2023 – Page 103 – Americana UK

Live Review: Graham Nash, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London – 11th September 2023

September 20, 2023 Lyndon Bolton 1

Outside, the Theatre Royal flashed, “Graham Nash Sixty Years of Songs and Stories.” Inside, bang on time, Nash strode onto the stage, waited for the heartfelt applause to subside before announcing, “I’m pretty old now and […]

Ashley Campbell and Thor Jensen announce new project

September 20, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Listen to the lead single from the album ‘P&P’. Campbell / Jensen is a new project from two musicians with a fairly huge array of experience across the worlds of Americana, country, bluegrass, gypsy jazz and […]

Martin Simpson & Thomm Jutz “Nothing But Green Willow: The Songs Of Jane Gentry and Mary Sands”

September 20, 2023 Paul Russell 0

Fascinating collection of historic folk covers curated by two legends. Back in 1916, folk collector Cecil Sharp was in the midst of his herculean task of collecting of what was to become over four thousand folk […]

The Hangmen “Midnight Riders” – staying true to the end

September 20, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Whether The Hangmen regarded themselves as Americana when they formed in 1986 is questionable – but this new release which sees the band staying true to their own musical heritage has file under Americana written all […]

Video Premiere: Jason McNiff “Try for the Sky”

September 20, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

One of the UK’s finest singer-songwriters is long-time friend of AUK Jason McNiff. His songcraft is masterful and ‘Try for the Sky’, taken from his 2021 album ‘Dust of Yesterday’, is a great example of his […]

Some sad news to end the week with: Americana UK loses two of our best, Paul Kerr and Martin Johnson

October 2, 2026 4

We’re sorry to end this week with some sad news for regular readers which some of you will know already via social media. It’s been a very tough last few days for us as a team […]

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Kyp Harness

October 2, 2026 0

Kyp Harness makes music on his own terms and has been doing it for 35 years. He is prolific, having put out 20 independent albums of storytelling and melody, with his latest (Lovely) released in April […]

artwork for Mistaken For Wayne album "Whitefish"

Mistaken for Wayne “Whitefish”

October 2, 2026 0

Musical pursuits in the heart of rural Canadian life. Not only outside the music industry but within its margins (much less frequently at its very core), there are those for whom music is one of several […]

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