November 2022 – Page 34

Dear Dr. Cleetus … my husband’s bluegrass obsession has entered the bedroom!

November 1, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 4

Every month Dr Cleetus Hose, renowned relationship and sexual health guru shares his advice for Americana UK subscribers. Dear Dr Cleetus, My husband and I have been happily married for several years now but recently his […]

John Fullbright “The Liar”

November 1, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

Collaboration is the key. Back in 2018 we reviewed an album called “Restoration”, in which a bunch of Americana artists got to “re-imagine” a number of Elton John songs, and this album is slightly reminiscent of […]

Interview: Fine Lines’ Mark Radcliffe and Dave Boardman on playing iconic UK venues

November 1, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

Getting a relaxed swinging sound while channelling influences from Bob Wills to Gram Parsons. Fine Lines are probably the best americana band from Cheshire and they have also managed to land the support slot on Kiefer […]

Eliza Edens “We’ll Become the Flowers”

November 1, 2022 Tim Martin 0

Spending time with his album allows it to reveal its tender, contemplative charms – not immediate but very rewarding. Eliza Edens describes her second album as “existentially-minded”. It “seeks to understand what happens after the end. […]

Track Premiere: Prinz Grizzley “Payback Day (I’ll Give No Warning)”

November 1, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

The Austrian Alps are not, perhaps, the first mountains you tend to think of in relation to Americana, but that’s where you’ll find Prinz Grizzley, aka Chris Comper. He’s a musician who is happy to swap […]

Dean Owenswith John Convertino and Joey Burns

The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks

September 24, 2026 0

It’s week 2 of the search for our writers’ Top 10 UK americana albums, and Jonathan Hincks will doubt add to the debate with his choice, as follows: With the hands of the Doomsday Clock edging […]

Album artwork for The Fool by Embla and the Karldotters

Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

September 24, 2026 0

Norwegian queer-country assertively and affectionately delivering. Embla Karidotter was the drummer for Norwegian indie band Razika for 13 years, before she chose to change direction and build on her love of country music with new band […]

Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

September 24, 2026 0

On the 16th of October, Béla Fleck is to release the recording of a stellar Nashville night as a live album called Live Heart. On January 8, 2022, he and a multigenerational gang of musical heavy […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]

Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1

As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0

Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

Tracks

Joseph Decosimo “Glory in the Meetinghouse” – fierce, unsettled edginess

August 22, 2025 0

Joseph Decosimo creates a meditative Appalachian mood with his new single ‘Glory in the Meetinghouse’. This fiddle tune is noted as one of the songs that roots music archivist Alan Lomax recorded Luther Strong playing. The […]

Album Reviews

Jim Byrne “4 Country and Folk Songs”

October 29, 2021 2

The latest taster from a respected well-travelled veteran musician. Whatever your view on EP releases they do seem to be more of a thing these days and I guess it’s a clear function of the way […]

Album Reviews

Rhys Duursma “Songs From Swan Street Vol.1”

February 2, 2023 0

A debut EP with lots of promise and directions to follow. Australian singer-songwriter Rhys Duursma’s debut solo EP starts with ‘Same Old’, a fairly routine piece of folk music, which mutates halfway through into a dusty […]

Month: November 2022

Dear Dr. Cleetus … my husband’s bluegrass obsession has entered the bedroom!

John Fullbright “The Liar”

Interview: Fine Lines’ Mark Radcliffe and Dave Boardman on playing iconic UK venues

Eliza Edens “We’ll Become the Flowers”

Track Premiere: Prinz Grizzley “Payback Day (I’ll Give No Warning)”

The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks

Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

Izzie Walsh “Where Do We Go From Here?”

Americana Stories – Stephen Eyre “On the road”