July 2020 – Page 28 – Americana UK

Sunny Ozell “Live at the Village” EP (Chitin Records, 2020)

July 8, 2020 Richard Phillips 0

Ozell’s album, ‘Overnight Lows’ witnessed the first airing for four of the tracks on this EP , to which has been added a cover of the Los Lobos track, ‘The Valley’. These tracks, recorded at The […]

Video: Native Harrow “Shake”

July 8, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Native Harrow have just announced that their new album, ‘Closeness’, will be released on 4th September. While you wait, check out this single from the album. ‘Shake’ is a foot-tapping, rhythmic, catchy song. In the video, […]

Forgotten Artists – The Delevantes

July 8, 2020 Rick Bayles 2

Bob and Mike Delevante arrived on the scene in the early ‘90s and immediately set ears buzzing. Combining Everly Brothers-style harmonies with Springsteen-esque songs of working-class lives, they attracted the support of industry luminaries such as […]

Snowgoose “The Making Of You” (Glass Modern, 2020)

July 8, 2020 Paul Kerr 0

Back in 2012, Snowgoose created some significant ripples in the Scottish music scene when they released their debut album. Based around the crystal clear vocals of Anna Sheard and the song writing skills of Jim McCulloch […]

Bill Kirchen “Shelly’s Winter Love” – Listen

July 8, 2020 Jonathan Aird 1

This cover of the Merle Haggard song comes from Bill Kirchen’s recent retrospective release ‘The Proper Years’. It’s an album that recognises the three albums that the co-founder of Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen […]

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

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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 […]

Izzie Walsh “Where Do We Go From Here?”

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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 […]

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

Wayne Graham “Joy” (K&F Records, 2018)

November 16, 2018 0

This album, which falls on the country rock side of Americana, is darn near irresistible. First things first: Wayne Graham is not a person – it’s the name of a four-piece band from Kentucky led by two […]

Columns

Sounds from the Shed – Week 8

March 2, 2021 2

Announcement made, Johnson retreats and leaves the workers to pick up the pieces. As Monday nights go it was a cut above, as we discovered the way our Govt. had decided that school life actually in […]

Album Reviews

Justin Bernasconi “Barefoot Wonderland” (Mountain King Music, 2017)

April 10, 2017 0

Although born in England Justin Bernasconi relocated to Australia in 2004 and formed The Stillsons in 2006. After three critically acclaimed albums he released his solo debut album Winter Pick in 2014, receiving a host of glowing […]

Month: July 2020

Sunny Ozell “Live at the Village” EP (Chitin Records, 2020)

Video: Native Harrow “Shake”

Forgotten Artists – The Delevantes

Snowgoose “The Making Of You” (Glass Modern, 2020)

Bill Kirchen “Shelly’s Winter Love” – Listen

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”

Vox Continental: September 2026