April 2019 – Page 8 – Americana UK

Jamie Freeman “Dreams About Falling” (Union Music, 2019)

April 23, 2019 Peter Churchill 0

There is a reward for those of us still in thrall to the concept of an album rather than a download. It comes in the form of the good old-fashioned sleeve notes and the added value […]

AmericanA to Z – New Grass Revival

April 23, 2019 Mike Elliott 0

If Americana is an umbrella term for all roots-based American music – bluegrass, blues, country, folk, jazz, rock, and soul (which is how I define it, anyway) – then you’d be hard-pressed to find another group […]

Gretchen Peters with The Southern Fried String Quartet, Cadogan Hall, London, 20th April 2019

April 23, 2019 Keith Clifford 1

Gretchen Peters has composed hits for Etta James, George Strait, Neil Diamond and Shania Twain to name just a few, she has been nominated for Grammy Awards and was inducted to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of […]

Josh Ritter “Fever Breaks” (Pytheas Recordings/Thirty Tigers, 2019)

April 23, 2019 Keith Hargreaves 0

For his tenth studio album Josh Ritter has teamed up with the currently red hot Jason Isbell and his 400 Unit on production and playing duties and delivered an album that will only do all of […]

Great American Trainwreck “Hell On The Rise” – Listen

April 23, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

Great American Trainwreck are a five piece band operating out of Seattle who have been playing for a couple of years, time enough to get their eponymous debut album together – it’s out on May 23rd. […]

Something not really americana for the weekend: This is Lorelei “Oh No Now My”

August 7, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. If you’re an AUK supporter your new playlist will be with you at 5pm. We leave you dear reader with a new song from Nate Amos aka This […]

Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

August 7, 2026 0

At once nostalgic travelogue, introspective head-trip, and rootsy showcase, Madrid-born Juana Everett’s second album should be her breakthrough record. Past Lives in California swims headfirst through the murky waters of transit, both literal and metaphysical. Bring […]

Margo Price “Days of Unrest”

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A powerful message that’s relayed with the kind of vigour and skill needed to make people sit up and listen. “In his oval room, in his rockin’ chair / He’s the president, but I don’t care […]

Month: April 2019

Jamie Freeman “Dreams About Falling” (Union Music, 2019)

AmericanA to Z – New Grass Revival

Gretchen Peters with The Southern Fried String Quartet, Cadogan Hall, London, 20th April 2019

Josh Ritter “Fever Breaks” (Pytheas Recordings/Thirty Tigers, 2019)

Great American Trainwreck “Hell On The Rise” – Listen

Something not really americana for the weekend: This is Lorelei “Oh No Now My”

Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

Margo Price “Days of Unrest”

Classic Clips: The Mavericks “Born To Be Blue” – Live at American Songwriter Studios, 2012

The Wild High “Listen to The Wild High”