January 2022 – Page 11

Video: Balsamo, Collins, Riley “Turn This Thing Around”

January 21, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

During the first lockdown, Pete Riley, Steve Balsamo and Andy Collins began a series of regular Zoom meetings. Over time, these meetings became an outlet for their creativity as Collins explains: “Originally we started these sessions […]

AUK’s Top 10 Americana albums of the 21st Century: Dave Jarman

January 20, 2022 David Jarman 1

Well yes – what an enjoyable challenge! I was perhaps unusual in having six of my top 10 americana albums of all time from 2000 onwards, so consistency and laziness could have coincided and just left […]

Paperback Riders: John Steinbeck “Travels with Charley”

January 20, 2022 Gordon Sharpe 6

Fact, fiction – or an entertaining mix of the two? In my personal reading and that related to the Paperback Rider articles one book has cropped up a number of times as something of a touchstone […]

Kieran Ridge & The Moonrakers “Kieran Ridge & The Moonrakers”

January 20, 2022 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

Kieran Ridge & The Moonrakers come up with an album that fits the term americana really well. Since the term americana came into use there were always questions posed about what that genre as such encompasses […]

Video: Scott Metzger “Don’t Be a Stranger”

January 20, 2022 Cam Fraser 0

Instrumental goodness from the much-in-demand guitarist, Scott Metzger. A gifted and versatile guitarist, Metzger has played alongside a formidable list of other players: John Mayer, John Scofield, Warren Haynes, Nels Cline & many others. Just being […]

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. […]

Album Reviews

Massy Ferguson “Great Divides” (North and Left, 2019)

June 12, 2019 0

In January 2017, AUK colleague Dave Cowling posted a positive review of a previous release by Massy Ferguson, ‘Run it Right into the Wall’, and came to the following conclusions: “‘Into the Wall’ encapsulates everything that is […]

AUK Mini-Gigs

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Sam Moss

December 4, 2025 0

Sam Moss falls under the definition of troubadour. He has been a professional musician for fifteen years, most of it spent around the New England states. He now lives in Staunton, Virginia, but grew up in […]

Features

Classic Clips: Grace Potter “I Shall Be Released”, October 2012

February 7, 2025 0

Performed at Love for Levon – A Benefit to Save the Barn, New Jersey. Grace Potter was probably best known, during the period in which she released her first four solo albums, as a soul-rock singer, […]

Month: January 2022

Video: Balsamo, Collins, Riley “Turn This Thing Around”

AUK’s Top 10 Americana albums of the 21st Century: Dave Jarman

Paperback Riders: John Steinbeck “Travels with Charley”

Kieran Ridge & The Moonrakers “Kieran Ridge & The Moonrakers”

Video: Scott Metzger “Don’t Be a Stranger”

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”