2018 – Page 199 – Americana UK

Various Artists “Johnny Cash: Forever Words” (Sony Legacy Recordings, 2018)

May 9, 2018 David Stevenson 0

Johnny Cash was one of the most iconic musicians of all time and also, one of the most hard-working, with 60+ recorded albums throughout his career, however, his legacy didn’t end with the music he recorded […]

Hannah & Ben “A Thousand New Moons” – Listen

May 9, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Two years after releasing their debut album Hannah Sanders and Ben Savage return with a new collection of new songs, traditional songs and a a song each from the works of Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie. […]

Avi Buffalo is back and in UK next week

May 9, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

‘What’s In It For [Me]?’ was the question most 6Music listeners asked themselves over the summer of 2010 (remember those heady days?) and you might find the answer out to the question finally as, like Lazarus, […]

Interview: Black Deer Festival’s Gill Tee and Debs Shilling

May 9, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

One of the most exciting events this year for the world of Americana in the UK takes place towards the end of next month. Black Deer is basically everything you want from a festival – frighteningly […]

Ash Gray “Chicken Wire” (Labelship Records, 2018)

May 9, 2018 Dave Clarke 0

Here is the second album from Ash Gray from Austin, TX, now based in Sheffield, Yorkshire, the land of his forefathers. All the tracks here are written and produced by Gray himself. The title track demonstrates […]

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, […]

Album Reviews

3hattrio “Come Morning”

March 27, 2025 0

An atmospheric attempt to capture the sound of the crack of dawn in an inspirational setting. Perhaps the supreme purveyors of “American desert music”, this Utah-based trio (comprised of Eli Wrankle, Hal Cannon and Greg Istock) […]

Album Reviews

Elijah Johnston “Day Off”

September 20, 2022 0

Album from this year’s winner of the Vic Chesnutt Songwriter competition. The press release for this album describes Elijah Johnston as an “Emo indie-pop singer-songwriter and recovering lo-fi addict from Athens, Georgia”. That’s this album pretty […]

Features

Forgotten Artists – The Bottle Rockets

November 24, 2020 2

Our FORGOTTEN ARTISTS series isn’t so much about bands and singers who’re no longer with us or who have completely disappeared from the scene. The core idea of this series is to remind our readers of […]

Year: 2018

Various Artists “Johnny Cash: Forever Words” (Sony Legacy Recordings, 2018)

Hannah & Ben “A Thousand New Moons” – Listen

Avi Buffalo is back and in UK next week

Interview: Black Deer Festival’s Gill Tee and Debs Shilling

Ash Gray “Chicken Wire” (Labelship Records, 2018)

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