October 2017 – Americana UK

Ethan Gold “Songs From a Toxic Apartment” (Gold, 2017)

October 31, 2017 Rick Bayles 0

As the title for this album might already suggest, if you’re looking for some music to get a Saturday night party underway this is not going to be your first port of call. “Songs From a […]

The Sound of Ghosts “Train to Nowhere” – Listen

October 31, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

The Sound of Ghosts are an Americana roots musical collective hailing from LA and who play a combination of traditional front porch Americana, folk-laden melodies and vintage rock’n’roll. Lead single Train to Nowhere is an upbeat folky song with driving […]

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy announces new album, new video – Watch

October 31, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

And it’s as oddly esoteric as you might imagine from his highness, amazing cover too. “The Pitch” reports: “Bonnie “Prince” Billy, aka Will Oldham, has announced a new album that covers Susanna’s 2007 LP Sonata Mix Dwarf […]

Sounding Arrow “Loving Is Breathing” (California Country, 2017)

October 31, 2017 David Cowling 0

These songs have a vibe that, if it sat up a little, would be horizontal, a blissed out California sun-kissed feeling. They (rather Scott Kinnebrew) are infected with an enthusiasm for the present and for the […]

Video: The Hanging Stars “Honeywater”

October 31, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

The new single from London’s Hanging Stars is just lovely cosmic americana and the video matches it perfectly. It all bodes very well indeed for their next album Songs For Somewhere Else, out on February 9th […]

Album artwork for The Fool by Embla and the Karldotters

Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

September 24, 2026 0

Norwegian queer-country assertively and affectionately delivering. Embla Karidotter was the drummer for Norwegian indie band Razika for 13 years, before she chose to change direction and build on her love of country music with new band […]

Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

September 24, 2026 0

On the 16th of October, Béla Fleck is to release the recording of a stellar Nashville night as a live album called Live Heart. On January 8, 2022, he and a multigenerational gang of musical heavy […]

Izzie Walsh “Where Do We Go From Here?”

September 24, 2026 0

A collection of rootsier tunes ideal for shuffle or playlist. Anyone who has attended gigs of a rootsier persuasion around Manchester and the northwest in recent years will almost certainly have come across the hard-working and […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]

Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1

As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0

Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

Essentials

Essentials: The Top 10 David Olney Songs

December 12, 2024 10

It was the late great Townes Van Zandt who said “Anytime anyone asks me who my favourite music writers are, I say Mozart, Lightning Hopkins, Bob Dylan and David Olney…. David Olney is one of the […]

Live Reviews

Live Review: Lyle Lovett and his Acoustic Group, Cadogan Hall, London, 25th January 2025

January 29, 2025 2

This wasn’t billed as a music-and-storytelling show, but that’s what it was, and it was all the better for it. With a running time of almost two and a half hours and a set list of […]

Videos

Video Premiere: Claydon Connor “Foolish”

November 30, 2016 0

“Foolish” is the brand new single from Claydon Connor, the first of 5 tracks recorded this summer with Canadian producer Murray Pulver (Bros. Landreth) ahead of an EP due in 2017.

Month: October 2017

Ethan Gold “Songs From a Toxic Apartment” (Gold, 2017)

The Sound of Ghosts “Train to Nowhere” – Listen

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy announces new album, new video – Watch

Sounding Arrow “Loving Is Breathing” (California Country, 2017)

Video: The Hanging Stars “Honeywater”

Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

Izzie Walsh “Where Do We Go From Here?”

Americana Stories – Stephen Eyre “On the road”

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