2020 – Page 407 – Americana UK

Catherine MacLellan “Emmet’s Song” – Listen

January 28, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Catherine MacLellan has spent four years celebrating the work of her father Gene MacLellan through recordings and a stage show, but has returned with her own music on her sixth album ‘Coyote’ and ‘Emmet’s Song’ comes […]

Middlesbrough kicks off its folk & country programme with Teilhard Frost & Sam Baker

January 28, 2020 Mark Underwood 0

Middlesbrough town hall is set to host two folk and country artists on Thursday and Friday of this week. Opening proceedings is Canadian fiddle-player Teilhard Frost on Thursday with Texan folk musician Sam Baker to follow […]

Video: Ned Roberts “The Songbird”

January 28, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

‘The Songbird’ is the second single from the forthcoming album from Ned Roberts. ‘Dream Sweetheart’ will be released on 4th February, with the album launch at The Slaughtered Lamb. This is melodic folk with engaging vocals […]

Simon & Garfunkel to release unheard recordings

January 27, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

It’s all connected to the exciting celebrations around the 50th anniversary of the release of the dynamic duo’s best selling – and last – studio album ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water‘. A couple of days in advance […]

Cox’s Army “New Richmond Town” (Independent, 2019)

January 27, 2020 Alan Fitter 0

As Ken Burns’ recent documentary series “Country Music” highlighted, bluegrass music was a big part of country music’s history – in fact without it, the genre probably would have sounded a whole lot different and might […]

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. […]

Tracks

VanWyck “Listen to you Breathe” – Listen

December 13, 2017 0

Just to show that it’s never too late to hear a contender for the song of the year, VanWyck’s Listen to you Breathe is, ironically, a breath taking piece of music. An artist that has tried […]

Live Reviews

Review – Black Deer Festival 2024: Guaranteed musical brilliance

July 8, 2024 3

In June, Black Deer Festival returned for its fifth edition although it feels as though it has been around forever. It has quickly become synonymous with the very best of Americana, finding an enticing balance between […]

News

Alejandro Escovedo announces new re-recorded retrospective

January 15, 2024 4

The always evolving Alejandro Escovedo has announced a new album “Echo Dancing”, described as a “career-spanning collection that’s less a look back than a bold new turn for this sonic adventurer and singular creative mind.” It […]

Year: 2020

Catherine MacLellan “Emmet’s Song” – Listen

Middlesbrough kicks off its folk & country programme with Teilhard Frost & Sam Baker

Video: Ned Roberts “The Songbird”

Simon & Garfunkel to release unheard recordings

Cox’s Army “New Richmond Town” (Independent, 2019)

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”