June 2023 – Page 24 – Americana UK

Live Preview: Black Deer Festival, Eridge Park, Kent – 16th-18th June 2023

June 13, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

At last last year’s Black Deer Festival, a moment of high drama saw an electrical storm and a huge downpour bring an early end to Saturday night’s proceedings. With just days to go before the first […]

artwork for Laura Cantrell album "Just Like A Rose"

Laura Cantrell “Just Like A Rose – The Anniversary Sessions”

June 13, 2023 Graeme Tait 2

Welcome return after nine year hiatus for one of Americana’s most respected artists. “(It is) my favourite record of the last ten years and possibly my life”. Not a quote from myself but rather from legendary […]

Live review: Bonnie Raitt + Gareth Dunlop, London Palladium – 3rd June 2023

June 13, 2023 Brian Hancill 0

Taking my seat at this beautiful old venue, I gazed across the stalls to a familiar sea of grey hair, white hair or no hair left at all. That’s par for the course with “legacy artists” […]

Hiss Golden Messenger announce new album “Jump For Joy”

June 13, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Grammy-nominated band Hiss Golden Messenger has announced the release of their highly anticipated new album ‘Jump for Joy’ which lands via Merge Records on August 25th. The first single ‘Nu-Grape’ bursts with buoyant verses and a […]

Cowboy Junkies “Such Ferocious Beauty”

June 13, 2023 Jonathan Smith 0

Subdued, mystical palette from Canadian titans of Americana. It is now 35 years since the release of ‘The Trinity Sessions’, a record which even now stands as a pillar in the formation of Americana music. The […]

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