2017 – Page 127 – Americana UK

Cambridge Folk Festival, Cherry Hinton Hall, 27-30 July 2017

August 7, 2017 Jeremy Searle 1

Every festival, everywhere, delivers a special moment or two, things that it will be remembered for in years to come. This year’s Cambridge Folk Festival was no different, with two hugely significant moments. The first was […]

Indigo Girls, Islington Assembly Hall, London, 29th July 2017

August 7, 2017 Keith Clifford 1

Amy Ray and Emily Saliers took to the stage to rapturous applause and resounding cheers. It’s been eight years since they last toured the UK and it was clear that the Indigo Girls had been missed […]

Jemima Price Band ”Fragile House” (Wisecrack Records, 2017)

August 7, 2017 Nick Jarman 0

Jemima Price Band bring their second record ”Fragile House” as a follow-up to the acclaimed ”No Alibi For Alice”, a record also created as a project of love for roots music between Jemima and her long-time […]

Hayley Thompson-King “Large Hall, Slow Decay” – Listen

August 7, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Boston, MA-based fuzz-americana artist (another new genre is born) Hayley Thompson-King cryptically refers to her debut solo album, “Psychotic Melancholia”, as a “Sodom and Gomorrah concept album” influenced by her childhood obsession with the so-called wicked women […]

Daniel Martin Moore “Turned Over To Dreams” (Sofaburn Records, 2017)

August 7, 2017 Paul Kerr 0

Almost an album of lullabies, Turned Over To Dreams was recorded after Kentucky writer Moore discovered that close friends of his had used one of his previous albums to lull their child to sleep. A singer […]

More People Really Should Know About: David Borné

June 30, 2026 0

On Singing Machine, Microphone, the final track on David Borné’s 2023 debut Genesis, he sings of the unbridled, innocent joy of making music during childhood for nothing but the pure love of it. It’s a soaring […]

Ian Prowse “No Names”

June 30, 2026 0

Impassioned energy and emotionally charged politics from Merseyside luminary. Ian Prowse has been making music for more than thirty years, first with indie band Pele, then forming the band Amsterdam in 1999, and now releasing albums […]

New tour dates for Brian Fallon, Pokey Lafarge and The Roseline

June 30, 2026 0

Occasionally, we provide a compendium of recently announced live shows, so here are three sets of tour dates that came our way in the last few days. Gaslight Anthem main man, Brian Fallon, who recently led […]

Interviews

Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

June 24, 2026 1

As an animal lover and caretaker of horses, dogs and cats, the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Patershuk certainly caught my attention. Dog Tiger Horses on Red Hen Records (2025) is green as grass, country-folk […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

June 18, 2026 0

Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]

Interviews

Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

June 17, 2026 0

In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]

News

Americana Outsells Country in the US for First Time

October 24, 2016 0

“If you can taste the dirt through your ears, that’s Americana.” Slightly late to the party with this one, and you can read some further analysis here courtesy of the Houston Press, but Billboard reported last […]

Album Reviews

Dan Raza “Wayfarer”

February 11, 2025 0

Laid-back West Coast americana with heartfelt words. “Wayfarer” is Dan Raza’s third album after 2011’s “Dan Raza” and 2017’s “Two”. Recorded in pandemic times between 2021 and 2023, it came after Raza had felt “burnt-out” and […]

Videos

Video: Nina Yates “Just a Girl”

October 15, 2020 0

In the latest video from Nina Yates, she explores what it means to be woman. The song revolves around a mother who does what it takes to provide for her family, including moonshining. During the prohibition, […]

Year: 2017

Cambridge Folk Festival, Cherry Hinton Hall, 27-30 July 2017

Indigo Girls, Islington Assembly Hall, London, 29th July 2017

Jemima Price Band ”Fragile House” (Wisecrack Records, 2017)

Hayley Thompson-King “Large Hall, Slow Decay” – Listen

Daniel Martin Moore “Turned Over To Dreams” (Sofaburn Records, 2017)

More People Really Should Know About: David Borné

Ian Prowse “No Names”

New tour dates for Brian Fallon, Pokey Lafarge and The Roseline

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Dillon Warnek

Preview: Rose’s Pawn Shop selling great gigs for the next couple of weeks