May 2022 – Page 30 – Americana UK

Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage “Ink of the Rosy Morning”

May 9, 2022 Helen Jones 0

An artfully executed, stripped back but still enchanting collection of traditional folk songs. It would be fair to say that 2020 changed most of us in a variety of ways, some less expected than others. For […]

Brand new Americana Fest in Bath announced for this July

May 9, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

The line-up for a new comedy and music festival in the American Museum and Gardens in Bath has been released. Called simply “Americana Fest”, the weekender will include a star-studded selection of American ex-pat comedians, and […]

Track Premiere: Daniel Young “Water Table Line”

May 9, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Daniel Young of Salt Lake City wears many hats – singer, songwriter, guitarist, drummer, producer – and he wears them all on this new song on which he also recorded and mastered to analog tape. ‘Water […]

Video Premiere: Kurt Deemer “Dead of Night”

May 9, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

Begin your week by rocking out to the powerful sound of Kurt Deemer’s ‘Dead of Night’. Featuring a pounding, forceful beat and wailing harmonica, the song hangs on a melodic, memorable bass line. It’s a well-crafted […]

Something for the weekend: Midland “The Last Resort” – and our new podcast!

May 6, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. If you have some spare time, why not listen to the pilot episode of our new Americana UK podcast presented by AUK’s Emily Dongray which launches […]

Izzie Walsh “Where Do We Go From Here?”

September 24, 2026 0

A collection of rootsier tunes ideal for shuffle or playlist. Anyone who has attended gigs of a rootsier persuasion around Manchester and the northwest in recent years will almost certainly have come across the hard-working and […]

Americana Stories – Stephen Eyre “On the road”

September 24, 2026 0

Stephen Eyre is singer and guitarist with South Oxfordshire band Only The Brave. Our Graeme Tait reviewed their debut EP and described them as a band with a bright future in his February EP roundup. Stephen […]

Vox Continental: September 2026

September 24, 2026 0

With the long, hot summer finally fading, it seems like a lot of European artists are keen to get out on tour. Oakland Rain are a Norwegian folk and Americana duo, made up of twin sisters, […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]

Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1

As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0

Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

Live Reviews

Shakin’ Stevens + Danni Nicholls, York Barbican, York, 19th May, 2017

July 20, 2017 0

It’s a big room for the ‘bard from Bedford’, resplendent in a suitably showbiz spangling top. Danni Nichol is comfortable in a room that houses both the UK snooker championships and Amy MacDonald in a few […]

Album Reviews

Thea Gilmore “Thea Gilmore”

January 5, 2024 2

Thea Gilmore sheds the Afterlight and emerges as her own person in fascinating change of direction. Thea Gilmore is something of a national treasure, as she has produced about 20 albums in the last twenty-five years, […]

Can't Live with it, Can't Live without it

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Matraca Berg

July 29, 2026 1

Yes I know I am picking two albums from a catalogue of only 8, two of which are compilations and one that was never released. For some reason the label didn’t like it, though two of […]

Month: May 2022

Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage “Ink of the Rosy Morning”

Brand new Americana Fest in Bath announced for this July

Track Premiere: Daniel Young “Water Table Line”

Video Premiere: Kurt Deemer “Dead of Night”

Something for the weekend: Midland “The Last Resort” – and our new podcast!

Izzie Walsh “Where Do We Go From Here?”

Americana Stories – Stephen Eyre “On the road”

Vox Continental: September 2026

Family Stereo “Remedy” – heartbreak beckons

Video Premiere: Elli de Mon “Strange Fruit”