June 2023 – Page 14 – Americana UK

Notes from abroad: Bluegrass legend Peter Rowan pays tribute to the Grateful Dead at Unlimited Devotion, Ardmore Music Hall, Pennsylvania – 2nd June 2023

June 21, 2023 Mike Fiorito 0

Unlimited Devotion is an annual event held in Pennsylvania’s Ardmore Music Hall to celebrate the music of the Grateful Dead and to raise funds for the Rex Foundation. This sixth Unlimited Devotion included two impromptu “supergroups,” […]

Madelyn Read “Concrete Country”

June 21, 2023 Michael Macy 1

Debut album continues great tradition of Canadian singer/songwriters. ‘Concrete Country’ is Canadian Madelyn Read’s debut album. It is a great start. Reed uses the sounds of country and folk to tell vivid stories of urban life. […]

Taylor Swift announces The Eras Tour UK dates for 2024

June 21, 2023 Mark Whitfield 2

We have featured Taylor Swift around these parts from time to time in recent years due to her original country leanings which morphed for some recent albums into the kind of indie-folk we often kill for […]

Track Premiere: The Clements Brothers “Morning Train”

June 21, 2023 Jonathan Aird 1

George and Charles Clements have a special card to play in the acoustic folk sibling stakes – when they are harmonising it’s the sound of identical twins that can be heard. The New England duo are […]

Video Premiere: Janet LaBelle “Cry Me a River”

June 21, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

Today’s video takes us back in time to a cover of the timeless classic ‘Cry Me a River’, originally written by Arthur Hamilton in 1953. Brooklyn singer-songwriter Janet LaBelle’s minimalist version of the song was conceived […]

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”

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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

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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