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Video: Zack Keim “Battery Lane”

January 7, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0
Check out the brilliant song-craft on display from Pittsburgh singer-songwriter Zack Keim in his latest single.  “Battery Lane” builds beautifully, with delicate guitar repeating over warm bass and gently pulsing rhythms.  When the percussion becomes more […]

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Live Review: Oil & Whiskey, The Old Red Lion & Playhouse, London – 3rd September 2026

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On a night when another of the summer’s heatwaves was still in full sway, the auditorium of this pub theatre saw temperatures soar even higher as a packed house witnessed a piece of musical theatre that […]
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Elaine Palmer announces Autumn UK tour

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Buoyed by the fantastic reception for her latest album, Some Seek Silver, Some Seek Gold, North Yorkshire songwriter Elaine Palmer has announced a series of shows for the Autumn months. Released in April, the album received […]
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Ewan Macintyre & Herding Cats “On These Islands We Sing”

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An atypical blend of influences results in an album of great appeal. There has never been a time like the present for the merging of traditions. Long before the advent of generative AI (which has certainly […]

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Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]
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Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0
Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]
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Interview: Nora Kelly holds space for the quirky in outlaw country music

August 24, 2026 1
It’s always the ride and not necessarily the destination that makes a trip through a Nora Kelly Band album worthwhile. The songs can be zany, intriguing and melancholic all at once, cavorting to their own primal […]

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Studio Life: Satin Nickel

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Thomas Fraser “Long Gone Lonesome Blues” (Saetr Records, 2018)

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You really couldn’t make up a story like this. A Scots fisherman, Thomas Fraser, living on the Shetland Isles, born in 1927, fell in love with country blues and Jimmie Rogers in particular. A proficient musician, […]
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Video Premiere: Amy Speace “Father’s Day”

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Last weekend, fathers everywhere were celebrated by their loved ones.  But few tributes would have been as beautiful as this song from the wonderfully talented Amy Speace.  ‘Father’s Day’ is delicately played, with the piano and […]

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