Americana UK

Video: Robert Jon and The Wreck “Dragging Me Down”

May 3, 2024 0

Southern rock from Southern California? Yes! Robert Jon and The Wreck, wreak rootsy havoc in the latest single ‘Dragging Me Down’. With a sound that conjures Chris Stapleton singing for The Rival Sons, the band is […]

Our new AUK supporters playlist is out today – win tickets to see Katherine Priddy live

May 3, 2024 0

Our new playlist of the best new Americana we’ve heard over the last month is out later today exclusively for AUK supporters which includes new tracks by Iron and Wine, Pokey LaFarge, Dawn Landes, Old 97s, […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 140: “Fame, I’m going to live forever…”

May 3, 2024 0

Last week’s article alluded to Mrs H doing something secret that I couldn’t know about but the cat has emerged from the bag this week as it appears that the choir that she sings with (see […]

Jess Williamson announces UK tour dates for summer

May 3, 2024 0

Singer-songwriter Jess Williamson makes her second trip over the Atlantic in 2024 to play a series of shows in between some festival appearances. Williamson sold out two London dates on consecutive nights in January and has […]

Live Review: Black Deer Live London Launch, The Crypt St Martins, London – April 25th 2024

May 3, 2024 2

The launch event featured Morganway, Hollie Rogers and Her All Star Band and Gina Larner. The atmospheric Crypt underneath London’s St Martin’s Church on Trafalgar Square was the perfect setting for Black Deer Live’s London launch […]

Essentials

Essentials: The Top 10 Donnie Fritts Songs

Country soul is one of the great sub-genres of music and is a cornerstone of what subsequently became called americana, and it does what it says on the tin, it mixes country and soul music. [...]
Interviews

Video Interview: Alex Jordan on “Queen Kerosene” and playing with legends

Keeping the music eclecticism of the ’70s alive in the 21st Century. You may not have heard of singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboard player Alex Jordan who has just released his second solo album ‘Queen Kerosene’, [...]
Features

Pick of the Political Pops: Steve Earle “Jerusalem”

It can sometimes feel awkward editing a website promoting the music of a country led by some pretty dubious people. In the last 48 hours we’ve had a US secretary of state describe the Israeli [...]
Features

The Song Remains: Frank Wakefield (1934-2024)

The Oppenheimer of bluegrass mandolin. On the 26th of April, 2024, the bluegrass world lost one of its true innovators when Frank Wakefield died at his home in Sarasota Springs, NY. Bill Monroe may be [...]
Features

More People Should Really Know About: The Often Herd

Newcastle-upon-Tyne has many claims to fame, not least of all its contribution to the world of music which includes the UK’s first guitar hero Hank Marvin and his fellow Shadow Bruce Welch, the Animals, Lindisfarne, [...]

Track Premiere: Slim Cessna’s Auto Club “Boucher”

May 3, 2024 0

This latest song from Slim Cessna’s Auto Club pivots on the ramifications of a mispronunciation: the character at the centre of the song rages, quite literally, against a fate which see’s him condemned to be a […]

Video Premiere: Orphan Colours “Blame it on the Weather”

May 3, 2024 0

Check out the new single from UK Americana group Orphan Colours. ‘Blame it on the Weather’ is a vibrant song that bursts with energy in the chorus. A catchy vocal performance is buoyed by bright instrumentals […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Donnie Fritts Songs

May 2, 2024 2

Country soul is one of the great sub-genres of music and is a cornerstone of what subsequently became called americana, and it does what it says on the tin, it mixes country and soul music. What […]

Live Review: Giant Sand, Broadcast, Glasgow, 23rd April 2024

May 2, 2024 0

While Howe Gelb is undoubtedly Giant Sand, the band members behind him revolve and rotate, sometimes dizzyingly so. Tonight’s line up was a basic trio with Giant Sand veteran Tommy Larkins on drums and Brian Lopez […]

Alice Wallace to release new album “Here I Am”

May 2, 2024 0

Nashville-based singer-songwriter Alice Wallace has announced the release of her latest album ‘Here I Am’, on 28th June 2024 via Mule Kick Records. The record is her first since moving to Nashville four years ago from […]

Something for the long weekend: Emily Barker “With Small We Start”

May 3, 2024 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. A shout out to Irish artists Elaine Mai, MayKay, and Faye O’Rourke who have collaborated on a new charity single ‘We Are’ alongside Rand, Rwand, [...]
Video: Robert Jon and The Wreck “Dragging Me Down”

May 3, 2024 0

Southern rock from Southern California? Yes! Robert Jon and The Wreck, wreak rootsy havoc in the latest single ‘Dragging Me Down’. With a sound that conjures Chris Stapleton singing for The Rival Sons, the band [...]
Track Premiere: Slim Cessna’s Auto Club “Boucher”

May 3, 2024 0

This latest song from Slim Cessna’s Auto Club pivots on the ramifications of a mispronunciation: the character at the centre of the song rages, quite literally, against a fate which see’s him condemned to be [...]
Video Premiere: Orphan Colours “Blame it on the Weather”

May 3, 2024 0

Check out the new single from UK Americana group Orphan Colours. ‘Blame it on the Weather’ is a vibrant song that bursts with energy in the chorus. A catchy vocal performance is buoyed by bright [...]
Wyndham Baird “If We Make It Through December” – Seasons out of time…

May 2, 2024 0

Arguably this song is a few months late, with its references to Winter, December and in particular Christmas. But on the other hand Merle Haggard’s song does look forward to the Summer, and better times [...]

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