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Live Review: Jolie Holland + Annie Dressner, Neon 194, London – 18th September 2025

September 23, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
A show from Jolie Holland is always a cause for celebration as the much-travelled multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter comes towards the end of the UK leg of her tour with dates in Ireland to follow. The venue […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Jolie Holland + Mark McKowski, Portland Arms, Cambridge – 1st April 2024

April 10, 2024 Adrian Dzialdowski 1
The Portland Arms in Cambridge (capacity 200) had a hard time getting punters out for this exceptional gig on the fag end of Easter weekend. Consequently the usual competition to get to the front was non-existent […]

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Something for the weekend: case/lang/veirs “People Have The Power”

Tracks
July 31, 2026 0

Jack Browning to release his long awaited second album in September

News
July 31, 2026 0

Americana Stories – Rick Bayles “The Little Shop of Hollers”

Features
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There’s a joyful festival to be Found in Buckingham on the August bank holiday

Previews
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Classic Clips: Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” – Studio Recording, 1981

Classic Clips
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Tracks

Something for the weekend: case/lang/veirs “People Have The Power”

July 31, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a new song from case/lang/veirs who have this week shared their cover of Patti Smith’s track People Have The Power which […]
News

Jack Browning to release his long awaited second album in September

July 31, 2026 0
London-based singer-songwriter Jack Browning will release his sophomore album, Painted Skies, on September 16th via Too Fine Records. The twelve-song collection follows Browning’s signing to the Nashville label earlier this year and arrives after two years […]
Features

Americana Stories – Rick Bayles “The Little Shop of Hollers”

July 31, 2026 0
The next Americana Story comes from one of our own. Rick Bayles escaped the UK to live in the Dordogne region of France, and from there he reports back through his monthly Vox Continental column, sharing […]

  • Something for the weekend: case/lang/veirs “People Have The Power”
  • Jack Browning to release his long awaited second album in September
  • Americana Stories – Rick Bayles “The Little Shop of Hollers”
  • There’s a joyful festival to be Found in Buckingham on the August bank holiday
  • Classic Clips: Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” – Studio Recording, 1981
  • Jason McNiff “Ten Blue Songs”
  • Live Review: Maverick Festival, Easton Farm Park, Suffolk – 3rd-5th July 2026
  • Vox Continental: July 2026
  • The latest Americana UK podcast now available featuring Haylie Davis and Leeroy Stagger
  • Twilark “Tired To Sleep” – to sleep , perchance to forget
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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 […]
Interviews

Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward

July 24, 2026 0
End Times Elevator Music is a special record to behold. From the Link Wray fuzz guitar rumbles on opener No Alarm to the title track closer, which arrives like Ben Schneider and Brendan Urie collaborated, there […]

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Tracks

Belle of the Fall “Scarborough Fair” – Listen

December 18, 2018 0
Belle of the Fall have had a good year, with their album ‘Rise‘ having been nominated for the 2018 New England Music Awards Album of The Year.  Their version  of ‘Scarborough Fair‘ (not from ‘Rise‘ by the […]
Videos

Video: Orphan Colours “High Hopes”

January 15, 2018 1
From their long awaited debut album All On Red, out on January 26th, this is the first single from Orphan Colours and it’s a cracker.  The video includes some great live footage from their triumphant set […]
Classic Americana Albums

Classic Americana Albums: Green on Red “Gas Food Lodging” (Zippo Records, 1985)

March 6, 2020 1
‘Desert Rock’, ‘Paisley Underground’, Alternative Country-Rock’, ‘Garage-Country’ and ‘Country-Punk’ are all descriptions that have, at various times, been applied to Green on Red. The fact that these and plenty more descriptions can be found with a […]

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