Americana UK

Classic Clips: Jason Isbell “Pancho and Lefty”, 2018

January 17, 2025 0

Isbell performed at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum for the ‘Outlaws and Armadillos’ exhibition. When you combine the superlative talents of Jason Isbell (now Americana’s favourite son) and Townes van Zandt, one of […]

AMAUK announce full showcase lineup for Americana Week 2025

January 17, 2025 0

The annual Americana Music Association UK conference is just days away – running over the 20th – 24th January at a number of Hackney venues. This is both an industry and artists get-together by day and […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 170 – Los Angeles

January 17, 2025 0

I’ve never been to Los Angeles. I’ve been to San Francisco, and it was a magical place when I visited in 2014 for my fiftieth. I wandered Haight Asbury, went to Ameoba Records, explored the Castro […]

Ella Spencer “Warning Signs” – always come too late

January 17, 2025 0

‘Warning Signs‘ is a slow but dramatic song from Ella Spencer – it’s a song for which the word foreboding was created. Something bad has happened, and maybe there’s worse to come – as Ella notes […]

Video Premiere: Jennifer Greer “Tidal Wave”

January 17, 2025 0

Here’s the intimate and dramatic new single from New York’s Jennifer Greer, now based in Northampton, MA. Greer’s creative endeavours were initially around poetry and she won the National Collegiate Poetry Award in her senior year […]

Classic Clips

Classic Clips: Jason Isbell “Pancho and Lefty”, 2018

Isbell performed at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum for the ‘Outlaws and Armadillos’ exhibition. When you combine the superlative talents of Jason Isbell (now Americana’s favourite son) and Townes van Zandt, one [...]
Interviews

Interview: James Mastro on Richard Lloyd, Ian Hunter, Richard Barone, to name a few

If James Mastro has health and happiness, he’s a rich man. His Facebook blurb states “I write songs and sing them if I have to. Guitarist, producer, and fake a host of other instruments. A [...]
Can't Live with it, Can't Live without it

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without it: Sam Outlaw

“I Wish that I could hold my mama/ Just once before she leaves/ But I can’t/ No I can’t…” Sam Outlaw will always hold a special place in my heart. I’ve played and waited for [...]
Interviews

Interview: Amy Speace on her view of “The American Dream”

You can take the girl out of New York, but not New York out of the girl. Amy Speace is a favourite of Americana UK and has just released her fourth record in five years, [...]
AUK Mini-Gigs

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Other Brother Daryl

It’s probably the same anywhere in the world. Even though, your first exposure to popular music most likely came from the radio, you come to love local music, the bands and the clubs. Being born [...]

Interview: James Mastro on Richard Lloyd, Ian Hunter, Richard Barone, to name a few

January 16, 2025 0

If James Mastro has health and happiness, he’s a rich man. His Facebook blurb states “I write songs and sing them if I have to. Guitarist, producer, and fake a host of other instruments. A sordid […]

Book Review: Todd Almond “Slow Train Coming: Bob Dylan’s Girl from the North Country and Broadway’s Rebirth”

January 16, 2025 1

When he reviewed the London production of ‘Girl from the North Country’ in 2018 AUK’s Jonathan Aird said: “Did an all-singing all-dancing Bob Dylan show ever seem likely? Still no. Does Girl from the North Country […]

Live Review: VanWyck + Alex Lipinski + The Miller Sessions, Paper Vintage Dress, London – 19th December 2024

January 16, 2025 1

Two years and two albums after her last UK show, Dutch singer-songwriter VanWyck drove over to London via a car ferry and gave an intense and powerful performance at an oddly named venue called Paper Vintage […]

Pixie & The Partygrass Boys “Powder Day” – actual snow…

January 16, 2025 0

We’re pretty convinced that there’s no subtle subtext to this song, and that when Pixie sings about snow then it’s the crystallized flakes of water that are being referenced. We’re aware though of the Partygrass side […]

Video: Ghost Hounds “You’ll Never Find Me” (Live from Ocean Way)

January 16, 2025 0

Here’s the latest video from country-rock band Ghost Hounds. This is a strings version of the previously released studio recording of “You’ll Never Find Me”, recorded live at Ocean Way in Nashville. Directed by Allister Ann, […]

Something for the weekend: Charley Crockett “Good at Losing”

January 17, 2025 0

Well that’s it for another week, and we leave you dear reader with a new video from a song which the more observant of you will know featured in my top 10 tracks of 2024 [...]
Ella Spencer “Warning Signs” – always come too late

January 17, 2025 0

‘Warning Signs‘ is a slow but dramatic song from Ella Spencer – it’s a song for which the word foreboding was created. Something bad has happened, and maybe there’s worse to come – as Ella [...]
Video Premiere: Jennifer Greer “Tidal Wave”

January 17, 2025 0

Here’s the intimate and dramatic new single from New York’s Jennifer Greer, now based in Northampton, MA. Greer’s creative endeavours were initially around poetry and she won the National Collegiate Poetry Award in her senior [...]
Pixie & The Partygrass Boys “Powder Day” – actual snow…

January 16, 2025 0

We’re pretty convinced that there’s no subtle subtext to this song, and that when Pixie sings about snow then it’s the crystallized flakes of water that are being referenced. We’re aware though of the Partygrass [...]
Video: Ghost Hounds “You’ll Never Find Me” (Live from Ocean Way)

January 16, 2025 0

Here’s the latest video from country-rock band Ghost Hounds. This is a strings version of the previously released studio recording of “You’ll Never Find Me”, recorded live at Ocean Way in Nashville. Directed by Allister [...]

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