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Classic Clips: Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band “Carrie Brown” – Late Night with Conan O’Brien, 1999

April 11, 2025 Jonathan Smith 1

There are many artists who need no introduction to the Americana UK audience, but Steve Earle probably heads the list. However, Classic Clips gives us the opportunity to reflect on perhaps one of his most completely […]

Reviews

Bluegrass Briefs – Tony Trischka, Lonesome River Band, Tray Wellington, Barnyard Tea, Del McCoury Band

July 3, 2024 Tim Martin 0

With some of our recent columns being mostly focused on Bluegrass from the outreaches of the genre, we now have some records that are straight from the heart of what most people know and love about […]

Interviews

Interview: The Davisson Brothers’ Chris Davisson on celebrating Appalachia with some Nashville jam

April 25, 2023 Martin Johnson 0

Mixing jamband creativity and electricity with country and bluegrass to make mountain rock. Regular visitors to Americana UK will be aware of the ongoing debate about what is and isn’t americana. The Davisson Brothers Band, a […]

News

Bluegrass legend Peter Rowan nominated for 2023 Grammy

November 23, 2022 Emily Dongray 1

American roots music legend Peter Rowan has just been nominated for a 2023 Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album. The nomination is for his recently released album, ‘Calling You From My Mountain‘, on Rebel Records. The […]

News

Alison Krauss inducted into bluegrass hall of fame

July 21, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

What other awards would have a category called “Banjo player of the year”? That’s right – nominees for the 32nd Annual IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards were announced yesterday in Nashville. The five nominees for the main […]

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  • Video: Serious Child “Veneer”
  • Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Andy Raw
  • Book Review: Alice Gerrard “Custom Made Woman – A Life In Traditional Music”
  • Maz O’Connor returning with fifth album in 2026
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Interview: Dan Bern has still got his fastball, and a change-up

December 2, 2025 1

In the smart and lively songs of Dan Bern, nuances are at work like honeybees in a hive. A busy swarm of subtleties generates a nucleus of narrative honeycomb that has more layers than an archaeologist’s […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Dillon Warnek “As the Neighbors Tried to Sleep”

December 2, 2025 0

Dillon Warnek’s “As the Neighbors Tried to Sleep” is a sharp and dizzying collection of songs about everything and anything. “Rolling Stone” raved that his debut album “Now That It’s All Over”, was full of “wry character […]

Interviews

Caught Light: Tony Dekker of Great Lake Swimmers on time, trust and the art of letting go

November 24, 2025 1

As we meet, Tony Dekker is sitting outside a café in Vancouver, Canada. It’s a fitting setting for a conversation with the Great Lake Swimmers’ frontman – calm, thoughtful and quietly attuned to the world around […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

July 13, 2023 48

As always in these prescriptive articles there must be a drawing of boundaries and Clint’s first article in the series seemed to have dealt with the idea that you should define americana in a narrow sense […]

Essentials

Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

July 8, 2021 37

Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

Obituaries

The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

March 12, 2020 4

I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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