July 2022 – Page 22 – Americana UK

Bonny Light Horseman “Summer Dream” – and in a dream I wandered far

July 12, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

We love Bonny Light Horseman. We’d love them if they’d called themselves Gallant Dragoon, or Heroic Hussar or even Truculent Turcapole. A rose by any other name would still make blissfully transcendent music. Which is to […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 63

July 12, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 2

Alice Cooper is singing in my head. As the unwinding begins and the end of term becomes a matter of days not weeks the school enjoys an orgy of expeditions and trips that constitutes an activity […]

Robert Jon & The Wreck announce February 2023 UK Tour

July 12, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

Robert Jon & The Wreck are kind of on the rockier end of things our delicate ears are used to here at UK but for those of you with a volume dial which goes up to […]

Small Venue Heroes: Our Man In The Field

July 12, 2022 Tim Martin 0

When this series started Clint West set out our stall, which was “to give a nod of appreciation to those current artists, who whilst not big stars, are the backbone and the lifeblood of americana music”. […]

Artwork for Whitney Lockert album "Long Way To California"

Whitney Lockert “Long Way To California”

July 12, 2022 Darren Lumbroso 0

Blues, folk and country influenced album featuring some virtuoso guitar playing. Whitney Lockert was a stalwart of the New York country scene in the 2010s, before returning home to California a few years ago. ‘Long Way […]

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: July 2022

Bonny Light Horseman “Summer Dream” – and in a dream I wandered far

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 63

Robert Jon & The Wreck announce February 2023 UK Tour

Small Venue Heroes: Our Man In The Field

Whitney Lockert “Long Way To California”

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