Americana UK

Winter Stanley “Long Division” – carry the residual, man, carry the residual

September 11, 2026 0

We have to be honest with you, even if that wasn’t a good song we might well have featured it anyway – and long time readers can probably guess as to why that might be. I […]

Video: Amy Speace “Days of Letting Go” – from a poem to a song to a poem

September 11, 2026 0

The combination of beautifully poetic spoken word and pure, melodic singing in Amy Speace’s Days of Letting Go is utterly absorbing. Speace has just released a poetry collection, The Cardinals, along with this gorgeous accompanying single. […]

Americana Stories – John Jenkins “Just One of Those Nights”

September 10, 2026 0

Liverpool singer-songwriter John Jenkins and is one of our “most compelling voices in folk, Americana, and country,” as his press accurately describes him. Having seen him play live with his regular musical partner, Pippa Murdie, in […]

Bruce Springsteen releases film of “Land of Hope and Dreams” Tour – watch it all here!

September 10, 2026 2

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band’s Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour, called by Time Magazine – “one of the most unflinching acts of musical resistance in the nation’s history”, has released an official […]

MF Tomlinson “Now, I Am Free” – the reward of aging?

September 10, 2026 0

MF Tomlinson’s new EP would place him at odds with Ben Rumson, who famously claimed to be born beneath a planet, and asked the rhetorical question “Do you know where hell is ?” By comparison Tomlinson […]

Features
Americana Stories – John Jenkins “Just One of Those Nights”
Liverpool singer-songwriter John Jenkins and is one of our “most compelling voices in folk, Americana, and country,” as his press accurately describes him. Having seen him play live with his regular musical partner, Pippa Murdie, [...]
Features
More People Really Should Know About: Liz Stringer
There are, of course, countless reasons why we love attending gigs and feeding on the buzz that only live music can give. On the Americana circuit that we inhabit in these pages, often at smaller [...]
Classic Clips
Classic Clips: The Monkees “What Am I Doing Hangin’ ‘Round?” – The Monkees TV Series Episode 40, “Monkees Marooned” 1967
Growing up, I loved to watch the television show The Monkees, though looking back, I figure I wasn’t watching the episodes as they first aired, but re-runs. There were only two series of the show, [...]
Classic Clips
Classic Clip: Pieta Brown with Bo Ramsey “Bad News” – venue unknown, 2010
Pieta Brown (53) is the daughter of beloved folk singer-songwriter Greg Brown with whom she reunited after a rather bohemian lifestyle following her parents’ separation when she was 2 years old. At the time she [...]
Anniversary Cheers
Anniversary Cheers: case/lang/veirs celebrates 10 years
Outstanding one-off album is re-released together with an album of live tracks from the tour that accompanied the album, plus a new song (on vinyl and digital). case/lang/veirs was released in 2016. In keeping with [...]

Video: Anna Moon & The Stars “Oh my God! It’s a Resurrection” – still standing and better than ever

September 10, 2026 0

There’s a wonderful energy and an infectious positivity in the new single from Anna Moon & The Stars. Oh my God! It’s a resurrection full of warm, swirling melody, reminiscent of the immersive tunefulness of The War on […]

the words seasick steve presents written above an old TV set on the screen of which you can read "The Last Season of America" over a barren lanscape with rusted vehicles

Seasick Steve “The Last Season of America”

September 9, 2026 0

The Man from Another Time tackles modern-day America with hope and fury. Veteran producer and singer-songwriter Seasick Steve requires no real introduction. A journeying musician for over five decades, a producer for bands like Modest Mouse […]

Carson McHone live at The Chapel, The Angel Microbrewery, Nottingham - 3rd September 2026

Live Review: Carson McHone, The Chapel, The Angel Microbrewery, Nottingham – 3rd September 2026

September 9, 2026 2

The excitement was almost tangible amidst the rather irregular queue that had formed early outside the entrance to The Chapel, upstairs at The Angel Microbrewery in Nottingham, for the return to the city of possibly Austin, […]

Josh Rouse joins New West and delivers Brad “1972” Jones produced new album

September 9, 2026 0

Josh Rouse has signed to New West Records and will release his label debut, Museums and Women, on October 23rd. The 10-song set was produced by Brad Jones, who also produced Rouse’s critically acclaimed 2003 album […]

Russ Tolman “Streets Of Denim” –

September 9, 2026 0

Russ Tolman you may recall from his time in the Paisley Underground associated band True West, or his later solo work. Today’s new tune touched on both of those possibilities, as Streets Of Denim is […]

Winter Stanley “Long Division” – carry the residual, man, carry the residual
September 11, 2026 0
We have to be honest with you, even if that wasn’t a good song we might well have featured it anyway – and long time readers can probably guess as to why that might be. [...]
Video: Amy Speace “Days of Letting Go” – from a poem to a song to a poem
September 11, 2026 0
The combination of beautifully poetic spoken word and pure, melodic singing in Amy Speace’s Days of Letting Go is utterly absorbing. Speace has just released a poetry collection, The Cardinals, along with this gorgeous accompanying [...]
MF Tomlinson “Now, I Am Free” – the reward of aging?
September 10, 2026 0
MF Tomlinson’s new EP would place him at odds with Ben Rumson, who famously claimed to be born beneath a planet, and asked the rhetorical question “Do you know where hell is ?” By comparison [...]
Video: Anna Moon & The Stars “Oh my God! It’s a Resurrection” – still standing and better than ever
September 10, 2026 0
There’s a wonderful energy and an infectious positivity in the new single from Anna Moon & The Stars. Oh my God! It’s a resurrection full of warm, swirling melody, reminiscent of the immersive tunefulness of The War [...]
Russ Tolman “Streets Of Denim” –
September 9, 2026 0
Russ Tolman you may recall from his time in the Paisley Underground associated band True West, or his later solo work. Today’s new tune touched on both of those possibilities, as Streets Of Denim [...]

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