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 […]

Something for the weekend: Chicago “Just You ‘N’ Me”

June 26, 2026 2

Well that’s it from us for this week. It’s PAYDAY for many people and if you’re dreamimg of a future when you can actually go out the of house without a wall of unbearable heat hitting […]

Tift Merritt “Sugar”

June 26, 2026 0

Merritt returns with a beautifully sung meditation on love, work and the sweetness hidden in ordinary lives. After almost a decade away from releasing new albums, Tift Merritt returns with a collection of songs that feels […]

Classic Clips: Lynyrd Skynyrd “Call Me The Breeze” – Old Grey Whistle Test, London, 1975

June 26, 2026 0

Somewhere I have a cassette tape of this session, recorded from the TV using the tiny built-in audio mic on my radio cassette player; very low tech. The recording was further embellished with random sneezes from […]

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