July 2022 – Page 20 – Americana UK

Video Premiere: Connor Garvey “All These Things”

July 14, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

Here’s the latest single from Connor Garvey, delivering a typically earnest performance and sincere lyricism from the Portland, Maine singer-songwriter. ‘All These Things’ has is an engaging tune, benefiting from musical layers and flourishes, particularly notable […]

Classic American Albums: Grant Lee Buffalo “Fuzzy”

July 13, 2022 Paul Gibson 2

By 1993 grunge had reached its omnipresent, powerful, destructive peak. The huge success of Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden allowed a superfluity of menial chancers toting flannel shirts and pawnshop guitars to sneak in via the […]

Video: Jason McNiff “Fisherman’s Blues”

July 13, 2022 Ed Donnelly 0

A National guitar by the banks of a muddy river, Jason McNiff reinterprets The Waterboys ‘Fisherman’s Blues’ as a haunting rural jaunt through the American South. If you pay close attention in the opening frames of […]

Nate Paladino “Drown With Me”

July 13, 2022 Helen Jones 0

Confident and well formed, this is an angsty album that avoids a lot of the trappings of Americana, but remains a rewarding listen. “Every weekend ends like this / We fuck, we fight, you yell, I […]

Jim Lauderdale announces new album “Game Changer”

July 13, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

Americana renaissance man Jim Lauderdale has announced details of a new album ‘Game Changer’—his 35th full-length album—which features his new single ‘That Kind Of Life (That Kind Of Day),’ a rollicking ode to what Jim calls […]

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

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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