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Album Reviews

The Mammals “Touch Grass Vol.1 & 2”

December 10, 2025 Chas Lacey 2
Contemporary folk-rock from the Catskills, blending family life with social commentary. In April 2023, our Live Reviews carried an account of a show in Lincolnshire that our reviewer defined as an “I was there” moment. The […]
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Live Reviews

Live Review: The Mammals + The Rye Sisters, The Town Hall, Kirton In Lindsey – 7th April 2023

April 17, 2023 Graeme Tait 2
Throughout the years I have been privileged to witness some of the worlds finest acts, encompassing the full range in performance and entertainment levels, from the average and disappointing all the way to the breathtakingly brilliant. […]

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Anniversary Cheers: “Buena Vista Social Club” celebrates 30 years

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Preview: The Long Road Festival of Country, Americana and Roots, 27th-30th August Stanford Hall Leicestershire

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Moon Attendant “Dum Evol”

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Book Review: Jeff Apter “King of Hearts, Roy Orbison”

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EGREM recording studio Havana - Buena Vista Social Club
Anniversary Cheers

Anniversary Cheers: “Buena Vista Social Club” celebrates 30 years

August 20, 2026 0
World Circuit Records, celebrating 40 years, reissues world music’s most iconic album for its 30th birthday. When world music shot out of the blocks into the consciousness of a fascinated listening audience, one album, for various […]
The Long Road 2026 festival poster
Previews

Preview: The Long Road Festival of Country, Americana and Roots, 27th-30th August Stanford Hall Leicestershire

August 20, 2026 0
The Long Road Festival, at Stanford Hall, Leicestershire, remains a favourite festival for americana fans – combining country, Americana and roots music. Running this year from Thursday 27th to Sunday 30th August, the festival lineup combines […]
Album Reviews

Moon Attendant “Dum Evol”

August 20, 2026 0
A strange and often beguiling journey through psychedelic pop, fractured relationships and the lessons we learn the hard way. There is something immediately intriguing about Dum Evol. Brighton’s Moon Attendant have created an album that feels […]

  • Anniversary Cheers: “Buena Vista Social Club” celebrates 30 years
  • Preview: The Long Road Festival of Country, Americana and Roots, 27th-30th August Stanford Hall Leicestershire
  • Moon Attendant “Dum Evol”
  • Book Review: Jeff Apter “King of Hearts, Roy Orbison”
  • Personal Trainer “Human Assholes”
  • Margo Cilker “Little White Cross” – unplanned ends for reckless actions
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  • Interview: Issy Ferris and Archie Sylvester on why “It’s A Joy To Be Alive”
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Interview: Issy Ferris and Archie Sylvester on why “It’s A Joy To Be Alive”

August 19, 2026 0
One thing everyone quickly learns as they get older is that time waits for no one, and that life continues its unstoppable flow forward. Americana UK has followed Ferris & Sylvester’s career since their first album, […]
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Interviews

Interview: Waylon Payne on the ‘family’ business and pulling Willie Nelson’s beard

August 13, 2026 0
Americana UK’s Ian Rothery caught up with Waylon Payne via Zoom at his home in Nashville on one of the few days of the year when it might actually have been hotter in the UK than […]
Interviews

Interview: The Roseline play sweet music but you must accept the thorns

August 12, 2026 1
It’s no secret that americana music in all its colorful variations has been prevalent and in vogue for years now as countless bands and singer/songwriters from the last two decades have found success filtering their music […]

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Mock Deer “The Art of Loneliness” (Independent, 2020)

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Classic Clip: Mary Gauthier and Jaimee Harris “How Could You be Gone” -Take Root Festival, Groningen, Netherlands. November 2024

December 12, 2025 0
Rising star Jaimee Harris, with a voice that sounds like an edgier Emmylou Harris (who unsurprisingly just happens to be her hero) met the venerable singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier in 2017 at a songwriting workshop in Taos, […]
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The No Ones “Phil Ochs Is Dead” – but ever present

March 10, 2023 0
Doesn’t this sound like someone you used to love?  Of course it does – and the likely cause is that the No Ones includes Peter Buck in the line-up.  ‘Phil Ochs Is Dead‘ is from the […]

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