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Live review: Will Sheff + Julie Odell, Omeara, London – 8th March 2023

March 22, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

A fine dusting of snow can be very pretty – particularly when viewed from a warm building with perhaps a beverage of choice close at hand.  It’s less amusing when standing on a railway station platform […]

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Album Reviews

Will Sheff “Nothing Special”

October 26, 2022 Kimberly Bright 0

A weighty first solo endeavor that confronts loss, life’s meaning, and the deceit of nostalgic longing. Will Sheff, the singer, songwriter, guitarist, and founder of Okkervil River, has been hinting at it for a while: his […]

Interviews

Interview: Shearwater main man Jonathan Meiburg on a 6-year awakening

July 5, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

Songs are like places that you can visit and inhabit for a few minutes. Regular visitors to Americana UK know that the music featured ranges across the widest spectrum of what can be considered americana, and […]

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  • Chapman and Tzuke hit the road together in October
  • Ben de la Cour “New Roses”
  • For the Sake Of The Song: Bob Dylan “It’s alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)”
  • Live Review: Catherine MacLellan and Lucy Farrell, Backroads House Concert, Hertford – 20th May 2025
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Interview: Chatham Rabbits can pull from a hatful of songs

May 28, 2025 0

It’s hard to pin down and stamp a genre like a Notary Public would on Chatham Rabbits. The husband-and-wife duo of Austin and Sarah McCombie started out in bluegrass and old-timey music, but they have taken […]

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Interview: Jennifer Castle opens the door into her world of song

May 21, 2025 0

We are here to talk about the Earth Mother, We are here to talk about the Arthurian Damsel. We are here to talk about an imaginative chimera and a darker rose. We are here to talk […]

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Interview: The Barlow is a band with Workingman’s Cred and High Spirits

May 16, 2025 0

The Barlow is a band in high spirits these days with a brand-new album, their fourth, that’s worth some serious fist-bumping. The band calls their brand of music Colorado Country, and it’s as rugged as the […]

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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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