March 2023 – Page 38 – Americana UK

Whitehorse “I’m Not Crying, You’re Crying”

March 2, 2023 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

On ‘Im Not Crying, You’re Crying,’ Whitehorse show how complex Americana/Canadiana music can be. Whitehorse, or the Canadian duo comprising Melissa McClelland and Luke Doucet, are no newcomers to Americana, or Canadiana (the same thing?) since […]

Billy Bragg to release fourteen disc box set to celebrate 40 years of music

March 2, 2023 Emily Dongray 0

Punk rocker, folk singer, Skiffle aficionado, protest singers’ protest singer, lefty polemicist, author, singer and AUK favourite Billy Bragg will release a career-spanning compendium entitled ‘The Roaring Forty | 1983-2023‘ on 27th October on Cooking Vinyl. […]

Meg Baird “Furling”

March 2, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Travelling beyond the ghosts of previous bands. Meg Baird will, of course, always be associated with Espers – and that’s nothing to be ashamed of or to regret. They towered over the psych-folk revival of the […]

Novac Bull “Mary Ann” – a woman of many roles

March 2, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

The ‘Mary Ann‘ of whom Novac Bull sings was Mary Ann Bugg, who was born in 1834 in New South Wales and would go on to live what can only be described as an interesting life. […]

Video Premiere: Karen Jonas “Forever”

March 2, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

The gorgeous ‘Forever’ by Karen Jonas is an unselfconscious, open-hearted song of love and tenderness. Beginning with rhythmic picking, which gently urges us on throughout, the song features an excellent Dobro performance from multi-instrumentalist Jay Starling, […]