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 […]