June 2022 – Page 13 – Americana UK

Pharis & Jason Romero “Tell ‘Em You Were Gold”

June 22, 2022 Rick Thorn 0

A joyful and warm experience. This album is a great example of two musicians at the very height of their expertise. The sixteen tracks are a mixture of tunes and songs played primarily on banjo and […]

Live Review: Mavis Staples + Teddie Grossman, Union Chapel, London – 16th June 2022

June 22, 2022 Brian Hancill 0

“Seventy-four years and I’m not tired yet!” declared Mavis Staples towards the end of this triumphant show. That’s not her age (she sailed past 74 in 2014) but the number of years since her father created […]

Mary Gauthier “Dark Enough To See The Stars”

June 22, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Love and Grief on an album of open emotion. Mary Gauthier is known for her uncompromising songs – often of heartbreak or hard times in one form or another – often delivered in a forthrightly direct […]

Suzanne Vega announces UK dates for 2023

June 22, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

Coming off the back of four sold-out UK shows in February this year, including London’s Barbican, Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega has announced an extensive UK tour for February and March 2023, taking in dates which […]

Deidre McCalla “I Do Not Walk This Path Alone” – It’s a long way from there to here

June 22, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Deidre McCalla sings that “people of my ancestry died building this road for me / the fruit of their proud sacrifice comes down to me as my birth right” on this new song from her new […]

Josh Ritter is coming this way in January – Happy New Year!

September 25, 2026 0

One of AUK’s favourite singer-songwriters, who is also an artist and best-selling author, Josh Ritter, will tour the UK and Ireland early next year, following his last album, I Believe In You, My Honeydew. The tour […]

The latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Israel Nash and Sid Griffin

September 25, 2026 0

We’ve reached the half-century and celebrate with a deluxe double issue featuring some scintillating chat with two icons of the genre. Israel Nash talks about his reimagining of Sweetheart of the Rodeo and his songwriting process, […]

Leon III “Invisible Ink” – heating the lemon juice

September 25, 2026 0

Ah, the sweet delights of Candy Cigarettes, those thin white sticks of some sweet concoction with the realistic glow of red at the tip; all packaged away in what was rather like a matchbox and came […]

Month: June 2022

Pharis & Jason Romero “Tell ‘Em You Were Gold”

Live Review: Mavis Staples + Teddie Grossman, Union Chapel, London – 16th June 2022

Mary Gauthier “Dark Enough To See The Stars”

Suzanne Vega announces UK dates for 2023

Deidre McCalla “I Do Not Walk This Path Alone” – It’s a long way from there to here

Josh Ritter is coming this way in January – Happy New Year!

The latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Israel Nash and Sid Griffin

Leon III “Invisible Ink” – heating the lemon juice

Video Premiere: The Cashville Trash Pandas “Worker’s Song (Handful of Earth)”

The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks