June 2023 – Page 9 – Americana UK

Bandits On The Run “Radio” – Gather around and listen

June 26, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Bandits on the Run – well, what is going on here? The modern folk trio we’ve come to know as Bonanza Jellyfish, Roy Dodger and Clarissa are now openly going by their real names of Adrian […]

Video: Greensky Bluegrass “Get Out”

June 26, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

Greensky Bluegrass is a band that truly delivers a fusion of old and new, a fresh spin on bluegrass that is informed and inspired by traditional sounds and instruments but reaches for something distinctively theirs. Mandolin-player, Paul […]

Something for the weekend: Josh Ritter and Aoife O’Donovan “Strong Swimmer”

June 23, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week. Just to swerve away from the world of americana for a moment, if the saga around interest rates is leaving your head spinning, and let’s face it, renters […]

From the AUK archives, 2017: Jeremy Hunt: Jason Isbell is “a bit anodyne”

June 23, 2023 Mark Whitfield 1

Robert Peston has written a piece for today’s New Statesman in which both he and Jeremy Hunt manage to insult Jason Isbell in the space of one paragraph: The more worrying thing of course would have […]

AUK’s Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Clint West

June 23, 2023 Clint West 8

AUK Features Editor Clint West writes: Welcome to a brand-new feature where each week an AUK writer will select their ‘Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists’. We will then aggregate their scores to bring you our […]

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

August 10, 2026 1

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