April 2022 – Page 19 – Americana UK

Album cover art for Beau Jennings' Heavy Light

Beau Jennings & The Tigers “Heavy Light”

April 13, 2022 Kimberly Bright 0

A meaningful album about looking back on life’s crossroads and looking for the light-filled path. Only a few months since the release of his EP ‘Feel the Sun’ with his band The Tigers, Oklahoma’s Beau Jennings […]

Jefferson Ross “Southern Currency”

April 13, 2022 Gordon Sharpe 0

An outstanding work – well written, well played, well sung – in relation to an area of America that’s had more than its share of chroniclers, often of varying quality. It seems Jefferson Ross is new […]

Drive-By Truckers return with new album “Welcome 2 Club XIII”

April 13, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

Watch the new video to the title track from it below. Drive-By Truckers have announced the release of their 14th studio album, ‘Welcome 2 Club XIII’, due via ATO Records on Friday, June 3rd, and to […]

Max García Conover & The Ballroom Thieves “Mud” – hurting again, as usual

April 13, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Max García Conover is a songwriter from New York. He has toured the US and Europe and releases records both independently and through the Barcelona-based label SonCanciones. In between songs Max García Conover tells stories, and […]

Video: Sam Shackleton “House Carpenter”

April 13, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

Sitting atop Arthur’s Seat with the vast, expansive view of Edinburgh below, Sam Shackleton’s banjo twang and voice ring out over the landscape and across time in this video for the ancient ballad ‘House Carpenter’. The […]

The Jayhawks live at the Electric Ballroom, Camden - 16th September 2026

Live Review: The Jayhawks, Electric Ballroom, Camden – 16th September 2026

September 28, 2026 0

About a decade ago, I formulated a new genre based on a particular guitar sound that would for several years be heard on Radio 2 after midnight on Friday and Saturday nights. Bob Harris Country is […]

Bluegrass Briefs: Sociograss, Triple Fiddle, The Runaway Strings, Lindsay Lou

September 28, 2026 0

This time, Bluegrass Briefs features music from around the world and all across the Bluegrass tradition, from the rough and rowdy Scottish ways of Sociograss to the almost classical music of Triple Fiddle from Minnesota and […]

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 […]

Month: April 2022

Beau Jennings & The Tigers “Heavy Light”

Jefferson Ross “Southern Currency”

Drive-By Truckers return with new album “Welcome 2 Club XIII”

Max García Conover & The Ballroom Thieves “Mud” – hurting again, as usual

Video: Sam Shackleton “House Carpenter”

Live Review: The Jayhawks, Electric Ballroom, Camden – 16th September 2026

Bluegrass Briefs: Sociograss, Triple Fiddle, The Runaway Strings, Lindsay Lou

Jack Browning “Painted Skies”

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

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