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Classic Americana Albums

Classic Americana Albums: Lucinda Williams “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road” (Mercury, 1998)

April 23, 2020 Jim Finnie 0
In 1998 when ‘Car Wheels on a Gravel Road’ was released my musical tastes were much more rock-oriented and my gradual assimilation into all things Americana was really just beginning and I paid it scant attention […]
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RS Country publishes “Social Distancing” interviews with Williams and Malin

April 16, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0
RS Country has started to publish what they’re calling “Social Distancing” interviews with some of the better-known names in music including Lucinda Williams and Jess Malin where they ask them a standard set of questions about […]
Classic Americana Albums

Classic Americana Compilations: “Tulare Dust – A Songwriter’s Tribute to Merle Haggard” (Hightown Records, 1994)

March 27, 2020 Rick Bayles 1
Merle Haggard has always been categorised as one of the great American Country Singers but, when it comes to songwriting, his talents are often overlooked. So, when a bunch of top Americana singers and songwriters came […]
Tracks

Lucinda Williams “Lost Girl” – Listen

March 24, 2020 Jonathan Aird 1
We don’t want to bring your mood down at all but if the new song from Lucinda Williams doesn’t make you feel just a little more desperate than you were five minutes before you first heard […]
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Lucinda Williams announces “Good Souls Better Angels”, UK dates

February 28, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0
Thirty Tigers and Highway 20 have announced the release of a new Lucinda Williams album, ‘Good Souls Better Angels’ which is due out April 24th and which “unabashedly takes on some of the human, social and […]

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Interview: Alex Amen on “Sun Of Amen” as he comes of age as a songwriter

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Artwork for Sailing Sones album "Slow Magic"

Sailing Stones “Slow Magic”

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More People Really Should Know About: Travis Shallow

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Jerry Joseph, Water Rats 8/7/26

Live Review: Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons + Red Hash + Ella Spencer, Water Rats, London – 8th July 2026

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Martin Carthy “Along the Road Forever – Live at the BBC”

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Interview: Alex Amen on “Sun Of Amen” as he comes of age as a songwriter

July 21, 2026 0
Alex Amen is making waves as one of the new breed of songwriters to keep a very close eye on. Born in Texas, he has lived in communes on the West Coast, formed and played in […]
Artwork for Sailing Sones album "Slow Magic"
Album Reviews

Sailing Stones “Slow Magic”

July 21, 2026 0
Absorbing collection of songs that subtly reveal the quiet joys of motherhood. The first sound that emerges from the new Sailing Stones album, Slow Magic, is the metronomic rhythm of a baby’s heartbeat with its gentle […]
Image taken at Maverick Festival
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More People Really Should Know About: Travis Shallow

July 21, 2026 0
If you’ve ever found yourself searching for music that offers comfort without pretending life is easy, then you should know Travis Shallow. He writes songs that acknowledge the darkness but never surrender to it, and he […]

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  • Martin Carthy “Along the Road Forever – Live at the BBC”
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Interview: Alex Amen on “Sun Of Amen” as he comes of age as a songwriter

July 21, 2026 0
Alex Amen is making waves as one of the new breed of songwriters to keep a very close eye on. Born in Texas, he has lived in communes on the West Coast, formed and played in […]
Interviews

Interview: What Taylor Bickett is shooting for

July 16, 2026 0
Nothing I Can’t Undo is such a deeply earnest, empathetic and personal album that captures exactly what a solo debut is supposed to be by introducing us, in full, to Taylor Bickett, a 20-something singer/songwriter from […]
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Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0
Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]

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Paul Simon’s final concert ?

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We’ve all been so busy being excited about the Americana Music Association UK’s showcases and awards gigs that we’ve let this announcement in Rolling Stone ( here ) roll past us a little.  Paul Simon is scheduled […]
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Eric Brace and Thomm Jutz “Circle & Square”

February 11, 2026 0
Nashville vets combine for second album of quietly imposing acoustic Americana. The second album of collaboration between former journalist and current label owner Eric Brace and talented wandering guitarist Thomm Jutz, “Circle and Square” is a […]

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