2022 – Page 351 – Americana UK

Sloan Brothers “Cleopatra Echo” – are friends eclectic?

February 16, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Sloan Simpson shifted from playing guitar to recording music after a car accident affected hisplaying to the extent that he sold his instruments and amps. Fast forward two decades and the music recorder from Athens Georgia […]

Video: Creedence Clearwater Revival “Bootleg”

February 16, 2022 Mike Robbie 2

In what might be the first ever Alt-Country / Americana music video, here is Creedence Clearwater Revival at the height of their success in early ’69, as they roll through this very danceable number from their […]

Andy Irvine & Paul Brady “Andy Irvine / Paul Brady”

February 16, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

An album that the word classic was invented for. Recorded in the long hot summer of 1976 at the legendary Rockfield Studios and originally released on Compass Records, Andy Irvine and Paul Brady – stepping away […]

Ron Sexsmith starting rescheduled tour next month

February 16, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Ron Sexsmith has announced the rescheduled show supporting his 2020 album ‘Hermitage‘ will finally take place in March. Americana UK writer Rick Bayles called the album “Wit and positivity from a fine songwriter“. The Canadian folk […]

Kate Ellis “Spirals”

February 16, 2022 Michael Macy 0

A second album often shows how an artist is developing. ‘Spirals’ reveals a joyous arc of growth. Kate Ellis’s new album, ‘Spirals’ is an absolute joy. An irrefutable, unquestionable joy. This is her second album, yet […]

Something for the weekend: Keyside “Cocodamol”

July 10, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. Don’t forget about our 25 year anniversary event in November which takes place across 2 stages in Liverpool at the end of November and features Chuck Prophet and […]

Book review: Willy Vlautin “The Left and the Lucky”

July 10, 2026 0

Willy Vlautin is well known as the chief songwriter of Richmond Fontaine and The Delines, trading in beautifully written vignettes of the people who have generally fallen between the cracks of the American dream. These dark […]

Emmylou Harris, Mumford and Sons and Jerry Douglas

Classic Clips: Mumford & Sons & Emmylou Harris ft. Jerry Douglas “The Road” – CMT Crossroads, The Factory, Franklin, Tennessee, 20th September 2012

July 10, 2026 0

The evening before San Francisco’s 2025 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival the Masonic Auditorium hosted a tribute concert to Emmylou Harris, the only artist to have graced the festival stages for each of its 25 years. During […]

Year: 2022

Sloan Brothers “Cleopatra Echo” – are friends eclectic?

Video: Creedence Clearwater Revival “Bootleg”

Andy Irvine & Paul Brady “Andy Irvine / Paul Brady”

Ron Sexsmith starting rescheduled tour next month

Kate Ellis “Spirals”

Something for the weekend: Keyside “Cocodamol”

Book review: Willy Vlautin “The Left and the Lucky”

Classic Clips: Mumford & Sons & Emmylou Harris ft. Jerry Douglas “The Road” – CMT Crossroads, The Factory, Franklin, Tennessee, 20th September 2012

Les Thomas “I Remember Everything”

Latest AUK Podcast now available featuring author and journalist Liz Thomson