January 2022 – Page 3

Martha Tilson starts ‘The Tape’ soundtrack tour in March

January 28, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Following the autumn 2021 launch of ‘The Tape’, her debut feature film, which she wrote, directed and starred in, singer-songwriter Martha Tilston has announced her first UK tour in almost five years, with dates in February […]

Ali Sperry “Cool Under Pressure” – celebrating some change

January 28, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

‘Cool Under Pressure‘ is a political song, but one that holds up a huge banner and says “whoop!” Which is not to say it’s lightweight or lacking in message, it’s just that it was a song […]

Video: Good Looks “Almost Automatic”

January 28, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

Featuring hazy sunshine, a gorgeous sunset over the farm, jangling electric guitars and a warm, rhythmic bass, the new video from Good Looks transports you out of your wintry hibernation to the summertime. Directed and edited […]

Americana Music Association (UK) Awards – the results

January 28, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

The Americana Music Association (UK) held their award show last night – with a reduced audience at The Sound Lounge and a larger audience for the live stream on Youtube (which you can catch here). There’s […]

Margo Price Midwest Farmer's Daughter album cover

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Kimberly Bright

January 27, 2022 Kimberly Bright 1

Man, it is hard to believe we’re already this far into the 21st century! As a Gen X’er, I have to ruefully admit the truth of the meme that we’ll always think 1980 was twenty years […]

Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

August 7, 2026 0

At once nostalgic travelogue, introspective head-trip, and rootsy showcase, Madrid-born Juana Everett’s second album should be her breakthrough record. Past Lives in California swims headfirst through the murky waters of transit, both literal and metaphysical. Bring […]

Margo Price “Days of Unrest”

August 7, 2026 0

A powerful message that’s relayed with the kind of vigour and skill needed to make people sit up and listen. “In his oval room, in his rockin’ chair / He’s the president, but I don’t care […]

Classic Clips: The Mavericks “Born To Be Blue” – Live at American Songwriter Studios, 2012

August 7, 2026 1

Of all the recent musicians we have sadly lost in recent times, the tragic news of the passing of Raul Malo last year was one of the most gut-wrenching for me. He was only 60 years […]

Interviews

Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

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Interviews

Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider

August 4, 2026 0

Nashville East resident Aaron Lee Tasjan has long been a favourite of Americana UK, and with 12 albums to his name, including his latest Get Over It, Underdog, and approaching 40, he is no longer the […]

Interviews

Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

July 29, 2026 0

American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]

Album Reviews

Graham Stone “Bad News” (Independent, 2019)

March 29, 2019 0

Graham Stone’s sophomore album ‘Bad News’ clearly has a wide range of influences, with rock, blues and up to date folk music finding its way onto the album. The album was recorded in Richmond, Virginia, the […]

Tracks

Gitta de Ridder “My Dear, Oh Boy, Oh Man” – Listen

October 12, 2017 0

Anglo-Dutch Gitta De Ridder has released her new single My Dear, Oh Boy, Oh Man; the first to be taken from the new album “For Everything A Season” which is due out in Spring 2018. The album is comprised […]

Album Reviews

Origami Ghosts “Healthy Travel Potions” (Independent, 2019)

July 29, 2019 0

If you put “wacky” into a thesaurus you get words and phrases like madcap, weird, zany, way-out, off the wall and mad, amongst others. Origami Ghost’s new album ‘Healthy Travel Options’ is all of those adjectives […]

Month: January 2022

Martha Tilson starts ‘The Tape’ soundtrack tour in March

Ali Sperry “Cool Under Pressure” – celebrating some change

Video: Good Looks “Almost Automatic”

Americana Music Association (UK) Awards – the results

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Kimberly Bright

Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

Margo Price “Days of Unrest”

Classic Clips: The Mavericks “Born To Be Blue” – Live at American Songwriter Studios, 2012

The Wild High “Listen to The Wild High”

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