September 2022 – Americana UK

Something for the weekend: 16 Tambourines “Sweet Libra”

September 30, 2022 Mark Whitfield 1

That’s it from us for another week dearest of readers and we leave you with new track ‘Sweet Libra’, the first studio recording from Liverpool’s 16 Tambourines in 32 years (who incidentally sound nothing like 16 […]

The Welcome Wagon “Isaiah, California” – join us, or not, as you please

September 30, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

The Welcome Wagon are Brooklyn indie folk duo Vito Aiuto and Monique Aiuto, who are set to release their fourth album ‘Esther’ on November 4th via Asthmatic Kitty Records. It see’s The Welcome Wagon return to their original label, […]

Paperback Riders: David N Meyer “Twenty Thousand Roads: The Ballad of Gram Parsons and His Cosmic American Music”

September 30, 2022 Tim Martin 0

A quick look around Good Reads finds twelve biographies that are either directly about Parsons, or about the bands he was part of. So, if we are picking one source to learn about Gram Parsons why […]

Classic Clips: Catherine MacLellan “Sparrows” – Austin, Texas, March 18th 2010

September 30, 2022 Alasdair Fotheringham 3

Given Classic Clips has recently featured very-big-to-biggish-name artists like The Rolling Stones, Crosby and Nash and Mumford & Sons, it might be a surprise that next up is a performance of what was at the time […]

Beth Nielsen Chapman “Crazy Town”

September 30, 2022 David Jarman 1

Beth Nielsen Chapman and her crack Nashville band deliver a strong contender for Americana album of the year. Beth Nielsen Chapman needs no introduction to admirers of fine songwriting–with 14 previous studio albums to her name, […]

Something not really americana for the weekend: This is Lorelei “Oh No Now My”

August 7, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. If you’re an AUK supporter your new playlist will be with you at 5pm. We leave you dear reader with a new song from Nate Amos aka This […]

Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

August 7, 2026 0

At once nostalgic travelogue, introspective head-trip, and rootsy showcase, Madrid-born Juana Everett’s second album should be her breakthrough record. Past Lives in California swims headfirst through the murky waters of transit, both literal and metaphysical. Bring […]

Margo Price “Days of Unrest”

August 7, 2026 0

A powerful message that’s relayed with the kind of vigour and skill needed to make people sit up and listen. “In his oval room, in his rockin’ chair / He’s the president, but I don’t care […]

Month: September 2022

Something for the weekend: 16 Tambourines “Sweet Libra”

The Welcome Wagon “Isaiah, California” – join us, or not, as you please

Paperback Riders: David N Meyer “Twenty Thousand Roads: The Ballad of Gram Parsons and His Cosmic American Music”

Classic Clips: Catherine MacLellan “Sparrows” – Austin, Texas, March 18th 2010

Beth Nielsen Chapman “Crazy Town”

Something not really americana for the weekend: This is Lorelei “Oh No Now My”

Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

Margo Price “Days of Unrest”

Classic Clips: The Mavericks “Born To Be Blue” – Live at American Songwriter Studios, 2012

The Wild High “Listen to The Wild High”