2022 – Page 197 – Americana UK

Rhythmtree Festival features an Americana themed stage from promoters sc4m

June 29, 2022 Paul Kerr 0

After two fallow Covid years, promoters sc4m will be curating a woodland roots / acoustic / Americana stage at the ever-delightful Rhythmtree Festival on the Isle Of Wight on July 9. The headliner will be John […]

Old Lost John “The Far Side of the River”

June 29, 2022 Rhys Kelly 0

Intimate and quirky folk-noir. Old Lost John has released a number of albums in the last couple of years, all of them receiving positive reviews on AUK. This presents a challenge for this particular reviewer. The […]

Gretchen Peters announces new album “The Show: Live from the UK”

June 29, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

2022 marks the 25th year since US singer-songwriter Gretchen Peters first set foot on a UK stage and she is celebrating the anniversary in style with the release of a live album recorded during a 2019 […]

Michael McDermott “St. Paul’s Boulevard”

June 29, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

Authentic heartland rock by a truly gifted songwriter. Michael McDermott is over thirty years into his career which started just as heartland rock was being overtaken by americana as the home for roots rockers. His music […]

Bill Callahan announces UK dates

June 29, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

Drag City have announced the return of Bill Callahan to UK shores later this year – Callahan will play five exclusive performances “wherein Bill (guitar) and his cohorts,Matt Kinsey (guitar), Jim White (drums) and Dustin Laurenzi (tenor sax), […]

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

Rhythmtree Festival features an Americana themed stage from promoters sc4m

Old Lost John “The Far Side of the River”

Gretchen Peters announces new album “The Show: Live from the UK”

Michael McDermott “St. Paul’s Boulevard”

Bill Callahan announces UK dates

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”