March 2018 – Page 30 – Americana UK

Jane Allison “Methylene Blue” (Horus Music Limited 2017)

March 1, 2018 Jim Finnie 0

Just occasionally, an album comes along where almost from the first note the music just reaches out, wraps itself around you and reaches deep into your very soul. With her second album, Methylene Blue, Aberystwyth born […]

Rich Hall’s Hoedown, Cambridge Corn Exchange, 27th February 2018

March 1, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Now in its second year the City Roots Festival continues along a path already taken by its elder sibling the Cambridge Folk Festival in that it takes a fairly broad definition of what represents Roots. And […]

Ivan Moult “Lay Me Down” – Listen

March 1, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

When Winston Churchill felt the heavy hand of depression falling on him he would bestir himself and build a wall – bricklaying was his distraction. And whiskey in copious amounts. Ivan Moult has a different cure […]

Folk heroes Alvin and Gilmore unite for new album – June

March 1, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

Friends for over three decades, it took Dave Alvin, the founder of seminal punk roots band Alvin and the Chipmunks The Blasters, and Jimmie Dale Gilmore, of the pioneering country-folk trio The Flatlanders, until last year to collaborate […]

Nathaniel Bellows “Swan and Wolf” (Independent 2018)

March 1, 2018 Keith Hargreaves 1

Polymath Bellows has released an album and accompanying art work designed to give the listener a whole artistic experience. This reviewer is fairly unimpressed. In order to arrest the attention of an audience, an artist needs […]

Promo photo for Jack Barksdale EP "Battleground"

AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – September 2026

September 23, 2026 1

It’s September already, and with it the first signs of Autumn’s “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”, inviting us to bid a fond farewell to another year of outdoor festivals culminating in last weekend’s ‘Long Road’ at […]

Artwork for Lisa Bouchelle album "Vandals Thieves and Lovers"

Lisa Bouchelle “Vandals, Thieves and Lovers”

September 23, 2026 0

Classy vocals from Lisa Bouchelle are front and centre of a fine country soul collection, featuring Amanda Shires, with some unexpected twists. It’s always a pleasure as a reviewer to discover a new top vocalist – […]

Album art for Mac Cornish album "Wayfaring Woman"

Mac Cornish “Wayfaring Woman”

September 23, 2026 0

Californian singer reminds you of the days when country music was country music, and that’s no bad thing. Mac Cornish grew up on the eastern slopes of the Santa Cruz mountains in northern California, where she […]

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. […]

News

Previously unheard 1973 live album from Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels set to be released on Record Store Day

October 25, 2023 3

Fifty years after Gram Parsons’ passing, Amoeba Music and Polly Parsons (Gram’s daughter) have announced the release of a special two-LP live recording from Gram Parsons and the Fallen Angels titled ‘The Last Roundup: Live from […]

Can't Live with it, Can't Live without it

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: The Black Crowes

October 15, 2025 4

Again, we look deep into the mirror and ask the question about an artist’s back catalogue, “If you had to reject one, which would it be, and which one would you fight to keep?”. Choosing The […]

Album Reviews

David Crosby “The Broadcast Archive” (Gossip/Hobo/Zip City ,2017)

July 18, 2017 0

This live broadcast box represents how good these “archive” (aka bootleg) sets can be. This particular collection is made up of three CDs, two of which have been generally available for a few years. Towering Inferno […]

Month: March 2018