January 2019 – Page 13

Josh Okeefe, Water Rats, London, 10th January 2019

January 18, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

The Water Rats was hosting the roving folk club that is Folk on Monday (yes, this was a Thursday). It’s a venue that is also particularly appropriate seeing as its former incarnation,’The Pindar of Wakefield,’ was […]

AmericanaFest UK 2019 Conference Showcase preview – part five

January 18, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

The AMAUK conference is now into its fourth year and one of the highlights is the two nights of showcases which take place before the awards ceremony featuring the best of americana talent, both homegrown and […]

Mavis Staples “No Time For Cryin’ ” – Listen

January 18, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

Jeff Tweedy and Mavis Staples wrote this song, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and Kennedy Center Honoree Mavis Staples really nailed it live at The Union Chapel last year. It features on her […]

Video: Loudon Wainwright III “White Winos”

January 18, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

Live at the Cambridge Folk Festival in 2004, this is the incomparable Loudon Wainwright III with a live version of his lovely White Winos. Have a great weekend everyone.

Nicki Bluhm set for a handful of UK shows in January

January 17, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

What is the definition of a handful? It’s literally a quantity that fills the hand, more metaphorically a small number or amount, or more metaphorically still “a person or group that is very difficult to deal […]

Dean Owenswith John Convertino and Joey Burns

The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks

September 24, 2026 0

It’s week 2 of the search for our writers’ Top 10 UK americana albums, and Jonathan Hincks will doubt add to the debate with his choice, as follows: With the hands of the Doomsday Clock edging […]

Album artwork for The Fool by Embla and the Karldotters

Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

September 24, 2026 0

Norwegian queer-country assertively and affectionately delivering. Embla Karidotter was the drummer for Norwegian indie band Razika for 13 years, before she chose to change direction and build on her love of country music with new band […]

Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

September 24, 2026 0

On the 16th of October, Béla Fleck is to release the recording of a stellar Nashville night as a live album called Live Heart. On January 8, 2022, he and a multigenerational gang of musical heavy […]

Month: January 2019

Josh Okeefe, Water Rats, London, 10th January 2019

AmericanaFest UK 2019 Conference Showcase preview – part five

Mavis Staples “No Time For Cryin’ ” – Listen

Video: Loudon Wainwright III “White Winos”

Nicki Bluhm set for a handful of UK shows in January

The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks

Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

Izzie Walsh “Where Do We Go From Here?”

Americana Stories – Stephen Eyre “On the road”