I love it when a plan comes together... I'll be taking the Meridian FM van up the A12 this afternoon to record some delicious Maverick Festival sessions for you - meanwhile, what do you want to hear on Monday's Americana Jukebox??

One day, one bright sunny day, we will celebrate a week where Jeremy Hunt hasn't appeared on the Today Programme. And what a day it will be...

Finishing this section of the show with Mason Via & Lucinda Williams' version of Deportee on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday Thanks all for your company once again - see you next week!

#NowPlaying Jared Tyler - Fort Gibson Lake, from the album Dirt on Your Hands on 107 Meridian FM

#NowPlaying Malcolm Holcombe & Iris DeMent - I Don't Wanna Disappear from the album Come Hell Or Highwater on 107 Meridian FM Wishing Malcolm's widow Cyndi a happy birthday

#NowPlaying Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons - Bright Young Thing from the forthcoming album Panther Tracks Vol 2 on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday Looking forward to seeing them at Maverick this weekend

#NowPlaying Lauren Housley & The Northern Cowboys - Built To Last on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday Thanks for the request @renkadima.bsky.social

#NowPlaying Bobby Dove - Did I Speak Too Soon (feat. Jim Lauderdale) on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday She's playing the Long Road Festival and is at the Green Note on 27 August

#NowPlaying Stoney Creek from the remastered and re-released 1977 self-titled album from Tony Rice on 107 Meridian FM

Happy Birthday Wyatt Flores - #NowPlaying Life Lessons on 107 Meridian FM

#NowPlaying Nicole Atkins - When The Night Falls - from her much anticipated new album Drama on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday Thanks for the request @stijntsje.bsky.social :)

#NowPlaying Old Crow Medicine Show's Beautiful Land (feat. Maggie Rose, Lee Oskar) from the new album Union Made on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday

Happy 78th Birthday Bill Kirchen! #NowPlaying Her Gone Is Her Goodbye from his new album Cat Out Of The Bag on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday

#NowPlaying Vandoliers - Together We Will Sink Or Swim on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday Cannot wait to see them at Maverick on Saturday - other dates at vandoliers.com/shows

#NowPlaying Chris Pierce - Madonna of the San Joaquin on 107 Meridian FM. His new album Songs For The Heavy Hearted is out in August #NewMusicMonday

Oh my, the "new" album from Rodney Crowell is wall-to-wall class. Recorded a few years back, Then Again has only now been released - #NowPlaying If I Could Speak to Leonard on 107 Meridian FM - I just think the whole thing is so clever...

#NowPlaying Turnpike Troubadours - Feelin' Good Again (feat. Sierra Hull) on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday

#NowPlaying the unmistakable sound of Pokey LaFarge on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday - The Thing is the new single from the forthcoming album Rent Money

#NowPlaying The Hanging Stars - Let It Slide from their excellent new album on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday

#NowPlaying the opening track from Tift Merritt's new album Sugar - this is Finest Feelings on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday

#NowPlaying River Shook - If We Got a Chance on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday

As regular listeners know I'm a huge fan of American Aquarium so I'm pleased to be #NowPlaying Dollar General from the new album New Ways To Lose on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday Them keys...

Rhiannon Giddens has a new album coming in September - #NowPlaying the new single - Carolina Rain - on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday

#NowPlaying The Jayhawks - Keeping Our Heads Above Water on 107 Meridian FM - celebrating their 40th anniversary with an autumn tour and a new album Sanctuary Park on 28 Aug #NewMusicMonday

#NowPlaying Ray Wylie Hubbard - Dog or Wolf - from a new album Reel 2 Reel 4 Real out on 21 August - on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday

Welcome to the show - getting us underway is Tootsies from Whitney Rose on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday

Can anyone explain why Rob Key and Brendan McCullum remain in place having seen off Stokes? Management that would see them fired in any organisation outside of sport.

The non-keeping keeper experiment is over, time to move on.

Well how has your week been? Warm enough?? While you're cooling down this weekend, have a think about what you might want to hear on Monday's Americana Jukebox! Requests now being taken...

What is Pickford going to do when we meet a real opposition?

What a delight to be watching on the BBC rather than ITV (even if Guy Mowbry dropped his "Boston, more than a feeling" line before kick-off)

#NowPlaying Red from Jesse Welle's incisive new album Masks Off on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday Thanks all for your company once again - see you back here next week!

Really looking forward to seeing James Hodder at the Ginistry in Oxted on July 12th - #NowPlaying Luckiest Man Alive on 107 Meridian FM wegottickets.com/event/692711

On what would have been his 90th birthday, #NowPlaying Kris Kristofferson, To Beat the Devil on 107 Meridian FM That voice...

#NowPlaying Rodney Crowell - It Ain't Over Yet (feat. Rosanne Cash, John Paul White) from the album Closer Ties on 107 Meridian FM Thanks for the request @renkadima.bsky.social who saw Rodney sing this in Kilkenny recently

Time for a little blues... #NowPlaying Ruthie Foster - Thank You from her forthcoming album Just Say Yes, out in August - on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday

New old music from our chum Dean Owens - he's re-recorded a number of his songs with his band The Sinners. 3 EPs will make-up a full album in the autumn - #NowPlaying Sinner of Sinners on 107 Meridian FM

#NowPlaying The Hanging Stars - Sister of the Sun from the awesome new album Just a Day on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday Thanks to @kenjude.bsky.social for requesting something from the album :)

Kip Moore has a new album out - Reasons To Believe - #NowPlaying Lonely Tonight on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday Thanks for the request @robhurley182.bsky.social :)

#NowPlaying Brennen Leigh, Running Out of Hope, Arkansas on 107 Meridian FM She's here for a handful of UK dates including Maverick Festival - dates at www.brennenleigh.net/tour

#NowPlaying Chris Murphy - Songs From The Trees, the title track from his new record, produced by folk royalty Seth Lakeman on 107 Meridian FM He has lots of shows coming up including as artist at large again at Maverick chrismurphymusic.com/shows/

#NowPlaying Andrew Duhon - Diggin' Deep Down on 107 Meridian FM He's playing in Portsmouth on 13 Oct but I'm not seeing any other UK dates at the moment... www.wedgewood-rooms.co.uk/events/2026-...

#NowPlaying John Moreland - Nobody Gives A Damn About Songs Anymore on 107 Meridian FM - Happy Birthday John!

#NowPlaying Aaron Lee Tasjan - Lydia's Boots - from the new album Get Over It, Underdog on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday

A little slice of old school country for you now... #NowPlaying Alex Amen - Diamonds, the opening song from the new album Sun of Amen on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday

#NowPlaying Threads from Hannah Scott's new EP of the same name on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday She has some shows to launch the record including the Water Rats later this week Dates at www.hannahscott.co.uk#live

There's a new album from Dennis Ellsworth on the way - #NowPlaying Every Second, Every Day on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday He's on tour in September - some of his dates are at www.dennisellsworth.com/shows but there are more inc. Green Note on 2 Sept

#NowPlaying Sera Cahoone - Pulling Up Roots on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday Her new album I've Missed You All These Years is out on 28 August

#NowPlaying Katie Pruitt - Blackout (feat. Nolan Taylor) on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday Her new album Fools For The Fleeting is out 18 September

#NowPlaying Brent Cobb - Bar, Guitar and a Honky Tonk Crowd from the new album Live a Song, Write a Memory Vol.1 on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday