August 2022 – Page 7 – Americana UK

Track Premiere: The Deer’s Cry “Heal The Heart”

August 25, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

The Deer’s Cry are a four piece – augmented on this song with a string section – of Celtic Harp, percussion, upright bass and banjo. An unusual combination which lends itself to gentle and reflective folk […]

Video Premiere: Deidre McCalla “Shoulder to the Wheel”

August 25, 2022 Andrew Frolish 1

Here is the video premiere of ‘Shoulder to the Wheel’, a folk-anthem from iconic troubadour Deidre McCalla, who has been putting out music for almost five decades. As a black woman, lesbian, feminist and mother, McCalla […]

Interview: Louisiana legend Tommy McLain on making Swamp pop-u-lar again after 40 years

August 24, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

The English influence on “I Ran Down Every Dream” may surprise some listeners. Sometimes it can seem that the term legendary is applied to any musician who has managed to maintain a lifelong career when in […]

Classic Americana Albums: Willie Nile “Streets of New York”

August 24, 2022 David Jarman 0

New Yorker Willie Nile is often regarded as a musician’s musician, his admirers including Bruce Springsteen and Lucinda Williams, the latter quoted by AUK’s Gordon Sharpe in his 2020 interview with Nile as commenting “Willie Nile […]

Nora Brown “Long Time To Be Gone”

August 24, 2022 Paul Gibson 0

Teenage New Yorker’s accomplished album of traditional banjo music. The expectation is that old time music is most authentic when played by true old timers; musicians deep into long lives, living and breathing the hand me […]