2019 – Page 19 – Americana UK

Honey Cane “Brother Sister” (Independent, 2019)

December 5, 2019 Lyndon Bolton 0

Artists and their work often develop a tight bond with a specific geographical location. Whole genres are identified by their association with a region but perhaps less common is an entire album evoking a place. Honey […]

Billy Bragg, The Junction, Cambridge, 26th November 2019

December 5, 2019 Jonathan Aird 1

Billy Bragg is out on his “1-step forward, 2-steps back” tour which sees him hit a town for a three night stand – a gig with his current mixed set, a gig drawing solely on his […]

The Bean Pickers Union “Archeology” (Independent, 2019)

December 5, 2019 Elise Kennedy 0

‘Archaeology’ by The Bean Pickers Union, a small collective of musicians based in Cambridge Massachusetts, can best be described as authentic Americana. It has got everything you would expect – banjo, pedal steels, and even a […]

Beth Bombara “Growing Wings” – Listen

December 5, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

This superb song from Beth Bombara finds her edging almost into Neil Young territory, it’s that key change almost a minute in and the combination of harmony voices. ‘Growing Wings‘ is taken from Bombera’s 2019 release […]

First names announced for the 14th Gate to Southwell Festival

December 5, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Nottinghamshire’s international roots music festival Gate to Southwell has announced the first names for its 2020 line-up, which includes English folk supergroup Show of Hands, Spain’s Anxo Lorenzo Band, Folk Award 2019 stars The Breath, Glasgow-based […]

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”

August 7, 2026 0

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 […]

Interviews

Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

August 7, 2026 0

Interviews

Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider

August 4, 2026 0

Nashville East resident Aaron Lee Tasjan has long been a favourite of Americana UK, and with 12 albums to his name, including his latest Get Over It, Underdog, and approaching 40, he is no longer the […]

Interviews

Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

July 29, 2026 0

American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]

Album Reviews

Old Californio “Metaterranea”

November 24, 2023 0

High-energy bar-room band find truth in the wider world. With ‘Old Californio Country’, their previous album of mostly covers, Old Californio displayed their considerable vocal and instrumental prowess but left this reviewer wishing for more original […]

Videos

Video: The Pleasures “Was It Something I Said?”

July 31, 2025 0

The Pleasures is the musical collaboration between Catherine Britt and Lachlan Bryan. It’s a partnership that began with an exchange of late-night texts that led, seemingly inevitably, to a manic week of writing and recording new […]

Album Reviews

Small Town Jones “Kintsugi”

May 9, 2024 0

Japanese art form inspires reflections on healing and hope. When Slaid Cleaves and Rod Picott wrote ‘Broke Down’ they described a double-crossed heart as “cracked and shattered, left in pieces like it never even mattered”. The […]

Year: 2019

Honey Cane “Brother Sister” (Independent, 2019)

Billy Bragg, The Junction, Cambridge, 26th November 2019

The Bean Pickers Union “Archeology” (Independent, 2019)

Beth Bombara “Growing Wings” – Listen

First names announced for the 14th Gate to Southwell Festival

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”