May 2020 – Page 30 – Americana UK

Devil Doll “Ballad Of The Rearview Mirror” – Listen

May 7, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Devil Doll released her new album ‘Lover & a Fighter’ on May 1st – it’s a combination of Outlaw Country and a Punk attitude. On the ‘Ballad of the Rearview Mirror’ she’s joined by Charlie Overbey […]

Sylvia Rose Novak “Bad Luck” (Independent, 2020)

May 7, 2020 Mark Nenadic 0

Here we find the sweetest of voices, but there’s clearly bad news and ‘Bad Luck’ up ahead in these songs from Alabama native Sylvia Rose Novak. She delivers an uncomplicated, simple sound; vocally reminiscent of Rosanne […]

Video: Donovan Woods “Grew Apart”

May 7, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

The latest release from Donovan Woods features a catchy melody and excellent production by James Bunton and Todd Clark. Winner of a JUNO Award, Woods is consistently turning out popular tunes and has now reached more […]

Mini-Gig: Pete Gow & Joe Bennett “Storm Windows” (John Prine Tribute)

May 6, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

We’re all missing live music at the moment. We have been trying to fill that void with regular ‘mini-gigs’. Great artists have been sharing performances recorded at home as they adapt to the same lockdown restrictions […]

B. Knox “Heartbreak & Landscape” (Three Mast, 2020)

May 6, 2020 Tim Martin 0

B. Knox’s debut album pulls on most of the threads of Americana. Pedal steel guitar and a stately pace mark out opener ‘Deep Dark Love’, and a Neil Young guitar line shapes ‘Corners’. Barroom piano punctuates […]

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. […]

Live Reviews

Courtney Marie Andrews, Islington Assembly Hall, 24th April 2018

May 2, 2018 0

The last time Courtney Marie Andrews played London was September last year when she was riding high after her appearance on Later with Jools Holland, selling out two nights at Bush Hall. I attended and reviewed […]

Album Reviews

Robert Forster “The Candle And The Flame”

February 9, 2023 0

Solo album number 8 for respected Brisbane singer-songwriter. Acclaimed Australian singer-songwriter Robert Forster has been around a while. He was the co-founder of The Go-Betweens and made nine albums in that guise from the 1980s on, […]

Tracks

Chris Pierce “American Silence Is A Crime” – Listen

November 10, 2020 0

Chris Pierce does that voice and guitar and the truth thing, and does it with style on his new single ‘American Silence is a Crime.’ It’s the folk troubadour tradition of singing the news, and by […]

Month: May 2020

Devil Doll “Ballad Of The Rearview Mirror” – Listen

Sylvia Rose Novak “Bad Luck” (Independent, 2020)

Video: Donovan Woods “Grew Apart”

Mini-Gig: Pete Gow & Joe Bennett “Storm Windows” (John Prine Tribute)

B. Knox “Heartbreak & Landscape” (Three Mast, 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”