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Michael Robert Murphy “Chaos Magick”

2 days ago | americana-uk.com | Lyndon Bolton

A truly sound solo debut. Regular readers will know that there are no limits to AUK’s musical reach. Featuring artists from North America to the Antipodes, we also know there is no shortage of equally fine talent closer to home. Michael Robert Murphy is one such artist, so close to home he can probably be spotted from AUK Towers in Liverpool.
Oregon’s Anna Tivel releases new record “Animal Poem” late summer 2025

1 week ago | americana-uk.com | beyond. Fan |Richard B. Parkinson

Portland, Oregon singer-songwriter Anna Tivel has announced the release of her new album “Animal Poem” on 29th August 2025 via Fluff & Gravy Records. “Animal Poem” is Tivel’s seventh studio full-length of all new, original material.
Tift Merritt reissues “Tambourine” along with companion of demos and home recordings

1 week ago | americana-uk.com | beyond. Fan |Richard B. Parkinson

Singer-songwriter Tift Merritt is celebrating the 20th anniversary of her breakthrough album “Tambourine” with a two-part release arriving on 29th August 2025 via One Riot Records. The release is made up of the vinyl reissue of the original album and “Time and Patience,” an intimate companion piece featuring home-recorded demos and never-before-heard material from the early 2000s.
Live Review: JP Harris + Jack Browning, The Lexington, London, 3rd June 2025

1 week ago | americana-uk.com | Jonathan Aird

The Lexington welcomed JP Harris back with his full band in tow, ready to give an evening of rocking country tunes in styles that predate the big-hat, big-arena styles of the Eighties. There would be honky-tonk, there would be outlaw styling, and there would be some filtering of the New Wave.
Preview: Fanny Lumsden announces UK and Ireland tour dates

1 week ago | americana-uk.com | beyond. Fan |Richard B. Parkinson

Listen to her new single below. Australian singer-songwriter Fanny Lumsden is on tour here next month and, in preparation, has released a new single, her first new music since 2023’s award-winning album, “Hey Dawn”, unveiling an unexpected version of Gotye’s global hit, ‘Somebody That I Used To Know‘ (featuring Kimbra). The song features Lumsden’s full live band, The Prawn Stars, for the first time on a recording, and was produced by Matt Fell, Dan Freeman and Lumsden.
Kyshona “More In Common” - people, that’s us

1 week ago | americana-uk.com | Jonathan Aird

In the face of the question “What can I do?” former music therapist turned artist-activist Kyshona says, “Listen!” And that was the title of her 2020 album release, which resonated in all sorts of ways in those dark days. And arguably the dark days are back again – and so this release of a new acoustic recording of the closing song from that album couldn’t be more timely.
Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Neil Young

1 week ago | americana-uk.com | Jonathan Aird

At first glance, it would seem that I have given myself no challenge here at all. Can’t live without it for Neil Young? Put down “After The Goldrush” or “Everyone Knows This is Nowhere”, and 90% of readers will nod their heads and say “Well, ok, but you should’ve said “Everyone Knows This Is Nowhere” or “Well, ok, but you should’ve said “After the Goldrush” depending on which I had plumped for.
“Billy Bragg - A People’s History” to be published in autumn 2025

1 week ago | americana-uk.com | beyond. Fan |Richard B. Parkinson

Burning Shed has announced that “Billy Bragg – A People’s History” will be published on 9th October 2025 and is now available to pre-order. “Billy Bragg – A People’s History” is an oral history of the British singer-songwriter and political activist in the words of people who have been moved by his music. It contains fan memories of seeing Bragg in concert, on a demonstration or on TV.
Kathleen Edwards to release new album “Billionaire” in late summer 2025

1 week ago | americana-uk.com | beyond. Fan |Richard B. Parkinson

The much-admired singer-songwriter Kathleen Edwards returns with her new album, “Billionaire”, on 22nd August 2025 via Dualtone Records. Evoking her debut, “Failer”, the new 10-song album is full of Edwards’ lyrical sharpness and unflinching observations and was produced by Jason Isbell and Gena Johnson. Of the album, Edwards says, “I decided to call the record “Billionaire” because the word is used in such a caustic way these days.
Peaceful Faces “Doin’ It Wrong” – on a daily basis

1 week ago | americana-uk.com | Jonathan Aird

Peaceful Faces – the performance moniker of multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter Tree Palmedo, who has also worked with Fleet Foxes as a trumpeter. Here, on a song from Peaceful Faces’ recently released third album “Without a Single Fight“, he contemplates the restless feeling of continually being in the wrong place at the wrong time: “I feel like I don’t really belong / Head in the clouds and my body in the bed.” Disassociation, with a hint of Harry Nilsson to it’s baroque pop beauty.