June 2023 – Page 13 – Americana UK

Interview: Carter Sampson on bringing “Gold” to the UK

June 21, 2023 Martin Johnson 0

How the pandemic enabled the mining of “Gold”. Oklahoma has produced a legendary list of roots artists including Bob Wills, Woody Guthrie, Leon Russell, J J Cale, Vince Gill, Reba McEntire, and Wanda Jackson to name […]

Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves “Sunnyside” – a jig, by god, and what a jig

June 21, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Here it is, Wednesday again and we have a splendid instrumental to tempt your ears with – today’s example of that genre is the appropriate enough ‘Sunnyside’ taken from the new EP ‘Hurricane Clarice: Outtakes, Vol.1‘ […]

Dream Team Triple Header: Lambchop, Booker T Jones, Karine Polwart

June 21, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Now, you’re right, we normally only dip into the magical world of fantasy concerts as suggested by incongruously paired or tripled artists names in those oh so regular Songkick emails once a month. These are the […]

The Langan Band “Plight of Sheep”

June 21, 2023 Rick Bayles 0

Scottish folk, but not entirely as you expect it. If there were such a thing as Caledoniana, The Langan Band could well be leading the charge. This is the band’s first studio recording in almost ten […]

Book Review: Bruce Pollock “The Bleeker Street Tapes: Echoes of Greenwich Village”

June 21, 2023 Paul Kerr 0

Essentially a compendium of articles, interviews with, and profiles of artists pertaining to the folk boom of the early 60s in Greenwich Village and its influence on the following decades, ‘The Bleeker Street Tapes’ roams much […]

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

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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 […]

Month: June 2023