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Interview: Ron Sexsmith on nearing 60 and leaving Toronto

February 7, 2023 Martin Johnson 2

Take a pinch of Ray Davies, a slice of R&B, and the essence of Leonard Cohen and Gordon Lightfoot. Ron Sexsmith is a singer and a songwriter who excels at both functions. He didn’t release his […]

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Lush releases Americana compilation today

May 27, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Cosmetics company Lush has released a new triple-vinyl folk compilation of 1980s songs re-imagined called ‘Life’s What You Make It.’  The triple vinyl selection features the likes of Jackie Oates, Eliza + Martin Carthy, Teddy Thompson, […]

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Willie Nelson announces new album out at end of April

February 16, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Willie Nelson has announced his latest album ‘A Beautiful Time‘ will be out on Legacy Recordings. The prolific songwriter has timed this most recent work to come out on his 89th birthday, April 29th. Nelson teamed […]

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Marianne Faithfull’s classic album “Vagabond Ways” to be reissued

February 9, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

BMG has announced the reissuing of Marianne Faithfull’s 1999 album ‘Vagabond Ways‘ on March 4th. The reissue, originally recorded at Teatro Studios in California and produced by Mark Howard and Daniel Lanois, will include a selection […]

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AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Gordon Sharpe

February 3, 2022 Gordon Sharpe 0

I still feel when writing an article of this sort that someone might sneak up behind me and say ‘aha’ and ‘got you’. It lays bare the limitations of my listening. Either I fill in gaps […]

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  • The Dream Syndicate wrestle back the right to release the full Medicine Show box set
  • Jesse Daniel “Son of the San Lorenzo”
  • Los Straitjackets to release first album of original material in thirteen years
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  • Live Review: Yvonne Lyon and Boo Hewerdine + Sharon Maher, Kirton in Lindsey – 5th July 2025
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Behind the Songs: Chris Stamey “Anything Is Possible”

July 10, 2025 0

North Carolina singer-songwriter and producer Chris Stamey is an indie rock icon with a long and illustrious history, starting in the mid-70s with Mitch Easter in the band Sneakers, then co-founding the avant-pop band The dBs […]

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Interview: Michelle Billingsley on honky-tonkin’ and two-steppin’

July 2, 2025 0

It was a windy, wintry January day in Chicago when June, Michelle Billingsley’s 50-pound Australian Shepherd, jumped up beside her on the couch. “Yeah, she saw me putting on my makeup, which usually means I’m going […]

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Interview: Swarme of Beese finds more poetry in darkness than in light

June 30, 2025 0

The term mutant folk seems to fit. In the band’s early days, before The Victor Mourning emerged from the pupa into an adult Swarme of Beese, their songs elicited unusual receptions. Co-songwriter Lynne Adele recalls performing […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

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As always in these prescriptive articles there must be a drawing of boundaries and Clint’s first article in the series seemed to have dealt with the idea that you should define americana in a narrow sense […]

Essentials

Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

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Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

Obituaries

The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

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I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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