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Live Review: UK Americana Music Week – AMAUK UK Showcases, Hackney Venues, 21st January 2025

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The music showcases on the Tuesday and Wednesday evenings of the AMAUK’s annual conference are a really fine way to get going on gig attending after the inevitable Yuletide lull.  Taking advantage of the high density […]

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Video: Kezia Gill “Life You Always Dreamed Of” – watching 35 years in three and a half minutes

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For The Sake Of The Song: Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard “California Zephyr”

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Artwork for Jesper Lindell album "Royal"

Jesper Lindell “Royal”

Album Reviews
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Seasick Steve proclaims The Last Season Of America with his new album

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Preview: Jessie Malin Returns to the UK for a limited run of shows

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Videos

Video: Kezia Gill “Life You Always Dreamed Of” – watching 35 years in three and a half minutes

June 9, 2026 0
Kezia Gill’s Life You Always Dreamed Of is an uplifting, life-affirming song that celebrates her life in music. She says, “Nothing beats doing what you love for a living. The fact that people keep supporting me […]
Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard
Features

For The Sake Of The Song: Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard “California Zephyr”

June 8, 2026 0
The idea of a journey, setting off on the road, the excitement, the anticipation of discovery, leaving the stress and worries and memories behind is a construct we all can identify with. The romance of the […]
Artwork for Jesper Lindell album "Royal"
Album Reviews

Jesper Lindell “Royal”

June 8, 2026 0
Vibrant set of vintage soul grooves from Sweden via Memphis. In the wake of his most recent release, Jesper Lindell and his band, The Brunnsvik Sounds, return with another impressive collection of soul-infused covers. While the […]

  • Video: Kezia Gill “Life You Always Dreamed Of” – watching 35 years in three and a half minutes
  • For The Sake Of The Song: Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard “California Zephyr”
  • Jesper Lindell “Royal”
  • Seasick Steve proclaims The Last Season Of America with his new album
  • Preview: Jessie Malin Returns to the UK for a limited run of shows
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Interview: Greg Loftus – As both musician and carpenter, he would like to knock on wood

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Greg Loftus comes from the town of Bourne, not far from the bridge that connects Massachusetts to Cape Cod. It is there that he practices woodworking, operates a club in nearby Falmouth and makes rock music […]
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Interview: Ben Vaughn on being true to yourself and the joys of recording an album in your car

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To say Ben Vaughn has had an eclectic musical career would be a gross understatement. He grew up in the Philadelphia area, and his journey into music began when a kind uncle gave him a Duane […]
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Interview: Beau Jennings – In Tribute to Will Rogers and the Verdigris

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If History was your favourite class in school, raise your digital hand. Only two? Come on, the subject is not that dull. Now pay attention. Today, we are going to learn about a river called the […]

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AmericanaFest UK 2020 Conference Showcase preview – part two

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The AMAUK conference is now into its fifth year, and one of the highlights of the conference is the two nights of showcases which take place before the awards ceremony on 28th/29th January featuring the best […]
Videos

Video: Nadia Reed “Richard”

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Now this is rather good.  New Zealander Nadia Reed will be touring the UK in August and September and really shouldn’t be missed.
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Adult Karate “Indoors” (Plug Research, 2017)

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This might be a hard sell, and to be straight from the outset there is not a shred of what most people would define as Americana in this release. Nor is there a touch of roots, […]

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