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Willie Nile “The Great Yellow Light”

June 12, 2025 Graeme Tait 1

The bard of New York City returns with a cautionary message for the times, laced with hope and lashings of rock ‘n’ roll. Willie Nile and his music require little introduction to Americana music aficionados, with […]

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Essentials

Essentials: The Top Ten Americana Songs of 2014

November 14, 2024 Dean Nardi 0

In 2024 there have been several 10, 20, 25, 30 even 50th anniversary albums reissued, remastered, revamped, remixed, revitalized, reconstituted, redeemed, re-recorded and finally released. It has renewed our faith in the music industry’s capacity to […]

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Essentials: The Top 10 Willie Nile Albums

January 19, 2023 Paul Russell 0

Willie Nile is such an accomplished musician it’s a crime he’s not been more successful. Over the course of 20 albums since his 1980 debut, he’s consistently written songs that are his trademark – ringing guitars, […]

Classic Americana Albums

Classic Americana Albums: Willie Nile “Streets of New York”

August 24, 2022 David Jarman 0

New Yorker Willie Nile is often regarded as a musician’s musician, his admirers including Bruce Springsteen and Lucinda Williams, the latter quoted by AUK’s Gordon Sharpe in his 2020 interview with Nile as commenting “Willie Nile […]

Interviews

Interview: Emily Duff explains her razor blade smile

August 4, 2021 Martin Johnson 0

How a New York City attitude was mixed with southern country soul. Singer-songwriter and guitarist Emily Duff is a New Yorker born and bred, but it is the music of the American South that has touched […]

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  • Margo Price returns with new album “Hard Headed Woman”
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  • Live Review: Michael Weston King, Dan Raza & Michael J Sheehy, The Betsey Trotwood, London – 1st June 2025
  • Chloe Foy “Complete Fool”
  • AMA announces nominations for 24th Annual Americana Honours and Awards
  • Live Review: Cat Power, The Barbican, London – 1st June 2025
  • Preview: Static Roots Festival, Oberhausen, Germany 10th -12th July 2025
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Interview: For Dear Heather a different sound with the same feeling

June 11, 2025 0

The Edinburgh band discusses UK alt-country, The Beatles and what winning the Mercury Prize would mean. “I’ve always had an obsession with Batman: I love Batman”. Rex Binning, guitarist, bassist and vocalist, speaks for the band […]

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Interview: Caleb Caudle values endurance and radical empathy

June 3, 2025 0

Caleb Caudle has been making music for longer than you might guess since the night he walked up to an open mic night, sat down and strummed his first chord in a live setting. He sings […]

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Interview: Chatham Rabbits can pull from a hatful of songs

May 28, 2025 0

It’s hard to pin down and stamp a genre like a Notary Public would on Chatham Rabbits. The husband-and-wife duo of Austin and Sarah McCombie started out in bluegrass and old-timey music, but they have taken […]

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Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

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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 […]

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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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