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Classic Clips: Rockin’ Jimmy Byfield and the Brothers of the Night “Little Rachel” – Tulsa Backstage, 1981

October 3, 2025 Martin Johnson 4
The Tulsa Sound, with its twin figureheads Leon Russell and JJ Cale, and its blend of rock and roll, country, blues, R&B, and a little jazz, is a key part of the foundations that americana is […]
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Tedeschi Trucks Band to issue 2015 live “Mad Dogs” show with Leon Russell and more

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Tedeschi Trucks Band (TTB) has announced the official release of “Mad Dogs & Englishmen Revisited (LIVE AT LOCKN’) with Leon Russell”. Marking 10 years since the legendary tribute performance at the Virginia-based festival, the album will […]
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The Song Remains: Don Nix (1941-2024)

January 7, 2025 Martin Johnson 0
Legendary Memphis songwriter, musician and producer. Though he released nine solo albums, Memphis musician Don Nix, who died at home in Germantown, Tennessee in his sleep on New Year’s Eve, main claim to musical fame is […]
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For The Sake Of The Song: Leon Russell “Home Sweet Oklahoma”

September 16, 2024 Martin Johnson 3
Leon Russell’s world exploded in 1970. He’d been a leading studio musician in Los Angeles for over ten years, a key member of the famed Wrecking Crew, and he had been instrumental in the success of […]
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Interview: Jared Deck keeps his “Head Above Water”

July 2, 2024 Martin Johnson 2
How politics and songwriting are all about storytelling and red dirt. Chatting with Jared Deck was probably a first for Americana UK as he is an elected Democratic State Representative in Oklahoma, he could also be […]

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Ramsey Thornton “I Called It!”

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Oklahoman Ramsey Thornton’s debut album explores the liminal space between action and inertia against a mellifluous musical background. Ramsey Thornton’s I Called It! is an album preoccupied with the moments where something should happen but doesn’t. […]
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France’s Eldorado festival brings americana stars to NW France in late June

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After a first promising edition in September 2024, the one and only americana Fest in France, Eldorado, returns to the village of Vancé in NW France (close to Le Mans) with its second edition on 26th […]

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Interview: Judy Collins doesn’t look back, she looks forward

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Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

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Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]
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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

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Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]

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Just signed to Fantasy Records and for the last two years the backing band for rock royalty in Neil Young, Lukas Nelson, son of Willie Nelson, and his band are releasing an album at the end […]
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Dweezil Zappa, Royal Festival Hall, London, 10th October 2017

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‪Dweezil Zappa could just be the finest current example of a chip off the old block in the world of rock and jazz. Not that there’s anything wrong in the slightest with tribute bands, but Dweezil […]
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Neil Young, Kings of Leon, Lumineers headline new three day State Fayre in Essex in June 2026

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Festival Republic and Live Nation have announced State Fayre, a brand-new major weekend camping festival celebrating rock music, americana, and barbecue, taking place 26th-28th June 2026 in Chelmsford, Essex. The festival, with a capacity of around […]

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