March 2022 – Page 17 – Americana UK

Live review: Dean Owens & The Sinners + Kirsten Adamson, The Glad Cafe, Glasgow – 13th March 2022

March 18, 2022 Paul Kerr 0

With his new album, ‘Sinner’s Shrine’, described as… “Riding high in the charts…with a bullet, Elton John’s shitting himself,” Dean Owens was clearly enjoying being back on stage, at long last. ‘Sinner’s Shrine’, recorded with Calexico […]

Bailey Bigger “Coyote Red”

March 18, 2022 Michael Macy 0

Delightful first album invigorates traditional sounds with innocence and experience. Much is being made of Bailey Bigger in Memphis, and so it should. Her first album is a great debut. Several elements come together to make […]

Bonnie Raitt releases new single – album available for preorder

March 18, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Bonnie Raitt has announced her latest album, ‘Just Like That…‘ will be released on April 22nd by new partner Sub Pop. This, her 21st album, comes after ‘Dig in Deep‘ was released in 2016. The album […]

The Night Owls “The Night Owls” – fearless folk

March 18, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

The Night Owls are a folk/rock/Indie band from Quebec, consisting of Simon Arsenault and Marianne Bourgeois. Arsenault is a professional musician who performs as a session player for a variety of artists – he studied classical […]

Video Premiere: Lee Rogers “Life and Lies”

March 18, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

We are delighted to premiere this stripped-back acoustic version of ‘Life and Lies’ from Carrickfergus-based Lee Rogers. Over delicate but insistent guitar-work, Rogers delivers an outstanding vocal performance. Full of engaging melody and character, with controlled […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Willie Nelson “Seven Spanish Angels”

August 10, 2026 0

Seven Spanish Angels is a song which encapsulates a full range of americana imagery – doomed love, defiance, outlaws, faith, mystery and death – all set in an undescribed location that calls up the settings for […]

Chris Pierce “Songs for the Heavy Hearted”

August 10, 2026 0

A moving, beautifully crafted collection of songs that refuses to surrender compassion in a fractured world. Chris Pierce has always possessed one of the finest voices in americana, capable of conveying tenderness, conviction and quiet resilience […]

Margo Cilker unveils her “Little White Cross” for October

August 10, 2026 0

Western folk singer-songwriter and AUK favourite Margo Cilker has announced her third album, Little White Cross, due out October 9 via Fossil Records, a label Cilker recently launched with fellow musician ISMAY. The upcoming 10-song set […]

Interviews

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 […]

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

Blackberry Smoke “Be Right Here”

February 14, 2024 2

Eighth studio album from Atlanta, Georgia’s americana rockers delivers a broader palette whilst still staying true to their bourbon-soaked southern roots. Having recorded their seventh album ‘You Hear Georgia’, during the most intense and restrictive period […]

Album Reviews

Dean Owens “Pictures” (ft Neilson Hubbard and Will Kimbrough)

December 19, 2023 2

From East Lothian via East Nashville, Owens reunites with long-term collaborators to deliver eleven songs written during the pandemic years. There would be little exaggeration in suggesting that Dean Owens is possibly one of the hardest-working […]

Tracks

Track Premiere: Matt Hillyer “Did She Ever Want To Live Like This”

June 7, 2024 0

Matt Hillyer has a new album ‘Bright Skyline‘ set to be released on June 21st, it’s the follow up to his 2022 solo album ‘Glorieta’. Across eleven tracks it traces Hillyer’s musical evolution from rockabilly roots […]

Month: March 2022

Live review: Dean Owens & The Sinners + Kirsten Adamson, The Glad Cafe, Glasgow – 13th March 2022

Bailey Bigger “Coyote Red”

Bonnie Raitt releases new single – album available for preorder

The Night Owls “The Night Owls” – fearless folk

Video Premiere: Lee Rogers “Life and Lies”

For The Sake Of The Song: Willie Nelson “Seven Spanish Angels”

Chris Pierce “Songs for the Heavy Hearted”

Margo Cilker unveils her “Little White Cross” for October

Kacy Lee Anderson to release debut solo album

Lance Cowan “The Air That You Breathe”