May 2023 – Page 32 – Americana UK

Lauren Morrow “People Talk” – the chattering classes

May 5, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

On the title track from her new album Lauren Morrow pretty much skewers the endless drift of meaningless and thoughtless chatter that the world is full of: “people talk a big game when they need someone […]

Video: Ben Hemming “The Devil’s Dance”

May 5, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

Here’s the latest single from London-based blues singer-songwriter Ben Hemming. The well-shot video for ‘The Devil’s Dance’ finds Hemming walking and dancing through city streets at night while he sings of loss disillusionment and giving up […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Harry Chapin songs

May 4, 2023 Alan Fitter 7

It’s now nearly 42 years since Harold Forster Chapin died in a horrific car crash on the Long Island Expressway when his tiny 1975 Volkswagen Rabbit collided with an enormous semi-trailer truck. Better known of course […]

Rufus Wainwright “Harvest” – from WBS

May 4, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

WBS – that’s Wainwright, Bird and Stills, and in this incidence the Stills is Chris Stills. The Bird is Andrew Bird, no exciting Byrd connection there but hey, you can’t have everything. And Rufus Wainwright doesn’t […]

Henke Wermelin and His New Love “Spitting Distance”

May 4, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0

Swedish Americana with a Gothic twist that only occasionally hits the mark. Opening with the suitably dark ‘Bring Me My Shotgun’ Wermelin throws the entire kitchen and then the sink at delivering a rumbling, Crampsy rocker […]

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 […]

Month: May 2023