April 2020 – Page 5 – Americana UK

James Elkington “Ever-Roving Eye” (Paradise of Bachelors, 2020)

April 28, 2020 Emily Dongray 0

First of all, there must be apologies, as this review is late. However, this delay comes from Americana UK doing such a rare album justice. James Elkington crossed the pond in 2000, taking his guitar and […]

Video: Kellen of Troy “Some Tune We All Already Know”

April 28, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

The new video from Kellen of Troy is fabulously tongue-in-cheek. The Nashville-based artist, whose real name is Kellen Wenrich, is shown playing the piano, the drums, the guitar and conducting the orchestra. All of the elements […]

Support Your Local Venue: The Railway Inn, Winchester

April 28, 2020 Paul Kerr 0

We’re only two items into our occasional series on those local venues which are the heart and soul of our music and of course, this damned virus has now shut them all down. It’s a blow […]

Lucinda Williams to broadcast live stream tonight

April 28, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Last Friday, Lucinda Williams has released her new album ‘Good Souls Better Angels’ to it’s fair to say across the board acclaim, including ourselves who awarded it one of our rare 10s. If you’ve been enjoying […]

Pharis and Jason Romero “Bet On Love” (Lula Records, 2020)

April 28, 2020 Diccon Johnston 0

‘Bet on Love’ is the fifth album from the husband and wife Canadian folk music duo that reside in Horsefly, British Columbia. They have converted the banjo workshop into a studio to record their music with […]

Izzie Walsh “Where Do We Go From Here?”

September 24, 2026 0

A collection of rootsier tunes ideal for shuffle or playlist. Anyone who has attended gigs of a rootsier persuasion around Manchester and the northwest in recent years will almost certainly have come across the hard-working and […]

Americana Stories – Stephen Eyre “On the road”

September 24, 2026 0

Stephen Eyre is singer and guitarist with South Oxfordshire band Only The Brave. Our Graeme Tait reviewed their debut EP and described them as a band with a bright future in his February EP roundup. Stephen […]

Vox Continental: September 2026

September 24, 2026 0

With the long, hot summer finally fading, it seems like a lot of European artists are keen to get out on tour. Oakland Rain are a Norwegian folk and Americana duo, made up of twin sisters, […]

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. […]

Live Reviews

Southern Fried Festival, Perth, Scotland, 26-29th July 2018

August 8, 2018 0

Eleven years old this year Southern Fried continues to occupy its position as the best Americana and roots music festival in Scotland and perhaps the best of its kind in the UK (although there are three […]

AUK Mini-Gigs

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Robert Scheffler

February 3, 2026 2

Robert Scheffler once held a day job as a research editor and writer for Esquire Magazine, but there came a time to leave his position and get back to where it all began, writing songs and […]

Album Reviews

Zach Phillips “The Wine of Youth” (Independent, 2020)

June 30, 2020 0

Noticing that his friends wanted something to listen to during quarantine, San Diego based singer-songwriter Zach Phillips decided to release ‘The Wine of Youth’ earlier than he first anticipated, but with his music described as ‘a […]

Month: April 2020

James Elkington “Ever-Roving Eye” (Paradise of Bachelors, 2020)

Video: Kellen of Troy “Some Tune We All Already Know”

Support Your Local Venue: The Railway Inn, Winchester

Lucinda Williams to broadcast live stream tonight

Pharis and Jason Romero “Bet On Love” (Lula Records, 2020)

Izzie Walsh “Where Do We Go From Here?”

Americana Stories – Stephen Eyre “On the road”

Vox Continental: September 2026

Family Stereo “Remedy” – heartbreak beckons

Video Premiere: Elli de Mon “Strange Fruit”