika” – the space dog

November 4, 2024 0
‘Laika‘, you’ll recall, was the first dog in space – sent beyond the boundaries of the atmosphere by the USSR.  It was a “proof of principal” experiment – could a  creature be sent into space and […]

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