Terry Allen

Terry Allen returns with his family of bloodsuckers

March 10, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0

Living legends Terry Allen and Jo Harvey Allen, along with their children and grandchildren, have announced the self-titled debut album by their new project, Blood Sucking Maniacs, a multigenerational family band, out on April 24th via […]

The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Paul Kerr

October 9, 2025 Paul Kerr 2

Jeez! You sign up to Americana UK, thinking you’re on the road to hobnobbing with the stars in the VIP area at gigs, and then you’re thrown a curveball. Your top ten americana songs? First off, […]

Emily Nenni announces UK tour dates and new video

April 15, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Emily Nenni previously announced the release of her latest release ‘Drive & Cry’ which arrives via New West Records on 3rd May, and now she has set up some initial UK headlining dates in support of […]

Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band to reissue two back catalogue classics

April 7, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Label Paradise of Bachelors has announced deluxe reissues of internationally celebrated songwriter and visual artist Terry Allen‘s albums ‘Smokin the Dummy‘ (1980) and ‘Bloodlines‘ (1983). These comprise the label’s sixth and seventh releases by Allen and the […]

Interview: Darden Smith on why songs by themselves aren’t enough to explain Western Skies

March 24, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

How an old Polaroid and the pandemic helped reinvigorate a thirty-plus-year career. Austin-based songwriter Darden Smith has always done things his way, rather than following the norms of the music business. Texas-born Smith came to Austin […]

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