2022 – Page 367 – Americana UK

Video Premiere: Bern Kelly “Gotta Stay” (feat. Larissia Murphy)

February 1, 2022 Andrew Frolish 1

Nashville’s Bern Kelly follows up his well-received 2021 album ‘Fantastic stories!’ with a moody song of embattled love and worn relationships. Hope conflicts with desperation, highs are balanced by lows and relationships are sustained through perseverance […]

I Write the Songs: Felice & Boudleaux Bryant

January 31, 2022 Rick Bayles 3

Welcome to a new feature series where we take a look at some of the great songwriters who have made their names in Americana music. The focus of this series is on those that, at least […]

Neil Young & Crazy Horse “Barn”

January 31, 2022 Jonathan Aird 1

Reflections on aging, on the need to address environmental concerns and to recall that love matters. It is often the case with Neil Young’s recent new material releases that the thoughts on first contact are not […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Billy Bragg & Joe Henry “In the Pines”

January 31, 2022 Lyndon Bolton 0

From last week’s Chain Gang, Birds of Chicago, comes not one but two new links. The first one is avian, from ‘Birds’ to ‘Eagle,’ while the second remains the city of Chicago but more specifically, its […]

Aoife O’Donovan “Age Of Apathy”

January 31, 2022 Mark Nenadic 3

Enchanting folksy Celtic Americana. A charming, esoteric puzzle. In americana terms, Aoife O’Donovan is a big deal. A Grammy-winning big deal (as a third of ‘I’m With Her’, alongside Sara Watkins and Sarah Jarosz). So the […]

Mary Gauthier “Reckoning”

September 22, 2026 1

One of our finest songwriters delivers an album for our times with consummate clarity and lyrical daring. .Mary Gauthier was something of a late starter, delivering her first album when she was in her late thirties […]

Sylvie finally make a full length debut which arrives in November

September 22, 2026 0

Sylvie, the project of Los Angeles artist Ben Schwab, has announced their forthcoming album, New Season, available November 6th, 2026, via Ghostly International. Rina (feat. Alex Amen) is the single out now. Reflecting on a passing […]

Features

More People Really Should Know About: Carey Ott

September 22, 2026 0

Carey Ott is nothing if not prolific. He hails from Chicago, and he’s a multi-instrumentalist, a producer and engineer and a performer. He’s released seven albums to date as well as numerous singles. In my music […]

Year: 2022