June 2022 – Page 30 – Americana UK

Live review: Ian Noe, Lafayette, London – 30th May 2022

June 8, 2022 KC Vines 0

Nestled below corporate buildings and next door to Google’s HQ sits Lafayette, a new stripped-back venue. On a wet Tuesday it’s mobbed, the folks from these parts desperate for unadorned tales of small-town Kentucky: of gravel […]

Cristina Vane “Make Myself Me Again”

June 8, 2022 GrahamBollands 0

A personal record of uplifting well-crafted songs. “Sometimes I lose, sometimes I win, I’m gonna make myself me again… I’m giving up on giving in, I’m gonna make myself me again”, sings Cristina Vane on the […]

Did you hear Rhiannon Giddens?

June 8, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Well, with all that’s been going on just recently it’s just possible that you may have missed the short series ‘Black Roots‘ on BBC Radio4. Particularly as it would have found a natural home on Radio2, […]

Eugene Tyler Band “60 Days” – And counting

June 8, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

This is unashamedly a pandemic song from modern Bluegrass outfit Eugene Tyler Band, musing in a suitably jaunty way on all the Covid tropes you can think of – watching, or not watching, the news; drinking […]

Video Premiere: Robert Vincent “Come Pick Me Up”

June 8, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

This is surely what Americana UK is all about: a classic song from a revered American songwriter performed brilliantly by one of the UK’s outstanding exponents of the genre. ‘Come Pick Me Up’ is one of […]

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Kasey Chambers - The Captain
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Ratboys - Singin’ to an Empty Chair
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Third World - Journey to Addis
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Rosanne Cash - The River & the Thread (vinyl) Jes...
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Drive-By Truckers - Pizza Deliverance
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Guy Clark - Keepers
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Jerry Jeff Walker - Cowboy Boots and Bathin’ Suits
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Jimmy Buffett - A1A
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Chris Knight - Chris Knight
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Essentials: The Top 10 Songs from Season Three of “The Bear”

March 26, 2026 0

As we await the outcome of our search for the Best Americana Song Of All Time, Dean Nardi kicks off the return of our popular Essentials series with a light-hearted look at the songs that pepper […]

Brown Horse “Total Dive”

March 26, 2026 0

Another stellar offering from a band with a burgeoning reputation. Norfolk’s Brown Horse is a band that is nothing if not prolific. Total Dive is the band’s third album in as many years. That productivity probably […]

Brudi Brothers to release new EP and KEXP session

March 26, 2026 0

Mom and Pop Music artists The Brudi Brothers have announced the release of a new EP titled Dark & Stormy on April 17th. In celebration of the release, vaunted Seattle radio station KEXP has aired The […]

Interviews

Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

March 25, 2026 0

A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]

Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0

Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 2

While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

News

Benjamin Booker returns with first album in seven years

October 23, 2024 0

Benjamin Booker has announced the release of his third album “Lower” on 24th January 2025 through Fire Next Time Records via Thirty Tigers. The album, co-produced by Booker with underground hip-hop mastermind Kenny Segal (Armand Hammer, […]

Videos

Video: Ric Robertson “Sycamore Hill”

August 31, 2021 0

Ric Robertson is an in-demand touring musician for the likes of The Wood Brothers and Rhiannon Giddens but now he is capturing attention for his own fabulously distinctive songwriting. The North Carolina-born Robertson, now based in […]

Tracks

Forty Elephant Gang “Evergreen” – 70’s Americana vibes abound

November 25, 2024 0

70’s vibes abound on Forty Elephant Gang’s new single ‘Evergreen‘. The East London Americana group consists of Andrew White on lead vocals and guitar, Sean Mannion on mandolin and backing vocals and James Bachmann on guitar […]

Month: June 2022

Live review: Ian Noe, Lafayette, London – 30th May 2022

Cristina Vane “Make Myself Me Again”

Did you hear Rhiannon Giddens?

Eugene Tyler Band “60 Days” – And counting

Video Premiere: Robert Vincent “Come Pick Me Up”

Essentials: The Top 10 Songs from Season Three of “The Bear”

Brown Horse “Total Dive”

Brudi Brothers to release new EP and KEXP session

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Satellite Inn

Revitalised Hanging Stars return with their sixth album and an extensive UK tour