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Tracks

Folk Tracks Roundup – June 2025

June 30, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
A generous helping of new folk song recordings this month on the regular roundup from the Tracks we say “hmm…this is more folk than Americana, isn’t it?”  In the end you, dear reader, as ever are […]
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VERSIONS: “Mattie Groves (Child ballad number 81)” and the folk process

July 19, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
The folk process they call it – the movement of a song from one place to another, with variations occurring in the tune and the words. At the extreme, a song can cross an ocean, spend […]

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Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider

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Phil Hooley “Everything We’ll Never Need”

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Album Reviews

Clayton Denwood “Looking for a Road”

August 5, 2026 0
A fine album from a little-known Canadian artist now resident in the UK, that may just be the trigger for a higher profile. Clayton Denwood hails from Toronto, Canada, and now resides in Bristol, South West […]
Tracks

Ferris & Sylvester “The Game” – going back to the beginning

August 5, 2026 1
Here’s the latest single from the new album It’s A Joy To Be Alive by UK americana favourites Ferris & Sylvester, and it’s a little slice of self-mythologising as the duo go back to their early […]
Videos

Video: Inland Isle “White Collar Breakdown” – a dark fantasy about AI

August 5, 2026 0
Inland Isle’s White Collar Breakdown is a humorous look at the breakdown of a relationship in the age of AI. The delightful animated video explores the theme further, transporting us to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in the […]

  • Clayton Denwood “Looking for a Road”
  • Ferris & Sylvester “The Game” – going back to the beginning
  • Video: Inland Isle “White Collar Breakdown” – a dark fantasy about AI
  • Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider
  • Phil Hooley “Everything We’ll Never Need”
  • Americana on Audio: Three books that you don’t need an Audible subscription for
  • More People Should Really Know About: Agalisiga “Chuj” Mackey
  • AUK Shortcuts: Around About Dusk, Paul Mosley and The Red Meat Orchestra, Coldsville, The Roseline, Jim Reynolds, Long John Makkay, Clark Paterson, and Davis Wells
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Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider

August 4, 2026 0
Nashville East resident Aaron Lee Tasjan has long been a favourite of Americana UK, and with 12 albums to his name, including his latest Get Over It, Underdog, and approaching 40, he is no longer the […]
Interviews

Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

July 29, 2026 0
American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]
Interviews

Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0
“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]

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Frightened Rabbit “Fields of Wheat” – Listen

June 13, 2017 0
Scottish indie-folksters Frightened Rabbit have ripped into the Tories after last week’s election loss by sharing the new track “Fields of Wheat” on Soundcloud which asks: “Are you ready for the pinch you’ll feel, the fractured […]
Album Reviews

Buffalo Jones “Standing By” (Independent, 2019)

January 16, 2020 0
Buffalo Jones have been releasing music and playing together for over ten years now, and their latest release is shot through with a suitably reflective tone. There are songs about loss, heartbreak, the realities of touring, […]
Videos

Video premiere: Jamie Freeman “Hasia Dreams”

April 6, 2018 1
‘Hasia Dreams’ is the new EP from Jamie Freeman, a set of recordings influenced by his love of 60’s bands like Buffalo Springfield, The Who and The Beatles, charting a psychedelic course through Americana with the help of […]

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