February 2020 – Page 29

Video: Chuck Prophet “Get Off the Stage”

February 10, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

So, last week saw Donald Trump acquitted. As he celebrated, he said: “I’ve done wrong things in my life, I will admit…but this is what the end result is,” holding up the newspaper headline. Who knows […]

Wacos release new protest album “Resist!”

February 7, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

We leave you oh dear reader this weekend with news that just in time for the US primary season, Waco Brothers are releasing a collection of their songs about resistance and protest on February 28th, entitled […]

Eric Brace and Last Train Home “Daytime Highs & Overnight Lows” (Red Beet Records, 2020)

February 7, 2020 Clint West 2

Last Train Home formed in Washington DC in the 1990s, releasing six well-received albums between 1997 and 2008. ‘Daytime Highs & Overnight Lows’ is their first release for 11 years. Having moved to Nashville in 2004 […]

Pinegrove “Marigold” (Rough Trade, 2020)

February 7, 2020 Clint West 0

In 2017, Pinegrove founder and principle songwriter Evan Stephens Hall issued a statement saying that a woman with whom he’d had a brief relationship, had accused him of “sexual coercion”. The band’s ‘Skylight’ album was put […]

Video Premiere: Neon Moon “Darlin'”

February 7, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

We’re delighted to share the premiere of the brand new single from Neon Moon. The song is accompanied by a home-video style recording of the duo playing and singing on the beach in Playa Del Carmen […]

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 […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]

Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1

As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0

Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

News

Mean Mary to tour UK and the EU

August 13, 2018 1

Being the youngest of six children, and being named Mean Mary, didn’t hold back Mary James in the slightest – one would say quite the reverse. Picking up the guitar at the age of 4, making […]

Tracks

Leftover Salmon “Brand New Good Old Days” – Listen

April 22, 2021 0

When Drew Emmitt’s Left Hand String Band did some gigs with Vince Herman’s cajun-jug band Salmon Heads they needed a combined band name – “Had we known it was going to last this long we could […]

Album Reviews

Kirby Brown “Break Into Blossom”

November 1, 2021 0

Kirby Brown takes us into a new wave of Americana music with a mixture of success and failure. Kirby Brown’s latest album, “Break into Blossom“, is an intimate and soothing record that uses a wonderful mixture […]

Month: February 2020

Video: Chuck Prophet “Get Off the Stage”

Wacos release new protest album “Resist!”

Eric Brace and Last Train Home “Daytime Highs & Overnight Lows” (Red Beet Records, 2020)

Pinegrove “Marigold” (Rough Trade, 2020)

Video Premiere: Neon Moon “Darlin'”

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”