2022 – Page 76 – Americana UK

Samuel James Taylor “Wild Tales and Broken Hearts”

October 19, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

A retro seventies classic singer-songwriter sound from Sheffield via 21st Century Nashville. Samuel James Taylor may hail from the Steel City, Sheffield, in God’s own county of Yorkshire, but to record his latest album after over […]

Video: Larkin Poe “Strike Gold”

October 19, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

The fabulous duo Larkin Poe have released another storming song in ‘Strike gold’. Sisters Rebecca and Megan Lovell bring all their dynamism and character to this pulsing song. Rebecca says of ‘Strike Gold’: “After years of […]

Interview: Chicago session singer and multi-instrumentalist Nora O’Connor on finding her heart

October 18, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

Sharing band members with NRBQ and working with Jeff Tweedy and Mavis Staples. If you think you haven’t heard Nora O’Connor, but you have enjoyed the music coming out of Chicago over the last twenty years […]

Jaspar Lepak “I Am Human (Live)” – know what? I matter too.

October 18, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

‘How can a person be expected to live / with no autonomy / with no choice in what they get?” sings Jaspar Lepak on this great live recording of a new song that was in an […]

Mightmare “Cruel Liars”

October 18, 2022 Lyndon Bolton 0

From country rock to mesmeric indie. Freed from months of pandemic restrictions Sarah Shook might have been expected to kick the doors down with even more ferocity than with their band The Disarmers. Particularly if the […]

RE: What Are You Reading?
Just started It Still Moves: Lost Songs, Lost Highways,...
By Joe Nathan , 10 hours ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
The Salt Collective - A Brief History of Blindness
By Joe Nathan , 14 hours ago
RIP Wes McGhee
Wes McGhee died on 30th January, 2026. He had been ill ...
By durks , 16 hours ago
RE: Joe Ely Has Died
I was very sorry to hear this news when it was reported...
By durks , 17 hours ago
RE: What Are You Reading?
Just finished reading Old No. 1 at 50: A History of Guy...
By Joe Nathan , 1 day ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Nada Surf - Let Go
By Joe Nathan , 1 day ago
Americana 25 Festival
This looks like it should be a good day out.../p>
By Paul Kerr , 1 day ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Snail Mail - Ricochet
By Joe Nathan , 3 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Courtney Barnett - Creature of Habit
By Joe Nathan , 3 days ago

For the Sake of the Song: Jefferson Airplane “Comin’ Back to Me”

March 30, 2026 0

If I were to casually name-drop Jefferson Airplane’s Surrealistic Pillow (1967), you might find yourself thinking about Grace Slick’s voice bellowing through Somebody to Love, or the rolling-drum acid-trip stylings of White Rabbit. God knows those […]

Various Artists “Old No. 1 Revisited”

March 30, 2026 0

Americana family pays fulsome tribute to a true classic of the genre. In an interview published in the February 2026 edition of Uncut, Emmylou Harris is quoted saying, “It’s because of Guy [Clark] and Townes [van […]

Fruit Bats head for “The Landfill” with the new album out in June

March 30, 2026 0

Celebrated artist Fruit Bats announces the forthcoming release of the brand-new album The Landfill on June 12th via Merge Records. The new offering finds Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Eric D. Johnson (who performs under the Fruit Bats moniker) […]

Year: 2022

Samuel James Taylor “Wild Tales and Broken Hearts”

Video: Larkin Poe “Strike Gold”

Interview: Chicago session singer and multi-instrumentalist Nora O’Connor on finding her heart

Jaspar Lepak “I Am Human (Live)” – know what? I matter too.

Mightmare “Cruel Liars”

For the Sake of the Song: Jefferson Airplane “Comin’ Back to Me”

Various Artists “Old No. 1 Revisited”

Fruit Bats head for “The Landfill” with the new album out in June

Sounds from beyond the Shed 229 “Muscle Memory”

Crys Matthews “Forged In Fire” – won’t back down