2023 – Page 146 – Americana UK

William Prince announces UK dates for November

August 14, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Following his well-received performance at Cambridge Folk Festival at the end of July, rising Americana star William Prince has announced UK and Ireland dates for November, kicking off in London’s Bush Hall on 14th before winding […]

Remedy Motel “We Are All Around Us”

August 14, 2023 Paul Russell 1

Catchy and glorious album number five for Salt Lake City collective. Remedy Motel have coined the phrase Porch Rock to describe their hook-laden music and it’s easy to see why. It is joyful and upbeat – […]

Track Premiere: Crowes Pasture “Don’t Blink”

August 14, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Crowes Pasture are Monique Byrne (vocals and banjo) and Andy Rogovin (vocals and guitar) – the duo takes its name from the salt marsh and tidal flats known as Crowes Pasture, hidden away on the north […]

Video Premiere: Birds of Play “Breathe”

August 14, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Birds of Play is an Americana Roots quartet based in the San Juan Mountains of Southwestern Colorado. Their distinct sound is rooted and inspired by their connection to the land in which they reside. The band […]

Something for the weekend: The Band “The Weight”

August 11, 2023 Mark Whitfield 6

Well that’s it for another week dear reader. Broadly speaking, everyone who enjoys Americana as a genre has their own story about how The Band came into their world – for me, it was taking a […]

More People Really Should Know About: David Borné

June 30, 2026 0

On Singing Machine, Microphone, the final track on David Borné’s 2023 debut Genesis, he sings of the unbridled, innocent joy of making music during childhood for nothing but the pure love of it. It’s a soaring […]

Ian Prowse “No Names”

June 30, 2026 0

Impassioned energy and emotionally charged politics from Merseyside luminary. Ian Prowse has been making music for more than thirty years, first with indie band Pele, then forming the band Amsterdam in 1999, and now releasing albums […]

New tour dates for Brian Fallon, Pokey Lafarge and The Roseline

June 30, 2026 0

Occasionally, we provide a compendium of recently announced live shows, so here are three sets of tour dates that came our way in the last few days. Gaslight Anthem main man, Brian Fallon, who recently led […]

Interviews

Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

June 24, 2026 1

As an animal lover and caretaker of horses, dogs and cats, the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Patershuk certainly caught my attention. Dog Tiger Horses on Red Hen Records (2025) is green as grass, country-folk […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

June 18, 2026 0

Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]

Interviews

Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

June 17, 2026 0

In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]

Album Reviews

Cass McCombs “Interior Live Oak”

August 22, 2025 0

Cass McCombs’ double album brings elements of his past into a stirring present. “Interior Live Oak” is Cass McCombs’ second release since returning to the Domino label and his fourteenth overall. An artist who started out […]

Album Reviews

Ardentjohn “Malin Head” (Adulation, 2019)

July 18, 2019 0

The album’s title is taken from the name of the most northerly tip of the island of Ireland, Donegal to be precise, the last headland before Greenland, where folks will tell you that more ocean liners […]

Videos

Video: Ordinary Elephant: “Jenny & James”

April 23, 2019 0

Another track from the great Ordinary Elephant, taken from their forthcoming album “Honest”, out on May 3rd. It’s an ultimately triumphant love story about interracial love and is quite beautiful.

Year: 2023

William Prince announces UK dates for November

Remedy Motel “We Are All Around Us”

Track Premiere: Crowes Pasture “Don’t Blink”

Video Premiere: Birds of Play “Breathe”

Something for the weekend: The Band “The Weight”

More People Really Should Know About: David Borné

Ian Prowse “No Names”

New tour dates for Brian Fallon, Pokey Lafarge and The Roseline

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Dillon Warnek

Preview: Rose’s Pawn Shop selling great gigs for the next couple of weeks