April 2020 – Page 9 – Americana UK

Buy Heartbreaker Mike Campbell’s new song and help feed America

April 24, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Mike Campell aka one of Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers has released a new song online ‘Lockdown’ – odd title, we’re not sure what it’s about? He’s releasing it to raise money for the charity Feeding America which […]

Video Premiere: Philip Rambow “Oceans Apart”

April 24, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

We are pleased to share the video premiere of the third single from Philip Rambow’s new album, ‘Canadiana’, which is released today. Over the years, Rambow has worked with the likes of Kirsty MacColl, Mick Ronson […]

Peter Oren “The Greener Pastures” (Western Vinyl, 2020)

April 24, 2020 Alan Fitter 0

Peter Oren’s latest album ‘The Greener Pastures’ with its mentions of death, being fenced in, loneliness, isolation, phone dependence and its overall melancholic tone, could be seen as a prophet and seer in this age of […]

Pick of the Political Pops: Chuck Prophet “You Did”

April 24, 2020 Paul Villers 3

Well we are relatively OK here at AUK Towers thanks for asking. Obviously we can lock the door to The Bunker and in any case the extra security that we flew in from Romania are doing […]

Lucinda Williams “Good Souls Better Angels” (Highway 20 / Thirty Tigers, 2020)

April 24, 2020 Andrew Frolish 1

The broad-church of Americana sometimes divides us. But one thing that most fans would agree on is that artists like Lucinda Williams personify the spirit and sound of the genre. Williams is the sort of musician […]

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. […]

Album Reviews

Paul Kelly “Fever Longing Still”

November 7, 2024 6

Creative fire still burns for Australia’s finest songsmith with first album release of the decade. With “Fever Longing Still”, his 29th studio album, and first solo release of self-penned songs since 2018’s “Nature”, Paul Kelly has […]

Album Reviews

Deer Tick “Mayonnaise” (Partisan Records, 2019)

February 4, 2019 0

Deer Tick, the mercurial Rhode Island indie outfit, have long been multi-labelled with Rock/Folk/Blues/Country tags but they don’t feel they have the drawl for the latter. Well my Providence friends, this is Americana UK, and you […]

News

John Prine: “Johnny Cash was like Abraham Lincoln to me”

July 24, 2017 0

Which isn’t the worst ex-US President you could be compared to. “Drake was like Millard Fillmore to me.” Rolling Stone reports: “”Johnny Cash was like Abraham Lincoln to me,” says beloved songwriter John Prine in a […]

Month: April 2020

Buy Heartbreaker Mike Campbell’s new song and help feed America

Video Premiere: Philip Rambow “Oceans Apart”

Peter Oren “The Greener Pastures” (Western Vinyl, 2020)

Pick of the Political Pops: Chuck Prophet “You Did”

Lucinda Williams “Good Souls Better Angels” (Highway 20 / Thirty Tigers, 2020)

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”