2022 – Page 353 – Americana UK

The Other Side Of Me: Alan Fitter on the genius of Stephen Sondheim

February 15, 2022 Alan Fitter 0

AUK continues its series looking at the musical tastes of AUK writers beyond the americana genre. Two nights last week summed up ‘The Other Side Of Me’. On the Friday it was the turn of the […]

Society of Rockets “Unearthed”

February 15, 2022 Russell Murphy 0

A fine stop on the musical journey for this society They have ploughed their own furrow, San Francisco based Society of Rockets, criss-crossing a number of different genres since blossoming out from the Shimmer Kids Underpop […]

Abbie Gardner “Three Quarter Time” – waltzing through life

February 15, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

And so they say to us sometimes “Americana UK, why is there so little Dobro featured front and centre on the tracks you feature?” and usually we have little to say by way of a riposte […]

Video: Amy Speace “Cottonwood”

February 15, 2022 Andrew Frolish 1

Amy Speace released one of the standout albums of 2021, ‘There Used to be Horses Here’, in which she focused on the impact of losing her father. It was a deeply intimate and powerfully emotive collection […]

Dean Owens “Sinner’s Shrine”

February 14, 2022 Gordon Sharpe 0

Leith meets Tucson in a propitious if sometimes lyrically obscure combination. Dean Owens is no stranger to these pages and no stranger to being highly praised within them. His live shows have been praised as, ‘sunshine […]

RE: Gorton and Denton
Reform may not have won, but they came a credible secon...
By Martin Johnson , 8 hours ago
Joy- Heartache-Joy again
So, Joy: the "You May Have Missed" sidebar d...
By Jonathan Aird , 10 hours ago
RE: We have a problem
Hmmm....I'm less worried by that Headline: Reform ac...
By Jonathan Aird , 10 hours ago
RE: Gorton and Denton
The good news is that Reform lost, I'd have taken a Tor...
By Jonathan Aird , 11 hours ago
RE: Gorton and Denton
I did tbh but still delighted, it feels like Christmas ...
By Mark Whitfield , 14 hours ago
RE: Gorton and Denton
Wow - I honestly hadn't expected that
By Paul Villers , 14 hours ago
RE: Gorton and Denton
A new chapter is being written in British politics and ...
By Martin Johnson , 14 hours ago
RE: Crap updates to good songs
@markamericana I'm afraid I have to side with Villers h...
By Paul Kerr , 20 hours ago
RE: Crap updates to good songs
Er Rick likes it too!
By Mark Whitfield , 23 hours ago

Interviews

Interview: Willie Nile keeps the light on for great American rock’n’roll

February 26, 2026 0

I do a lot of my listening to music while out walking in the mornings, with or without a dog. The day after Willie Nile’s The Great American Light arrived in the mailbox, I popped the […]

Interviews

Interview: Hal Cannon on cowboy poetry, songs and folklore

February 25, 2026 0

For Hal Cannon, life should be very simple – love the place you live, love the ones you know, if you’re needy, why not give, then see if you’re still low. Words to live by, extracted […]

Interviews

Interview: Adam Levy on the Honeydogs celebrated return

February 23, 2026 0

Experiencing a rebirth with Algebra for Broken Hearts, the St. Paul, Minnesota band’s twelfth album on Julian Records (2025), is crucial language, one voicing an undersung American existence. Like the novel, I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif […]

Tracks

Kenny Roby “New Day” – the future starts…now

July 26, 2022 0

Kenny Roby was a founder member of 6 String Drag, and was principal frontman and singer with that band. He has a self-titled solo album coming out on Royal Potato Family on August 5th,and this is […]

Album Reviews

Deer Tick “Emotional Contracts”

June 9, 2023 0

Middle age may have arrived but their rock & roll shoes still fit. It may come as a surprise, but Deer Tick have been in existence for nearly twenty years, and ‘Emotional Contracts’ is their eighth […]

Album Reviews

Twain “Noon”

November 9, 2022 0

Frequently beautiful songs delivered with wisdom, generosity, kindness and sincerity. It’s beautiful how effortless this sounds, how timeless it feels. Such light touches. A voice, sometimes keening, reassuringly controlled, a warm, engrossing record that oughtn’t surprise […]

Year: 2022

The Other Side Of Me: Alan Fitter on the genius of Stephen Sondheim

Society of Rockets “Unearthed”

Abbie Gardner “Three Quarter Time” – waltzing through life

Video: Amy Speace “Cottonwood”

Dean Owens “Sinner’s Shrine”

Something for the weekend: Rodney Crowell featuring Emmylou Harris and Lera Lynn “Go Light a Candle”

Lucy Kitchen “In The Low Light”

Praise be! Kevin Morby announces new album and UK dates

Paper Wings “Mountains on the Moon”

The Long Road adds new acts to 2026 bill including Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Jim Lauderdale, Felice Brothers