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Red Rooster crows no more

April 23, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0
We hate to be the bearers of more bad news with everything else going on in the world at the moment but another UK festival has fallen by the wayside. This time it’s Red Rooster which […]
News

Latest Podcast now available featuring Rupert Orton from PRB Presents talking Red Rooster and more

February 27, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0
This week’s podcast features an interview with Rupert Orton of PRB Presents, who not only programmes loads of americana shows around the UK and EU but also is lead booker for the Red Rooster Festival that […]
Valerie June
News

Red Rooster Festival announces full list of acts for 2026

February 26, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0
The Red Rooster Festival has announced its full line-up for this year’s festival which takes place 28th-30th May 2026 and, as usual, it digs deep into roots, rock and Americana. The festival is set against the […]
Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed 222 “Festivals”

February 23, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 4
This time of year is bloody bleak. I’m pretty sure I haven’t walked the dog in either sunshine or without being soaked by the elements. Okay, so it’s a fairly first-world whinge given what’s going on […]
Bobby Rush
News

Red Rooster Festival reveals the first acts for 2026 and discounted tickets

November 21, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
Suffolk’s Red Rooster Festival has announced the first round of acts for its 2026 iteration. As the festival heads towards its 12th edition, it continues to celebrate the best of authentic country, soul, blues and rock […]

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Billy Bragg & Wilco’s “Mermaid Avenue” project returns with expanded “The Complete Sessions”

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Afton Wolfe and The Snake Hunters “Live from the Fallout Shelter”

Album Reviews
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Chris Stapleton at Merrieather Post Pavilion August 2019

For The Sake Of The Song: Chris Stapleton “Traveller”

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Jonathan Something “One More Lonesome Cowboy Song”

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Live images of Robert Jon and the Wreck, Cambridge Junction, 2 Oct 2026

Live Review: Robert Jon and the Wreck, The Junction, Cambridge – 2nd October 2026

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Wilco
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Billy Bragg & Wilco’s “Mermaid Avenue” project returns with expanded “The Complete Sessions”

October 12, 2026 0
Nearly thirty years after Billy Bragg and Wilco first came together to give voice to a collection of previously unheard Woody Guthrie lyrics, Craft Recordings will release Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions on 11th December 2026, […]
Album Reviews

Afton Wolfe and The Snake Hunters “Live from the Fallout Shelter”

October 12, 2026 0
A raw, live recording with all the in-the-moment feel of the best performances. Recorded at the Fallout Shelter venue in Norwood, Massachusetts, there is no denying the intensity of the live performance from Wolfe and his […]
Chris Stapleton at Merrieather Post Pavilion August 2019
Features

For The Sake Of The Song: Chris Stapleton “Traveller”

October 12, 2026 0
Our esteemed editor has labelled Chris Stapleton as the Marmite of artists for the writers here at Americana UK. It may be that our readers likewise fall into two camps and it took me a while […]

  • Billy Bragg & Wilco’s “Mermaid Avenue” project returns with expanded “The Complete Sessions”
  • Afton Wolfe and The Snake Hunters “Live from the Fallout Shelter”
  • For The Sake Of The Song: Chris Stapleton “Traveller”
  • Jonathan Something “One More Lonesome Cowboy Song”
  • Live Review: Robert Jon and the Wreck, The Junction, Cambridge – 2nd October 2026
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  • The Chapin Sisters “One Little Drop” – watching the money trickle down
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Interview: Fischer-Z’s John Watts reminisces on 50 years of making heartfelt music

October 1, 2026 0
The songs of John Watts, whether in his band Fischer-Z, in his other bands or as a solo artist, aren’t technically Americana, but everything in their construction and recording has the feel of exactly what Americana […]
Interviews

Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

September 29, 2026 2
Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]
Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final track on Maya de Vitry’s 2026 release, but […]

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Videos

Video: Eve Adams “Nowhere Now”

June 19, 2025 0
Filmed in the dry and dusty desert of the American Southwest, the new video from Eve Adams is brilliantly atmospheric. Those big skies and vast landscapes evoke epic tales of life: uncompromising, isolating, dramatic stories of […]
Album Reviews

The Weight Band “World Gone Bad” (Continental Records, 2018)

September 21, 2018 0
Populated entirely by members of (later versions) of The Band and/or follow on/split off bands, The Weight Band are exactly what you would imagine – a band keeping the spirit and music of their legacy alive […]
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Harvey Russell “Pure as the Flame”

March 13, 2024 0
Australian country roots artist shows progression on his sophomore album, all about life’s challenges. Harvey Russell hails from Sydney and ‘Pure as the Flame’ is his sophomore album, which suggests that he is a relative newcomer […]

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