2017 – Page 159 – Americana UK

Jaime Wyatt “Felony Blues” (Forty Below Records, 2017)

July 6, 2017 Owen Gillham 0

“I stayed out of trouble most the time in jail” is, in its honesty and openness, as stark and discomforting a statement as you would expect an artist to make when describing how they came to […]

Ian Hunter & The Rant Band, The Stables, Wavendon, 21st June 2017

July 6, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

More than thirty years after departing from Mott the Hoople, Ian Hunter is still forever associated with the band which gave him his big break. That must be something of a poisoned chalice as he’s produced […]

RS covers 2017’s best americana albums so far

July 6, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

OK so there’s country in the list too but it’s worth a delve, and several of the records we’ve reviewed glowingly. Rolling Stone reports: “At the halfway point of 2017, the country and Americana worlds have […]

Emmylou Harris and Rosanne Cash appear on live tribute album

July 6, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

What a line up this record has, the next best thing to being there (or going back in time). Rolling Stone reports: “With songs that have been recorded by an impressive range of artists from George Jones, […]

Video: Daniel Antopolsky “Fish Bait Blues”

July 6, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

Daniel Antopolsky appears in a famous photo with Townes van Zandt and Guy & Susanna Clark on the latter’s porch. Sadly he’s the last of that quartet still around but he’s still making great music (and […]

Book Review: Amy Speace “To The Performer, The Singer–Songwriter’s Handbook”

July 2, 2026 0

Amy Speace is a long-standing favourite of Americana UK, her most recent album, The Blue Rock Session, appearing late in 2025, a stripped-back collection on acoustic guitar and piano, recorded at a writing retreat in Wimberley, […]

Juana Everett “Past Lives in California”

July 2, 2026 0

The Madrid-born singer-songwriter sounds every bit like a Nashville native on a highly listenable second album. 10 years ago, Madrid native Juana Everett decided it was time for her to make a big change, and so, […]

Billy Strings to release latest album “So Much For Goodbyes” on 28th August

July 2, 2026 0

Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Billy Strings will release his new album, So Much For Goodbyes, on 28th August 2026 via Reprise Records. Produced by Strings and T Bone Burnett, the new 16-track project finds […]

Year: 2017

Jaime Wyatt “Felony Blues” (Forty Below Records, 2017)

Ian Hunter & The Rant Band, The Stables, Wavendon, 21st June 2017

RS covers 2017’s best americana albums so far

Emmylou Harris and Rosanne Cash appear on live tribute album

Video: Daniel Antopolsky “Fish Bait Blues”

Book Review: Amy Speace “To The Performer, The Singer–Songwriter’s Handbook”

Juana Everett “Past Lives in California”

Billy Strings to release latest album “So Much For Goodbyes” on 28th August

Beth Lee “Life Keeps Moving On” – we’re on the move again

Video: Charles Wesley Godwin “Hey There Son” (feat. Wyatt Flores)