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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

July 21, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
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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Bob Wagner has some perfect advice for us all on this updating on the murder ballad form, as Richest Man On Earth opens with a killing – but it’s  not what you’re thinking.  No violence was […]
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Video: Ringo Starr “Long Long Road”

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Directed by Francesca Gregorini, Ringo Starr’s latest video is a memorable and brilliantly shot exploration of his musical life. Opening with gorgeous images of the Yellow Submarine, the video for Long Long Road travels into the […]
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Alela Diane “Who’s Keeping Time?”

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Collaboration brings a beautiful folk album with words of love. This is Alela Diane’s seventh album, and the story behind it starts with the death at the age of eighty-three of her great friend Michael Hurley. […]

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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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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

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David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

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Video: Kathleen Edwards “It’s Christmastime (Let’s Just Survive)”

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We leave you this week dear reader with the first original song Kathleen Edwards has released since 2012 which as she points out is full of meows. It’s been an emotional week, what with The Affair […]
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Rodeo FM “All The Things You Asked For”

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Rambling, laid-back retro 1970s country goodness. From Germany’s own Laurel Canyon. This writer is of the firm belief that it is the darkest, farthest reaches of the Americana world that produces the most interesting music. These […]
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‘Tink Town’ will be the debut album for Many Voices Speak, it’ll appear this August and ‘Necessaries’ is the lead single.  With layers of dreamy sound it features the singing and songwriting of Matilda Mård, who […]

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