April 2023 – Page 19 – Americana UK

artwork for The Rifters album "The Enchanted World"

The Rifters “The Enchanted World”

April 13, 2023 Graeme Tait 0

Enchanting fifth studio album that exquisitely captures the beauty and variety of the New Mexico landscape. The Rifters are a trio made up of Jim Bradley on bass and vocals, Don Richmond on a varied selection […]

Interview: Terre Roche on gigging across America with sister Maggie in 1970

April 13, 2023 Martin Johnson 2

Learning to play the guitar by watching TV with Laura Weber. The Roches carved out their own niche in music from the late ‘70s to the ‘90s and while they were marketed as a folk act […]

Artwork For Lynn Miles album "Tumbleweedy World"

Lynn Miles “Tumbleweedy World”

April 13, 2023 David Jarman 0

Finely crafted songs with classic acoustic stylings find Canadian singer-songwriter Lynn Miles and her band on top form Canadian singer-songwriter Lynn Miles carries a formidable reputation before her–with 15 albums and some 900 songs under her […]

Austin Lucas “Baby, I’m An Anarchist” – surely you knew?

April 13, 2023 Jonathan Aird 1

Here’s a pretty little song – a sweet melody of laid-back country-tinged Americana. However, you might like to check the lyrics quite closely because then you’ll find that Austin Lucas is as angry as ever, and […]

Video Premiere: James Howard “County Line”

April 13, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

James Howard’s latest single is the melodious melancholy of ‘County Line’, a musically captivating and lyrical journey through the subject of drugs. There’s a real richness in the carefully-crafted sonic layers, soaring backing vocals and instrumentation. Meanwhile, […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Willie Nelson “Seven Spanish Angels”

August 10, 2026 1

Seven Spanish Angels is a song which encapsulates a full range of americana imagery – doomed love, defiance, outlaws, faith, mystery and death – all set in an undescribed location that calls up the settings for […]

Chris Pierce “Songs for the Heavy Hearted”

August 10, 2026 0

A moving, beautifully crafted collection of songs that refuses to surrender compassion in a fractured world. Chris Pierce has always possessed one of the finest voices in americana, capable of conveying tenderness, conviction and quiet resilience […]

Margo Cilker unveils her “Little White Cross” for October

August 10, 2026 0

Western folk singer-songwriter and AUK favourite Margo Cilker has announced her third album, Little White Cross, due out October 9 via Fossil Records, a label Cilker recently launched with fellow musician ISMAY. The upcoming 10-song set […]

Interviews

Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

August 7, 2026 0

At once nostalgic travelogue, introspective head-trip, and rootsy showcase, Madrid-born Juana Everett’s second album should be her breakthrough record. Past Lives in California swims headfirst through the murky waters of transit, both literal and metaphysical. Bring […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider

August 4, 2026 0

Nashville East resident Aaron Lee Tasjan has long been a favourite of Americana UK, and with 12 albums to his name, including his latest Get Over It, Underdog, and approaching 40, he is no longer the […]

Interviews

Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

July 29, 2026 0

American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]

News

Loudon Wainwright III announces new 2 disc rarities retrospective

July 12, 2018 0

The literal legend Loudon Wainwright III will release ‘Years in the Making’, a two-disc compendium of 45 years of Loudon’s offbeaten, rare and unissued tracks on September 14th via StorySound Records. Described a true “audio-biography” it includes orphaned album cuts, […]

Album Reviews

Grant Earl Lavalley “From Lavalley Below” (Exit Stencil, 2017)

November 9, 2017 0

Having a vinyl LP to review is a great treat, but such subjective fascinations won’t cloud any impartiality hereabouts. Much. Grant Earl Lavelly as a musical whole, pretty much sums up ‘brooding Americana’. An Ohio native, now […]

Features

I Write The Songs: Gretchen Peters

May 27, 2022 0

After a string of songwriters who made their names in the early days of country and what we now consider to be Americana, I wanted to turn our attention to a songwriter who is still very […]

Month: April 2023

The Rifters “The Enchanted World”

Interview: Terre Roche on gigging across America with sister Maggie in 1970

Lynn Miles “Tumbleweedy World”

Austin Lucas “Baby, I’m An Anarchist” – surely you knew?

Video Premiere: James Howard “County Line”

For The Sake Of The Song: Willie Nelson “Seven Spanish Angels”

Chris Pierce “Songs for the Heavy Hearted”

Margo Cilker unveils her “Little White Cross” for October

Kacy Lee Anderson to release debut solo album

Lance Cowan “The Air That You Breathe”