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Live Review: The Long Road Festival, Lutterworth, Leics – 25th-27th August 2023

September 6, 2023 Richard Parkinson 0

The Long Road Festival took place over the August Bank Holiday weekend at Stanford Hall near Lutterworth on the border of Northamptonshire and Leicestershire. In addition to the music on show the event also features a […]

Americana UK’s Shades Of Love

February 14, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Aah…Valentines’ day. A sanctioned day for an outpouring of loving sentiment, a day to make any self respecting flower judder at the thought of being cut. Commercialism! And, anyway, there are 364 other days each year […]

Live Review: UK Americana Music Week. AMAUK UK Showcases, Hackney Venues, 24th & 25th January 2023

February 8, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

The annual AmericanaFest Showcases organised by the AMA-UK as part of their festival is a highlight of the year. With six venues (Moth Club, Paper Dress Vintage, Night Tales, Oslo, Hackney Social and Hackney Church Brew […]

Live Review: UK Americana Music Week, Loose Music Takeover @The AMAUK Showcase, Paper Dress Vintage, Hackney, London – 24th January 2023

February 2, 2023 KC Vines 0

Remember live indoor music festivals, the ones that get held in the winter, when it’s raining or snowing outside? January ‘21 and ’22 put paid to these. They got replaced by the online “live” performances that […]

Americana Music Association UK Awards Launch Party, Omerea, London 8th November 2022

November 9, 2022 Jonathan Aird 1

As you can probably imagine, dear regular reader, there is little in this world that Americana UK enjoys more than a party – a bowl of jelly and cream and a lukewarm Vimto is a second […]

Dogwood Tales “Every Star in Rockingham County”

September 22, 2026 0

Virginian alt-country band transitions into indie rock on their fourth full-length outing. Dogwood Tales celebrate ten years as a band with the release of their 4th full length album, entitled Every Star in Rockingham County, and […]

Track Premiere: Gary Marks “Where We Started”

September 22, 2026 0

On his new song, Gary Marks turns his songwriter vision on recent events in his homeland, starting from an unprecedented riot in Washington to the, perhaps, surprising eventual fallout from that event. As Marks explains: “I […]

Video: Prinz Grizzley “A Mountain to Be Tamed (The Struggling)” – There’s a devil in me waiting

September 22, 2026 0

Here’s the absorbing new single from Prinz Grizzley, also known as singer-songwriter Chris Comper. A Mountain to Be Tamed (The Struggling) has sparse beginnings, but the musical tension builds dramatically as Comper delivers an incredibly intense […]

Live Review: The Long Road Festival, Lutterworth, Leics – 25th-27th August 2023

Americana UK’s Shades Of Love

Live Review: UK Americana Music Week. AMAUK UK Showcases, Hackney Venues, 24th & 25th January 2023

Live Review: UK Americana Music Week, Loose Music Takeover @The AMAUK Showcase, Paper Dress Vintage, Hackney, London – 24th January 2023

Americana Music Association UK Awards Launch Party, Omerea, London 8th November 2022

Dogwood Tales “Every Star in Rockingham County”

Track Premiere: Gary Marks “Where We Started”

Video: Prinz Grizzley “A Mountain to Be Tamed (The Struggling)” – There’s a devil in me waiting

Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music

Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”