2020 – Page 406 – Americana UK

Video: Modern Hinterland “The Lights”

January 28, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Here is the tongue-in-cheek new video for ‘The Lights’ by Modern Hinterland. It’s taken from their forthcoming album, ‘The Longest Part of the Night‘, due for release on 31st January. The band are inspired by the […]

Frazey Ford @Celtic Connections, Saint Luke’s, Glasgow, 23rd January 2020

January 28, 2020 Alistair Thorn 0

Touring before a new album is released can be risky. There’s a desire from the artist to showcase their new material but these are songs that the audience doesn’t yet know. The sense of audience expectation […]

The Teskey Brothers, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, 23rd January 2020

January 28, 2020 Lyndon Bolton 0

When it comes to roots there is no disputing the authenticity of Australian blues and soul band The Teskey Brothers. Behind their own inventive style lies a deep inspiration from Memphis to Muscle Shoals via Melbourne. […]

Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band “Just Like Moby Dick” (Paradise of Bachelors, 2020)

January 28, 2020 Joe Edwards 0

Taking its title from the archetypal monster of American literature and imagery, ‘Just Like Moby Dick’, is Texan songwriter and visual artist, Terry Allen’s first set of brand-new songs since his 2013 album, ‘Bottom of the […]

Tyler Childers + The Local Honeys @Celtic Connections, St. Lukes, Glasgow, 19th January 2020

January 28, 2020 Paul Kerr 0

Last time Tyler Childers played Celtic Connections he was hunched behind his acoustic guitar, every inch the talkative Kentucky hillbilly, regaling the audience with tales of “snipe hunts” and the story behind his song ‘Purgatory’. Two […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

Features

Americana UK’s Top 10 albums of 2022 – Numbers 10-7

December 19, 2022 1

So 2022 – the first year which has felt like a normal year in a long time, and then only relatively speaking. It has however been a year where full-on album releases have returned, some of […]

Album Reviews

Various Artists “Too Late To Pray: Defiant Chicago Roots” (Bloodshot Records, 2019)

November 14, 2019 0

Bloodshot Records came into being 25 years ago with the release of a compilation album of ‘Insurgent Chicago Country’. In their own words, “It embraced the pathos and quotidian hardships of classic country with the energy […]

Album Reviews

Nick Jaina “Credo”

August 9, 2021 0

Portland-based artist’s pandemic affected latest missive. Nick Jaina is a renaissance man who has his finger in many pies from writing award-nominated novels, composing music with the New York City Ballet and soundtracks for documentaries yet […]

Year: 2020

Video: Modern Hinterland “The Lights”

Frazey Ford @Celtic Connections, Saint Luke’s, Glasgow, 23rd January 2020

The Teskey Brothers, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, 23rd January 2020

Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band “Just Like Moby Dick” (Paradise of Bachelors, 2020)

Tyler Childers + The Local Honeys @Celtic Connections, St. Lukes, Glasgow, 19th January 2020

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

Family Stereo “Remedy” – heartbreak beckons