May 2023 – Page 12 – Americana UK

Video Premiere: Davy Knowles “The Only Son”

May 23, 2023 Andrew Frolish 3

The latest single from Davy Knowles is a beautifully performed confessional. Immediately, the tone of Knowles’ resonator guitar is striking and we are quickly captivated by the tension and resolution in its warm melody. Equally impressive […]

Darlingside “Darkening Hour” – where has the time gone…

May 22, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Not that we’re ultra-competitive here on Americana UK, but it’s a pleasure to have the new song to feature before the Editor has had time to grab it. Because we’re big fans of Darlingside, there’s so […]

Layng Martine Jr. “Music Man”

May 22, 2023 Guy Lincoln 0

Star-studded debut, 60 years in the coming. Some debut records emerge blinking into the daylight without so much as a by-your-leave. There is no build-up, no genealogy, no backstory even. They seem to appear as fully […]

Live Review: William The Conqueror, The Betsey Trotwood, London – 3rd May 2023

May 22, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

We’re down in the cellars at The Betsey Trotwood, rather than the venue room, for a ram-packed album launch gig by William the Conqueror (Ruarri Joseph, Naomi Holmes and Harry Harding). The small lower-side rooms did […]

Jerry Leger “The Time Flew By”

May 22, 2023 Alan Fitter 0

An eclectic EP of songs that didn’t make Leger’s previous albums showcasing the man and his music. Canadian singer-songwriter Jerry Leger has been around for a while. His first album came out back in 2005 and […]

Promo photo for Jack Barksdale EP "Battleground"

AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – September 2026

September 23, 2026 1

It’s September already, and with it the first signs of Autumn’s “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”, inviting us to bid a fond farewell to another year of outdoor festivals culminating in last weekend’s ‘Long Road’ at […]

Artwork for Lisa Bouchelle album "Vandals Thieves and Lovers"

Lisa Bouchelle “Vandals, Thieves and Lovers”

September 23, 2026 0

Classy vocals from Lisa Bouchelle are front and centre of a fine country soul collection, featuring Amanda Shires, with some unexpected twists. It’s always a pleasure as a reviewer to discover a new top vocalist – […]

Album art for Mac Cornish album "Wayfaring Woman"

Mac Cornish “Wayfaring Woman”

September 23, 2026 0

Californian singer reminds you of the days when country music was country music, and that’s no bad thing. Mac Cornish grew up on the eastern slopes of the Santa Cruz mountains in northern California, where she […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]

Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1

As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0

Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

Tracks

Tekla Waterfield & Jeff Fielder “Better Days” – Listen

January 21, 2021 0

Tekla Waterfield and her husband and musical partner Jeff Fielder have recently issued their new album ‘Trouble in Time‘ from which today’s song ‘Better Days‘ is taken. It’s a gentle folk song that floats as lightly […]

Album Reviews

Cowboy Junkies “All That Reckoning” (Proper Records, 2018)

July 6, 2018 0

Cowboy Junkies will be known to many given that they have now been performing together for 33 years and were at the forefront of the Americana movement. It’s hard to keep count of the albums they’ve […]

Tracks

Volume Five “Losing My Religion” – Not A Cover

August 22, 2022 0

Volume Five have done the audacious thing of using a really well known song title for their own very different song – there’s no REM here although there is plenty of mandolin on this song from […]

Month: May 2023