April 2022 – Page 15 – Americana UK

Artwork for The Cowboy Junkies album Songs Of The Recollection

Cowboy Junkies “Songs Of The Recollection”

April 19, 2022 Darren Lumbroso 0

Superb collection of cover versions from alt-country veterans. The Cowboy Junkies initially came to most people’s attention via their cover version of ‘Sweet Jane’ released over 30 years ago. Their first album in 1986 was comprised […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Ramsay Midwood “Feed My Monkey”

April 19, 2022 Paul Russell 9

So last week we had some Canadian gunslinging with the wonderful The Guess Who. Firepower has been a relative constant in music over the years, inevitably providing musicians with powerful references. Looking back at the my […]

Haze & Dacey Collective “Letters from Gilead”

April 19, 2022 Lyndon Bolton 0

Tales from a fictional world with a chilling link to reality. Inspired by the dystopia in the TV drama ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and the novel by Margaret Atwood that lies behind it, ‘Letters from Gilead’ by […]

Abigail Lapell “Stolen Time”

April 19, 2022 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

With “Stolen Time”, Abigail Lapell has come up with an almost timeless set of songs. How do you come up with a musically subdued album without resorting to the standard singer-songwriter concept of just a voice […]

Mary Gauthier “Fall Apart World” – In which everything can, paradoxically, fall together

April 19, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

We all know what to expect from Mary Gauthier – do we not? Intensity, savvy anger, grit. Well, prepare to be as surprised as Gauthier herself who has this to say about ‘Fall Apart World‘ : […]

artwork for Jack Browning album "Painted Skies"

Jack Browning “Painted Skies”

September 28, 2026 0

London-born singer-songwriter draws on wide Western canvas to create solid sophomore release. Jack Browning’s debut album, Red Eye Radio (2023), may have flown under the AUK radar, but Keith Hargreaves recently clocked the imminent release of […]

James McMurtry- photo credit: Mary Bruton Keating

Preview: Glasgow Americana Festival 2026, 30th September – 4th October

September 28, 2026 0

The 20th annual Glasgow Americana festival will take place at various places around the city between 30th September and 4th October with a mixture of some familiar and new faces. There will be over 50 musicians […]

Richard Thompson “Sorcerer’s Apprentice” – it’s a kind of magic

September 28, 2026 0

Best. Finest. Interesting words. The Los Angeles Times says of Richard Thompson: “The finest rock songwriter after Dylan and the best electric guitarist since Hendrix.” That was Scott Timberg, who, of course, also worked with Richard […]

Month: April 2022

Cowboy Junkies “Songs Of The Recollection”

AUK’s Chain Gang: Ramsay Midwood “Feed My Monkey”

Haze & Dacey Collective “Letters from Gilead”

Abigail Lapell “Stolen Time”

Mary Gauthier “Fall Apart World” – In which everything can, paradoxically, fall together

Jack Browning “Painted Skies”

Preview: Glasgow Americana Festival 2026, 30th September – 4th October

Richard Thompson “Sorcerer’s Apprentice” – it’s a kind of magic

Video: Orange Oak “wilder life” – a declaration of nervousness

Something for the weekend: Listen to the unreleased Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers track from 1978 “Parade Of Loons”