2017 – Page 268 – Americana UK

Neil Young shares video for ‘Peace Trail’ – Watch

March 6, 2017 Mark Whitfield 1

NPR are being good to us again this week – they’re carrying the new Neil Young video (which is really quite lovely) with the following blurb: “When Neil Young gets fired up, sometimes his best music […]

Video: Alex Rex “Postcards From A Dream”

March 6, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

Trembling Bells man Alex Rex has a new album, Vermillion, out on 28 April and this is the first single from it and very good it is too, if a little disturbing.

Underneath The Stars Festival announces more acts

March 6, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

Kate Rusby’s delightful Underneath The Stars festival, which runs from Friday 21 to Sunday 23 July has announced its latest wave of artists. Edward II, a powerful English roots band that uniquely blend the rhythms of the […]

Bill Kirchen & Austin De Lone “Transatlanticana” (Proper Records 2017)

March 4, 2017 Paul Kerr 0

Bill Kirchen should be familiar to many here as a founding member of 70’s country rockers Commander Cody And his Lost Planet Airmen before going on to carve out a career that has led to his […]

Alison Krauss: new Union Station album on the way?

March 3, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

“Windy City”, the new album by Alison Krauss goes live today in the UK and she was on BBC Breakfast this morning chatting about it and meeting Adele in Nashville: “I had been getting messages from […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Okkervil River

August 26, 2026 0

As the listener traverses the hills, mountains and valleys of Okkervil River’s albums, there are many treasures lying in wait. Some in plain sight, some hidden, others only to be discovered following repeated excursions. Navigating Down […]

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. […]

Dusty Wright album Maximus Americanus 2026

Dusty Wright “Maximus Americanus”

August 26, 2026 0

An entertaining homage to americana music reminds us of the breathtaking scope of the genre. Self-described as an homage to americana music, Dusty Wright’s latest album offers a smorgasbord of nods to the genre. It would […]

Year: 2017

Neil Young shares video for ‘Peace Trail’ – Watch

Video: Alex Rex “Postcards From A Dream”

Underneath The Stars Festival announces more acts

Bill Kirchen & Austin De Lone “Transatlanticana” (Proper Records 2017)

Alison Krauss: new Union Station album on the way?

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Okkervil River

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

Dusty Wright “Maximus Americanus”

Live Review: Cambridge Folk Festival, Cherry Hinton Hall, Cambridge – 1st-2nd August 2026

Ferris & Sylvester “It’s A Joy To Be Alive”