2022 – Page 77 – Americana UK

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Number 4 – Laura Cantrell “Not the Tremblin’ Kind” (2000)

October 18, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

I have always hated bombast in music, and if I had to chose one part of americana broadly speaking that I can’t bear it’s that kind of Southern Rock dirge which is as far away from […]

Small Venue Heroes: The Josephines

October 18, 2022 Alasdair Fotheringham 2

To date, the biggest band to come out of the city of Bowling Green, Kentucky is almost certainly eclectic art rockers Cage The Elephant. But it’s also home to The Josephines, who describe themselves as a […]

Jesse Tabish “Cowboy Ballads Part 1”

October 18, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

Lush production and cinematic arrangements. Yet another album conceived and recorded during a pandemic lockdown. Jesse Tabish is the frontman for Oklahoma band, Other Lives, but on this album, working with his wife, Kim (also a […]

Track Premiere: liv. “Lemon”

October 18, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Emotions are a strange thing to comprehend and at first listen one may feel that this is a song sitting in the acceptance stage of the five stages of break-up documented on ‘Young, Dumb and in […]

Video Premiere: Güero “Scribe”

October 18, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

Four-piece band Güero have released the first single from their forthcoming album. ‘Scribe’ sweeps along on currents of pulsing drums from Mike Ruiz and Russell Volksen’s grooving bass. Over these forceful rhythms, Shea Ritche’s keys are […]

RE: What Are You Reading?
Just started It Still Moves: Lost Songs, Lost Highways,...
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
The Salt Collective - A Brief History of Blindness
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RIP Wes McGhee
Wes McGhee died on 30th January, 2026. He had been ill ...
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RE: Joe Ely Has Died
I was very sorry to hear this news when it was reported...
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RE: What Are You Reading?
Just finished reading Old No. 1 at 50: A History of Guy...
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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>
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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
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Behind the Songs: Natalie Del Carmen “Pastures”

March 30, 2026 0

When it comes right down to it, the heart of americana music has always been about connecting listeners to real experiences and emotions, and Natalie Del Carmen is currently one of the best examples of what […]

artwork for Big Harp album "Runs to Blue"

Big Harp “Runs to Blue”

March 30, 2026 0

Los Angeles-based Big Harp duo relaunch with plainspoken album after ten-year hiatus. Farmland and ranches make up close on 90% of Nebraska’s land area. Not the likeliest place to find a thriving indie music hub, perhaps; […]

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 […]

Year: 2022

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Number 4 – Laura Cantrell “Not the Tremblin’ Kind” (2000)

Small Venue Heroes: The Josephines

Jesse Tabish “Cowboy Ballads Part 1”

Track Premiere: liv. “Lemon”

Video Premiere: Güero “Scribe”

Behind the Songs: Natalie Del Carmen “Pastures”

Big Harp “Runs to Blue”

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