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Neil Young, Kings of Leon, Lumineers headline new three day State Fayre in Essex in June 2026

November 25, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

Festival Republic and Live Nation have announced State Fayre, a brand-new major weekend camping festival celebrating rock music, americana, and barbecue, taking place 26th-28th June 2026 in Chelmsford, Essex. The festival, with a capacity of around […]

AMA announces nominations for 24th Annual Americana Honours and Awards

June 12, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

The Americana Music Association (AMA) – the US one that is – has announced the nominations for their 24th Annual Americana Honours & Awards for 2025. The awards will be presented at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on […]

2025 Grammy Americana Award winners announced

February 4, 2025 Mark Whitfield 1

Unless you’ve been living under a rock (and we do have some crabs as readers, you are very welcome around these parts) you’ll know that the Grammys took place in LA on Sunday evening which were […]

Americana Music Association announces nominees for 23rd Annual Honours and Awards

May 9, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

The AMAUK awards take place here in January each year but over in the US, the (not UK) Americana Music Association (AMA) has announced the nominees for their 23rd Annual Americana Honours & Awards. The awards […]

The Mavericks announce a new album “Moon & Stars” and European tour dates

March 6, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Americana icons The Mavericks have announced details of their highly-anticipated new album ‘Moon & Stars’. The record is due for release on 17th May via the band’s Mono Mundo Recordings imprint in conjunction with Thirty Tigers. […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 2

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers