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Get the flock out of here! The Sheepdogs announce UK dates for autumn 2024

June 19, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0
Grab your whistle and put on your wellies, Canada’s rock n’ roll sons and purveyors of good-time musical vibes, The Sheepdogs, have just announced they are heading across the Atlantic for a run of 21 shows […]
Features

2023’s Americana festivals – where we are spending our summer?

May 26, 2023 Emily Dongray 2
In the blinking dawn of the new year, many of the festivals announced their line-ups. They dropped exciting news about headliners, and some early-bird tickets went on sale, but in the wave of resolutions and starting […]
Tracks

NUTANA “You Belong” – fitting right in

March 7, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
NUTANA is the new solo project of Sam Corbett, who is also the drummer in The Sheepdogs.  There’s a debut album coming on April 7th, but ‘You Belong‘ is the early taster single. It is, Corbett […]
Interviews

Interview: Sheepdogs Ewan Currie and Ryan Gullen on why music is more important than genres

December 6, 2022 Martin Johnson 0
Adding their own flavour to classic ‘70s rock’n’roll and the power of ’74 Waylon Jennings’ live shows. Canadian band The Sheepdogs have been going for just over eighteen years, and thanks to the pandemic they are […]
Album Reviews

The Sheepdogs “Outta Sight”

July 28, 2022 Michael Macy 0
As the pandemic recedes, a Canadian rock band gets people up and on their feet. The Sheepdogs’ ‘Outta Sight’ is the album you kinda hope would be leading the way out of the pandemic era.  It […]

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

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Includes tracks from My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams and MJ Lenderman among others. Cinema Music Group, Killphonic Records, and City Slang have announced Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 2 – Out of […]

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  • Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”
  • Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers
  • Greg Freeman announces new album and UK dates
  • All-star line-up for Bob Harris event announced for Royal Albert Hall in December
  • Live Review: Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes + Riley Catherall, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 25th July 2026
  • Clayton Denwood “Looking for a Road”
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Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider

August 4, 2026 0
Nashville East resident Aaron Lee Tasjan has long been a favourite of Americana UK, and with 12 albums to his name, including his latest Get Over It, Underdog, and approaching 40, he is no longer the […]
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Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

July 29, 2026 0
American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]
Interviews

Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0
“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]

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Gillian Welch talks about Buster Scruggs Oscar nomination

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RS Country have run a nice interview today with Gillian Welch who had a brief encounter with the world of the Academy Awards in 2000, when the Coen Brothers’ “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” was nominated for Best Adapted […]
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Video Premiere: Phil Gammage “Speakeasy Blues”

November 19, 2024 1
Here’s the latest single from New York-based Texan singer-songwriter Phil Gammage.  Gammage’s rich, deep baritone draws us into “Speakeasy Blues”, a weary tale about the folks who frequent a seaside bar.  Alongside Gammage’s guitar and lonesome […]
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Ags Connolly “Wrong Again (You Lose A Life)” – Listen

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Oxfordshire honky-tonker Ags Connolly has his third album ‘Wrong Again‘ coming out on the first day of the apocalypse – or November 1st if you prefer.   Today’s song is, quite obviously, the title track and sees […]

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