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The Song Remains: Bucky Lindsey (1943 – 2025)

August 1, 2025 Martin Johnson 0

Songwriter, musician and Southern native who captured the essence of the Americana South. I’m not sure how many of our Americana UK readers are aware of Bucky Lindsey, who was a great songwriter, a funky bass […]

Various Artists “Springsteen’s Country”

June 5, 2025 Guy Lincoln 0

Country covers of boss songs – reputations (just about) intact. It seems an artist only needs a handful of well-received, reasonably successful albums, a couple of sold-out tours and a full spec entry on AllMusic to […]

VERSIONS: “That’s How I Got to Memphis”

September 21, 2020 Paul Villers 4

Here we are again with VERSIONS – our look at the songs, the performers and the interpretations by performers of the songs. This week Clint West looks at the country standard ‘That’s How I Got to […]

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For The Sake Of The Song: Rod MacDonald “American Jerusalem”

June 22, 2026 0

When I first started subscribing to Americana UK back in 2016, it was like having all my birthdays and Christmas come at once, as it supplied me with a daily diet of everything happening in the […]

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The Cousins Project “Child of the Hills”

June 22, 2026 0

Artisanal roots music from Vermont’s Green Mountains. Kristina Stykos is a songwriter, musician, recording engineer and producer who has been a torchbearer for the music of the Green Mountain State since the 1980s. Her Pepperbox Studio […]

Live Review: Emmylou Harris, The Farewell Tour, De Doelen Rotterdam – 20th May 2026

June 22, 2026 0

Electrifying, scarily powerful and quietly charismatic to the last, Harris runs the rule one final time in Europe over her exceptionally long career. Perhaps one of the most touching moments of the Emmylou Harris Farewell Tour […]

The Song Remains: Bucky Lindsey (1943 – 2025)

Various Artists “Springsteen’s Country”

VERSIONS: “That’s How I Got to Memphis”

For The Sake Of The Song: Rod MacDonald “American Jerusalem”

The Cousins Project “Child of the Hills”

Live Review: Emmylou Harris, The Farewell Tour, De Doelen Rotterdam – 20th May 2026

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