June 2023 – Page 27 – Americana UK

Interview: Lukas Nelson on his UK and Ireland tour and The Hokey Pokey

June 9, 2023 Martin Johnson 0

“Sticks and Stones” is designed to be played live and for audiences to have fun, dance and shed a few tears. Just being part of a legendary musical dynasty doesn’t mean you don’t have to work […]

The Night Owls “My Lighthouse” – you are my rock

June 9, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Montreal’s indie/folk/country duo The Night Owls released their eponymous debut album at the end of May, and it is, as one might imagine from the description indie/folk/country quite a varied mix of music. Add in that […]

Classic Clips: Conor Oberst, First Aid Kit and James Felice “Lua” Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, 6 October 2017

June 9, 2023 Richard Parkinson 0

One of the upsides of festivals is the opportunities presented for collaboration. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass is a three-day festival held in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park on the first weekend in October. For a number of […]

View from Across La Manche#15 – From Our Own Correspondent

June 9, 2023 Rick Bayles 0

The time has come, the correspondent said, to talk of many things, Of Kings and cops and long road hops, while Americana sings… (with heartfelt apologies to Lewis Carroll) I was originally going to write at […]

Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit “Weathervanes”

June 9, 2023 Tim Martin 2

Epic ambition fully achieved on an album that is another classic to add to a catalogue already filled with great work. As the winner of our writers’ poll of Americana albums of the 21st Century and […]

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