November 2023 – Page 17

Video Premiere: Liquor Mountain “East Dooley”

November 16, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

Get moving to the driving rhythm of ‘East Dooley’ from Canada’s Liquor Mountain. Led by frontman Danny Vescarelli, the band surges through the song, with compelling performances from a team of gifted players, including Steven Rozitis […]

Heisk “Tehi-Tegi” – the future of Scottish Folk

November 15, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

We know, that’s a big claim, but here on LMBCITWAIF (that’s “Let’s Make Big Claims In The Wednesday Afternoon Instrumental Feature” as we’re sure you’ve already realised) we are not afraid of The Big Claim. And […]

Mary Gauthier announces UK and Ireland dates for 2024

November 15, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter and accomplished author, Mary Gauthier has announced a series of UK and Ireland dates for April and May 2024. In these unique, career retrospective shows, Gauthier will perform a selection of audience favourites from […]

Classic Americana Albums: Emmylou Harris “Wrecking Ball”

November 15, 2023 Graeme Tait 2

Released in 1995, ‘Wrecking Ball’, was Emmylou Harris’ eighteenth studio album in a career that stretched all the way back to 1969. The intervening 26 years had seen Harris establish herself at the very forefront of […]

Lauren Housley & The Northern Cowboys, live at The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey. 4th November 2023.

Live Review: Lauren Housley & The Northern Cowboys + Stella Prince, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 4th November 2023

November 15, 2023 Graeme Tait 2

The persistent rain may have put a damper on proceedings for the weekend’s bonfire festivities but it clearly was no deterrent for the enthusiastic congregation that had crammed into Lincolnshire’s premier Americana Music venue at the […]

Album artwork for The Fool by Embla and the Karldotters

Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

September 24, 2026 0

Norwegian queer-country assertively and affectionately delivering. Embla Karidotter was the drummer for Norwegian indie band Razika for 13 years, before she chose to change direction and build on her love of country music with new band […]

Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

September 24, 2026 0

On the 16th of October, Béla Fleck is to release the recording of a stellar Nashville night as a live album called Live Heart. On January 8, 2022, he and a multigenerational gang of musical heavy […]

Izzie Walsh “Where Do We Go From Here?”

September 24, 2026 0

A collection of rootsier tunes ideal for shuffle or playlist. Anyone who has attended gigs of a rootsier persuasion around Manchester and the northwest in recent years will almost certainly have come across the hard-working and […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]

Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1

As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0

Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

AUK Mini-Gigs

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Owen Temple

August 7, 2025 0

Owen Temple is a Kerrville, Texas-born singer-songwriter, troubadour, and storyteller who now calls Austin home, where he records warm and thoughtful albums for the El Paisano label. Whether playing in an acoustic folk style or with […]

Album Reviews

Foreign Affairs “Old Fire Station EP” (Independent, 2018)

January 17, 2019 0

Bristolian siblin duo Adam and Lawrence Purnell have produced their first new recorded material since their initial release ‘The First EP‘ back in 2015. The six tracks on ‘Old Fire Station‘ powerfully show off their folk-rock […]

Live Reviews

CC Smugglers + All Our Exes Live In Texas, The Cookie, Leicester, 4 November 2017

November 7, 2017 0

Although it was a Saturday and therefore de facto Bonfire Night a good-sized crowd piled into the basement of the Cookie and were rewarded with an outstanding evening. Despite their name openers All Our Exes Live […]

Month: November 2023

Video Premiere: Liquor Mountain “East Dooley”

Heisk “Tehi-Tegi” – the future of Scottish Folk

Mary Gauthier announces UK and Ireland dates for 2024

Classic Americana Albums: Emmylou Harris “Wrecking Ball”

Live Review: Lauren Housley & The Northern Cowboys + Stella Prince, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 4th November 2023

Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

Izzie Walsh “Where Do We Go From Here?”

Americana Stories – Stephen Eyre “On the road”

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