Americana UK

Josh Ritter “Honey I Do” – You Are Not Alone

March 27, 2023 1

‘Honey I Do‘ is the latest single to be released in advance of the the new album ‘Spectral Lines‘ which will be released on April 28th via Thirty Tigers. ‘Honey I Do‘ is full of all […]

Video: Wilswood Buoys “A Place to Call My Own” Feat. Frank Turner

March 27, 2023 0

Here’s a great introduction to the distinctive sound of Mersea Island’s Wilswood Buoys. ‘A Place to Call My Home’ is a fresh take on traditional folk, featuring a catchy tune, fabulously fast fingers on the fretboard […]

Something for the weekend: Fruit Bats “We Used to Live Here”

March 24, 2023 0

That’s it from us for another week dearest of readers and we leave you today with a new song from our favourite Chiropteran mammals, Fruit Bats ‘We Used to Live Here’ which is the final sneak […]

Eilen Jewell “Lethal Love” – you or nobody

March 24, 2023 0

Eilen Jewell could be forgiven for reflecting that life can throw you a curve ball or two, and she does say that “They say things have to get worse before they can get better and for […]

Essentials

Essentials: The Top 10 Ron Sexsmith Songs (Part One, 1995-2006)

I knew I was setting myself a challenge in picking the top 10 Ron Sexsmith songs, having preferred this to his top 10 albums, and in the end, I’ve opted to make it a two-parter, [...]
Features

I Write the Songs – Susanna Clark

In the month when we celebrate International Women’s Day, it would seem appropriate to shine a light on a songwriter who has often been overshadowed by her husband’s writing. When it comes to songwriting, Guy [...]
Interviews

Interview: CMH Records release digital Merle Travis and Joe Maphis albums

Maintaining a country and bluegrass heritage and developing its future digital fan base. Periodically Americana UK looks beyond artists to the organisations that help them get their music to the listening public. CMH Records was [...]
Classic Americana Albums

Classic Americana Albums: Great Speckled Bird “Great Speckled Bird”

Until the ‘Festival Express’ movie was finally released on DVD in 2004, Ian and Sylvia Tyson’s band, Great Speckled Bird, had been an act known mainly by collectors and as the group Buddy Cage left [...]
Features

The First Time: Tim Martin – The Boomtown Rats Colston Hall, Bristol 28th June1978

By the summer of 1978 the sting had largely gone out of punk if the cool bits of the music press were to be believed. However, a bunch of 14-year-olds in the suburbs of Bristol [...]

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