Americana UK

Jack Browning to release his long awaited second album in September

July 31, 2026 0

London-based singer-songwriter Jack Browning will release his sophomore album, Painted Skies, on September 16th via Too Fine Records. The twelve-song collection follows Browning’s signing to the Nashville label earlier this year and arrives after two years […]

Americana Stories – Rick Bayles “The Little Shop of Hollers”

July 31, 2026 0

The next Americana Story comes from one of our own. Rick Bayles escaped the UK to live in the Dordogne region of France, and from there he reports back through his monthly Vox Continental column, sharing […]

There’s a joyful festival to be Found in Buckingham on the August bank holiday

July 31, 2026 0

Correspondent and promoter Oliver Gray recommends an attractive festival that will entertain rather than overwhelm. It’s called Found, and it takes place this August Bank Holiday and is attracting some very classy acts indeed. “The band […]

Classic Clips: Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” – Studio Recording, 1981

July 31, 2026 0

Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around is a Tom Petty and Mike Campbell composition originally earmarked for the Heartbreakers’ Hard Promises album. The fact that a Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers track ended up featuring on the Stevie Nicks debut solo […]

Live Review: Maverick Festival, Easton Farm Park, Suffolk – 3rd-5th July 2026

July 31, 2026 2

There are some festivals you attend because of the line-up. Others because they’re close to home. Some because they’re fashionable, or because everyone else seems to be going. Then there’s Maverick. After many years of returning […]

Features
Americana Stories – Rick Bayles “The Little Shop of Hollers”
The next Americana Story comes from one of our own. Rick Bayles escaped the UK to live in the Dordogne region of France, and from there he reports back through his monthly Vox Continental column, [...]
Classic Clips
Classic Clips: Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” – Studio Recording, 1981
Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around is a Tom Petty and Mike Campbell composition originally earmarked for the Heartbreakers’ Hard Promises album. The fact that a Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers track ended up featuring on the Stevie Nicks debut [...]
Essentials
Essentials: The Top 10 country-soul songs
As a teenager, I would have been very sniffy about both country and soul music. However, years have made me wiser, and I now fully appreciate them both. Country-soul is a great hybrid, with soul [...]
Can't Live with it, Can't Live without it
Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Matraca Berg
Yes I know I am picking two albums from a catalogue of only 8, two of which are compilations and one that was never released. For some reason the label didn’t like it, though two [...]
Interviews
Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”
American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is [...]

Vox Continental: July 2026

July 31, 2026 0

The hills are alive, with the sound of bluegrass! Summertime is Festival time and that includes La Roche Bluegrass, Europe’s largest bluegrass festival, taking place around La Roche-sur-Foron, in the stunning French Alps of the Haute […]

The latest Americana UK podcast now available featuring Haylie Davis and Leeroy Stagger

July 31, 2026 0

It’s two for the price of one this week as Keith chats to a couple of artists who have both recently released albums that should be in your collections. Haylie Davis with her debut Wandering Star […]

Twilark “Tired To Sleep” – to sleep , perchance to forget

July 31, 2026 0

“I never wanted to need anyone or anything” sings Twilark (aka Canon Pence) on this woozy love song that drifts between states of needing, rejecting, feeling morose and maybe just a little confused. There’s a hint […]

Video: Gareth Dunlop “Freewheeling” (Live at Salvation Music Studios)

July 31, 2026 0

The latest single from Belfast singer-songwriter Gareth Dunlop is a reflective song that explores the importance of memory and the elements of our younger selves still apparent in who we become. With lyrics that many will […]

Flying Burrito Brothers, Amsterdam 1970, L-R: Sneaky Pete Kleinow, Rick Roberts, Chris Hillman, Michael Clarke, Bernie Leadon

Essentials: The Top 10 country-soul songs

July 30, 2026 2

As a teenager, I would have been very sniffy about both country and soul music. However, years have made me wiser, and I now fully appreciate them both. Country-soul is a great hybrid, with soul lending […]

Something for the weekend: case/lang/veirs “People Have The Power”
July 31, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a new song from case/lang/veirs who have this week shared their cover of Patti Smith’s track People Have The Power [...]
Twilark “Tired To Sleep” – to sleep , perchance to forget
July 31, 2026 0
“I never wanted to need anyone or anything” sings Twilark (aka Canon Pence) on this woozy love song that drifts between states of needing, rejecting, feeling morose and maybe just a little confused. There’s a [...]
Video: Gareth Dunlop “Freewheeling” (Live at Salvation Music Studios)
July 31, 2026 0
The latest single from Belfast singer-songwriter Gareth Dunlop is a reflective song that explores the importance of memory and the elements of our younger selves still apparent in who we become. With lyrics that many [...]
Kate Prascher “Thousand A Million” – a lot, anyway
July 30, 2026 0
Kate Prascher’s new single Thousand A Million entwines the physical with the metaphysical in an intriguing and beguiling folk song that plays with notions of time and space (no, not like Dr Who). Kate Prascher [...]
Video: Elanor Moss “The Way That It Feels” – A song about not turning away, but turning towards
July 30, 2026 0
The Way That It Feels is the latest release from London-based Elanor Moss. Delicate, tuneful classical guitar unfolds over the captured sounds of birdsong while her fluid voice ranges high and low in a beautifully [...]

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