2022 – Page 195 – Americana UK

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Martin Johnson

June 30, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

Deciding the Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century has proven to be surprisingly difficult, and the list has been through many drafts before crystalising into its published form. I’ve been trying to understand why […]

Eric & The Soo “We Will Stay The Same” – you and me, like this, forever

June 30, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Toronto’s Eric & The Soo have a new song out, ‘We Will Stay The Same‘, and this one is a co-write between band leader Eric Brombacher and guitarist/harpist Ken Yoshioka. It’s a song that makes a […]

Fellow Pynins “Lady Mondegreen”

June 30, 2022 Lyndon Bolton 0

Sensitive crafting of original folk for a new generation. At first glance the appeal of an album of reworked traditional music might be limited only to the folk purist. But if applied to this second release […]

Video: Our Band “Up Here on this Mountain”

June 30, 2022 Ed Donnelly 0

Americana duo Our Band have struck some subtle gold with their new video for ‘Up Here on this Mountain’. Five musicians in a simple studio setting, with singers Justin Poindexter and Sasha Papernik leading the way […]

Freedy Johnston’s new album features Aimee Mann and Doug Pettibone

June 30, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

Singer/songwriter Freedy Johnston has announced his return with his long-awaited album ‘Back on the Road to You’, due to be released September 9th via Forty Below Records. Johnston’s ninth album is described as “an extraordinary return […]

Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

July 2, 2026 0

It is sometimes forgotten that Gram Parsons did not enjoy commercial success as a solo artist during his short life, and that it was Emmylou Harris who took his sound to a wider audience with the […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Lucinda Williams Ballads

July 2, 2026 0

It would be strange to start things off by actually introducing Lucinda Williams, so let’s begin with a justification instead: Williams has been at it since her 1979 debut Ramblin’ Woman, though she only truly broke […]

artwork for Adam Beattie album "Home Fires Burning"

Adam Beattie “Home Fires Burning”

July 2, 2026 0

The hero’s journey echoed in the experiences of an everyman. It might be an exaggeration to say there are as many types of songwriters as there are songwriters, but then again, it might not. As well […]

Year: 2022

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Martin Johnson

Eric & The Soo “We Will Stay The Same” – you and me, like this, forever

Fellow Pynins “Lady Mondegreen”

Video: Our Band “Up Here on this Mountain”

Freedy Johnston’s new album features Aimee Mann and Doug Pettibone

Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

Essentials: The Top 10 Lucinda Williams Ballads

Adam Beattie “Home Fires Burning”

Book Review: Amy Speace “To The Performer, The Singer–Songwriter’s Handbook”

Juana Everett “Past Lives in California”