January 2019 – Page 14

Video: The Mammals “Ashokan Farewell”

January 17, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

An extra video today from New York outfit The Mammals, playing a beautiful live version of Jay Ungar’s classic piece. The Mammal’s fiddler is his daughter Ruthy. The band are playing at Celtic Connections on Friday […]

Walking the trail of tears with Buffalo Blood

January 17, 2019 Paul Kerr 0

Buffalo Blood is an international film and music collaboration which addresses the very current issues of displacement, immigration, refugees and the power of the human spirit through revisiting the lands, myths and histories of America’s Native […]

Foreign Affairs “Old Fire Station EP” (Independent, 2018)

January 17, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

Bristolian siblin duo Adam and Lawrence Purnell have produced their first new recorded material since their initial release ‘The First EP‘ back in 2015. The six tracks on ‘Old Fire Station‘ powerfully show off their folk-rock […]

AmericanaFest UK 2019 Conference Showcase preview – part four

January 17, 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 […]

Beat Circus “All the Pretty Horses” – Listen

January 17, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

This is something different – Beat Circus will be releasing ‘These Wicked Things‘, the third in the band’s Weird American Gothic trilogy, on March 22nd. The album is an immersive experience, it’s a story told like […]

Dean Owenswith John Convertino and Joey Burns

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

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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

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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

Video: The Mammals “Ashokan Farewell”

Walking the trail of tears with Buffalo Blood

Foreign Affairs “Old Fire Station EP” (Independent, 2018)

AmericanaFest UK 2019 Conference Showcase preview – part four

Beat Circus “All the Pretty Horses” – Listen

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”