July 2022 – Americana UK

Something for the weekend: Plains “Problem With It”

July 29, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it for us for another week dear reader. Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield and Jess Williamson have teamed up for a new collaborative album under the moniker Plains – it’s called ‘I Walked With You A […]

Gordie “Crazylegs” MacKeeman “All Around The Kitchen” – fiddle driven folk

July 29, 2022 Jonathan Aird 1

Gordie “Crazylegs” MacKeeman has recorded a two volume album release of songs that’s called ‘Folk For Little Folk’. It was a project that came to life over the pandemic when MacKeeman became more acutely aware of […]

Classic Clips: Son Volt “Tear Stained Eye”, Austin City Limits, 1996

July 29, 2022 Jonathan Smith 0

This song has a significant amount of devotees already, and remains a cult favourite. Tucked away on Son Volt’s first album ‘Trace’, the song has a simplicity of form, but it also somehow transcends everything else […]

Live Review: The Chapin Sisters + The Ocelots, Landmark Arts Centre, Teddington – July 21st, 2022

July 29, 2022 Lyndon Bolton 0

Has it really been over a decade since The Chapin Sisters last toured the UK? That made it all the more pleasing to reconnect with their unique harmonies that weave together gentle strands of Appalachian, folk, […]

Multimedia Review: Mat Callahan “Songs of Slavery and Emancipation”

July 29, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

Books Editor Rick Bayles writes – Songs of ‘Slavery and Emancipation’ is the last project our sadly departed colleague, Gordon Sharpe, took on for review. His sudden and unexpected death meant that he never got to […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Willie Nelson “Seven Spanish Angels”

August 10, 2026 0

Seven Spanish Angels is a song which encapsulates a full range of americana imagery – doomed love, defiance, outlaws, faith, mystery and death – all set in an undescribed location that calls up the settings for […]

Chris Pierce “Songs for the Heavy Hearted”

August 10, 2026 0

A moving, beautifully crafted collection of songs that refuses to surrender compassion in a fractured world. Chris Pierce has always possessed one of the finest voices in americana, capable of conveying tenderness, conviction and quiet resilience […]

Margo Cilker unveils her “Little White Cross” for October

August 10, 2026 0

Western folk singer-songwriter and AUK favourite Margo Cilker has announced her third album, Little White Cross, due out October 9 via Fossil Records, a label Cilker recently launched with fellow musician ISMAY. The upcoming 10-song set […]

Month: July 2022

Something for the weekend: Plains “Problem With It”

Gordie “Crazylegs” MacKeeman “All Around The Kitchen” – fiddle driven folk

Classic Clips: Son Volt “Tear Stained Eye”, Austin City Limits, 1996

Live Review: The Chapin Sisters + The Ocelots, Landmark Arts Centre, Teddington – July 21st, 2022

Multimedia Review: Mat Callahan “Songs of Slavery and Emancipation”

For The Sake Of The Song: Willie Nelson “Seven Spanish Angels”

Chris Pierce “Songs for the Heavy Hearted”

Margo Cilker unveils her “Little White Cross” for October

Kacy Lee Anderson to release debut solo album

Lance Cowan “The Air That You Breathe”