2021 – Page 306 – Americana UK

Video Premiere: Rider & Rolling Thunder “Eyes Like Diamonds”

April 1, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

Check out the beautifully natural guitar-work and the flawless, timeless country vocal in ‘Eyes Like Diamonds’, the new single from Rider & Rolling Thunder. It’s a genuine compliment to say that the songwriter, guitarist and singer, […]

Track Premiere: Dusty Wright “Friend Of The Devil”

March 31, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Dusty Wright’s musical biography is a storied one – from folk bands singing kids’ songs for adults, through the garage-punk of Bastards of Execution and onwards through The Dusty Diamonds, who were inspired by a love […]

Janet Simpson “Safe Distance”

March 31, 2021 Mark Nenadic 0

For fans of Americana with a neatly understated, dark skies twang. From Birmingham (Alabama, not West Midlands), here rides Janet Simpson. This is her first big release ‘solo’ record, although she’s been making music for over […]

Classic Americana Albums: Ray Charles “Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music”

March 31, 2021 Mark Nenadic 2

Ray Charles was one smart son of a gun. He’d conquered the RnB world during the 1950s, despite his own blindness and American society’s overt racial barriers. But he knew there was beauty and versatility in […]

Jumbo Mathus & Andrew Bird album cover for These Thirteen

Jimbo Mathus & Andrew Bird “These Thirteen”

March 31, 2021 Peter Churchill 0

Old friends collaborate to great effect and produce a high-class slice of folk-based americana. It is the mid-90s. Swing jazz revival band Squirrel Nut Zippers, including founder member Jimbo Mathus, are looking for a fiddler. Andrew […]

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 […]

Year: 2021

Video Premiere: Rider & Rolling Thunder “Eyes Like Diamonds”

Track Premiere: Dusty Wright “Friend Of The Devil”

Janet Simpson “Safe Distance”

Classic Americana Albums: Ray Charles “Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music”

Jimbo Mathus & Andrew Bird “These Thirteen”

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”