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Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Andy Raw

December 4, 2025 Andrew Raw 5
Under Andy Short’s recent Top 10, there was praise from a reader for his choices that had “objectivity and historical context” as opposed to others, which had been “Some songs I like”. The reader, it has […]
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The Waterboys with Steve Earle to play three big shows for late summer 2026

November 24, 2025 Richard Parkinson 1
The Waterboys will perform a series of big dates in Dublin, London and Glasgow in August and September 2026 under the banner The Fisherman’s Blues Revue. The shows will celebrate and explore the music of the […]
Features

The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Fred Arnold

October 30, 2025 FredArnold 2
It is interesting how this Feature is developing as writers use different criteria for their choices, and the songs that a generic Feature such as this would normally produce are not necessarily those iconic titles that […]
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Essentials

Essentials: The Top 10 Songs from Season Two of “The Bear”

September 11, 2025 Dean Nardi 0
There was an Essentials feature on season 1 of Hulu’s hit TV series “The Bear” posted back in June (2025). Much has changed leading into season 2. Picking up seemingly days after the first season’s end, […]
Tracks

Steve Earle & Reckless Kelly “Bad Girls” – never sad girls

July 22, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
Today’s song finds two titans of Outlaw country turning Wham on their heads and instead of boasting about their own bad boy status find that they are hankering after some of the girls (we’re thinking they […]

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Something for the weekend: This is Lorelei “I Will Eat My Heart in The Morning Light” – the sweetest melody of the year

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Friends Of Jesse Malin “I Would Do It For You, Vol. 1”

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Left Arm Tan “When Tigers Smoked”

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Something for the weekend: This is Lorelei “I Will Eat My Heart in The Morning Light” – the sweetest melody of the year

October 16, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week, a week in which we said goodbye to our longtime writers Paul Kerr and Martin Johnson, both of whom died at a very similar age within a few […]
Album Reviews

Friends Of Jesse Malin “I Would Do It For You, Vol. 1”

October 16, 2026 0
A second tribute album to the songs of the great Jesse Malin. There can’t be many Americana music fans who weren’t deeply moved by the incredibly sad news back in 2023 that Jesse Malin, one of […]
Book Reviews

Paperback Riders: Chris Hillman “Time Between: My Life as a Byrd, Burrito Brother, and Beyond”

October 16, 2026 0
Some musicians write memoirs to settle scores. Others write them to inflate their legend. Chris Hillman, who has spent most of his career standing slightly to one side of the spotlight, seems to have gone for […]

  • Something for the weekend: This is Lorelei “I Will Eat My Heart in The Morning Light” – the sweetest melody of the year
  • Friends Of Jesse Malin “I Would Do It For You, Vol. 1”
  • Paperback Riders: Chris Hillman “Time Between: My Life as a Byrd, Burrito Brother, and Beyond”
  • Classic Clips: The Lone Bellow “Green Eyes and a Heart of Gold” – Live at Paradise Rock Club, Boston, Massachusetts, 2013
  • Left Arm Tan “When Tigers Smoked”
  • Live Review: Lush Fest with Essence Martins, Beans on Toast & Clara Pople, Lush Spa Oxford Street, London – 7th October 2026
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Interview: Wesley Stace “I’m never satisfied with my artistic output”

October 13, 2026 0
Since his birth in Sussex in 1965, Wesley Stace has become a man of all colours, releasing 21 albums (17 under the nom de auteur-interprète John Wesley Harding), writing four books, organising the Cabinet of Wonders […]
Interviews

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, […]

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Straw Bear “Venetian Gothic” – Listen

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Taken from their forthcoming album “Fiction” set for an early 2018 release, indie folksters Straw Bear have released the first track Venetian Gothic, a beautifully-crafted, guitar-drenched gem. The band, whose fans include Cerys Mathews, Bob Harris and Tom Robinson (the […]
Book Reviews

Book review: Willy Vlautin “The Left and the Lucky”

July 10, 2026 0
Willy Vlautin is well known as the chief songwriter of Richmond Fontaine and The Delines, trading in beautifully written vignettes of the people who have generally fallen between the cracks of the American dream. These dark […]
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Features

For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”

September 21, 2026 0
“You told me goodbye, how was I to know/You didn’t mean goodbye, you meant please don’t let me go?” Well. It’s the age of nostalgia, so it feels just about right to reminisce about an old […]

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