2022 – Page 374 – Americana UK

Altameda “Nightmare Town” – lay the gun down

January 25, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Canadian duo Altameda have released this single in advance of their album ‘Born Losers‘ which is out April 15th, and the protagonists of ‘Nightmare Town‘ have that loser quality about them. It’s a classic song of […]

Video: Widowspeak “Everything is Simple”

January 25, 2022 Andrew Frolish 1

The moody new single from Widowspeak explores how perspectives change over time as situations and relationships evolve. Singer-songwriter Molly Hamilton and guitarist Robert Earl Thomas deliver a truly atmospheric song, held together by strong percussion and […]

The View from Across La Manche – From our own correspondent

January 24, 2022 Rick Bayles 6

A new column that looks at life, and the search for Americana music, on the other side of the Channel. On the 9th December 2020, my wife and I put a couple of suitcases, and our […]

Best Western “Best Western EP”

January 24, 2022 Sean Hannam 0

Melbourne alt-country act evoke Mazzy Star and The Delines on their impressive debut – melancholy and dreamy nocturnal ballads. As well as being the name of a hotel chain, Best Western is the moniker for a […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Birds Of Chicago “Love In Wartime”

January 24, 2022 Alan Fitter 1

In the last article in the Chain Gang series, Andrew Frolish mused on Sufjan Stevens’ ‘John Wayne Gorcy Jr’ from Stevens’ 2005 album ‘Illinois’ and that got me thinking, not about other songs about serial killers […]

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 […]

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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