2023 – Page 116 – Americana UK

Full Time Men “I Got Wheels” – use them, that is what they are for

September 8, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

‘I Got Wheels‘ is the latest single released to support the re-issue/compilation of the music of Full Time Men. In the mid-to-late ’80s, Full Time Men was a part time venture of Fleshtone Keith Streng (guitar […]

Pierce Edens “A Life In Trade”

September 8, 2023 Joe Graham 0

Turmoil, rumination, peace and contemplation on pastoral yet spiky fifth record. ‘A Life In Trade’ is the fifth album from North Carolina musician and craftsman Pearce Edens. The album found its origins in Edens’ embrace of […]

VERSIONS: “Anyhow, I Love You”

September 8, 2023 Andy Davidson 3

Martin Johnson recently ranked Guy Clark at the top of his greatest ever americana artists list. The next available evening found me playing my favourite Guy Clark song and watching the documentary ‘Heartworn Highways’. And going […]

Live review: Wilco + Courtney Marie Andrews, The Forum, London – 30th August 2023

September 8, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0

Not a huge venue, not The Harpa in Reykjavik, but still a beautiful venue nestling in amongst the train tracks and Victorian semis of North London. The last time this correspondent caught Wilco in a venue […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 111

September 8, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0

A return to the old format… sort of Following extensive market research (asking a couple of people at a bus stop) I’ve decided that there isn’t enough music in these posts from the abyss. Therefore, there […]

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

October 2, 2026 3

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 […]

Year: 2023