April 2022 – Page 32 – Americana UK

Interview: Paula Boggs on reclaiming the black banjo heritage with Soulgrass

April 1, 2022 Martin Johnson 5

How living in the Pacific North West helped rewrite the bluegrass story from a black perspective. Paula Boggs is a fairly unique artist. While music has always been an important part of her life, her career […]

Classic Clips: Steep Canyon Rangers “Tell The Ones I Love” – Blue Ox Music Festival, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, June 2018

April 1, 2022 Lyndon Bolton 0

Steep Canyon Rangers have a firm foot in both the traditional and more progressive bluegrass camps. Nine years after forming at UNC in 2000 they were discovered by Steve Martin who adopted them as his backing […]

Ian Noe “River Fools & Mountain Saints”

April 1, 2022 Keith Hughes 0

A fantastic if bleak portrayal of life and times in rural Appalachia. This is the follow up record to Noe’s debut ‘Between The Country’ and was recorded over a two year period on reel-to-reel tapes and […]

The Head and the Heart release track ahead of upcoming album

April 1, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Seattle Indie folk band The Head and The Heart have announced their latest album ‘Every Shade of Blue’ which will be released on April 29th on Warner Bros. Records. This, the band’s fifth album comes after […]

Live review: Billy Strings, Islington Assembly Hall, London – 26th March 2022

April 1, 2022 David Jarman 1

The force of nature that is Billy Strings and his touring band hit London for the first time, with two sold-out nights at Islington Assembly Hall, and a buzz of anticipation was evident in the long […]