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Americana Music Association (UK) Announces Award Winners

January 27, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

By the miracle of the electric railway your dedicated late night news reporter was able to hot-foot (hot-rail?) it from London’s Hackney Empire where the AMA-UK Awards show was held on Thursday night and get back […]

Live Review: Saving Grace – featuring Robert Plant and Suzi Dian, Baths Hall, Scunthorpe – 15th April 2022

April 25, 2022 Graeme Tait 8

According to the local newspaper, back in 1967 a group of musicians from the Black Country travelled to Scunthorpe to play a local pub. They were called The Band of Joy, and as far as their […]

Down In The Flood – A Year of Tracks

December 21, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

If 2020 saw a lot of shared songs then 2021 took that to an even higher level – and the reasons are surely the same: more home time due to the inability to tour much, and […]

Our top ten americana albums of 2021 – Part One

December 20, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

Well it’s been a long year by anyone’s standards but as a form of group therapy, we decided for the first time in years to try and come up with a list of our favourite albums […]

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss “Raise The Roof”

December 1, 2021 Paul Kerr 0

Rock god and Bluegrass star come up with another winner. Coming just 14 years after the award-winning and double platinum-selling ‘Raising Sand’, one certainly can’t accuse Robert Plant and Alison Krauss of cashing in on that […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Samantha Crain Songs

August 6, 2026 0

March, 2026, walking down Islington High Street in the rain, heading for the hallowed Union Chapel, the anticipation of seeing Samantha Crain live was palpable. Too many years had gone by since a summer night at […]

Bird “Held Here Together”

August 6, 2026 0

Atmospheric strings build a soundscape from folk and psych to support excellent songs. Singer-Songwriter Bird, otherwise known as Janie Price, has released a new full-length album. Held Here Together is made up of her two recent […]

Live Review: Joshua Ray Walker + Malin Pettersen, The Lower Third, London – 28th July 2026

August 6, 2026 0

It was a hot night in the West End, but thankfully the air conditioning was cool at Denmark Street’s Lower Third. This was Joshua Ray Walker’s first show in London since recovering from stage 3 bowel […]

Americana Music Association (UK) Announces Award Winners

Live Review: Saving Grace – featuring Robert Plant and Suzi Dian, Baths Hall, Scunthorpe – 15th April 2022

Down In The Flood – A Year of Tracks

Our top ten americana albums of 2021 – Part One

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss “Raise The Roof”

Essentials: The Top 10 Samantha Crain Songs

Bird “Held Here Together”

Live Review: Joshua Ray Walker + Malin Pettersen, The Lower Third, London – 28th July 2026

Phil Odgers & John Kettle “The War is Over – The Songs of Phil Ochs Vol 2”

Freddy Trujillo takes flight with his fifth solo album