March 2022 – Page 37 – Americana UK

Video: Caitlin Cobb-Vialet “Ask Me”

March 2, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

Caitlin Cobb-Vialet is a multi-instrumentalist whose music feels immediately familiar. The San Francisco songwriter delivers intriguing lyrics, full of personal details and images, in a gorgeously tuneful but conversational style that feels like she is baring […]

I Write The Songs… Harlan Howard

March 1, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

Harlan Howard pretty much wrote the book when it comes to country songwriting. Howard is the man behind the famous description of country music as being “three chords and the truth” and it’s a hard description […]

Jamie McDell “Jamie McDell”

March 1, 2022 Alan Fitter 0

An inspired album of songs that aren’t all what they seem at first listen. Jamie McDell has lived a peripatetic life. Born in New Zealand, at age 7, her lawyer father moved Jamie, her mother and […]

The Other Side Of Me: Mark Nenadic on the “perfect synthesis” of The Cramps

March 1, 2022 Mark Nenadic 2

The Cramps invented americana. They did. OK – not the plaid shirt, bearded type of americana music that we here at AUK bring you week in, week out. But the perfect synthesis of trash TV, trash […]

Seth Swirsky “Sunny Day” – enjoying the melodic sunshine

March 1, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Seth Swirsky makes no bones about his inspirations on ‘Sunny Day‘, this upbeat power-pop song has unmistakable Beatlesque touches in the fuzzed up guitar breaks. Amongst all the imagery of the song there is, Swirsky avers, […]

Something not really americana for the weekend: This is Lorelei “Oh No Now My”

August 7, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. If you’re an AUK supporter your new playlist will be with you at 5pm. We leave you dear reader with a new song from Nate Amos aka This […]

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 […]

Month: March 2022

Video: Caitlin Cobb-Vialet “Ask Me”

I Write The Songs… Harlan Howard

Jamie McDell “Jamie McDell”

The Other Side Of Me: Mark Nenadic on the “perfect synthesis” of The Cramps

Seth Swirsky “Sunny Day” – enjoying the melodic sunshine

Something not really americana for the weekend: This is Lorelei “Oh No Now My”

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”