2022 – Page 207 – Americana UK

Pharis & Jason Romero “Tell ‘Em You Were Gold”

June 22, 2022 Rick Thorn 0

A joyful and warm experience. This album is a great example of two musicians at the very height of their expertise. The sixteen tracks are a mixture of tunes and songs played primarily on banjo and […]

Live Review: Mavis Staples + Teddie Grossman, Union Chapel, London – 16th June 2022

June 22, 2022 Brian Hancill 0

“Seventy-four years and I’m not tired yet!” declared Mavis Staples towards the end of this triumphant show. That’s not her age (she sailed past 74 in 2014) but the number of years since her father created […]

Mary Gauthier “Dark Enough To See The Stars”

June 22, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Love and Grief on an album of open emotion. Mary Gauthier is known for her uncompromising songs – often of heartbreak or hard times in one form or another – often delivered in a forthrightly direct […]

Suzanne Vega announces UK dates for 2023

June 22, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

Coming off the back of four sold-out UK shows in February this year, including London’s Barbican, Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega has announced an extensive UK tour for February and March 2023, taking in dates which […]

Deidre McCalla “I Do Not Walk This Path Alone” – It’s a long way from there to here

June 22, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Deidre McCalla sings that “people of my ancestry died building this road for me / the fruit of their proud sacrifice comes down to me as my birth right” on this new song from her new […]

Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”

July 3, 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 tonight. Don’t forget about our 25 year anniversary event in November which takes place […]

Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026

July 3, 2026 0

Performances don’t get much more intimate when less than 50 people are in the front space of a record shop and the artist is playing unamplified, less than five feet away. In the autumn of 2025, […]

Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”

July 3, 2026 0

Americana royalty teams up with a cracking Texas band to produce a varied and highly enjoyable mix of country, soul and stomp. Ryan Bingham is a comparatively rare example of an americana artist who has broken […]

Year: 2022

Pharis & Jason Romero “Tell ‘Em You Were Gold”

Live Review: Mavis Staples + Teddie Grossman, Union Chapel, London – 16th June 2022

Mary Gauthier “Dark Enough To See The Stars”

Suzanne Vega announces UK dates for 2023

Deidre McCalla “I Do Not Walk This Path Alone” – It’s a long way from there to here

Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”

Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026

Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”

Americana Stories – Simon Lamont “Americana”

Our new supporters playlist is out later today – win a vinyl copy of Ashley McBryde’s new album