2023 – Page 178 – Americana UK

Black Deer Festival Interview: Dylan LeBlanc talks frankly about his musical heritage, songwriting and fatherhood

July 14, 2023 Clint West 1

Dylan LeBlanc is steeped in music and his love for it is clearly totally unwavering. When American UK’s Clint West spoke to him at the recent Black Deer Festival he got the feeling that Dylan LeBlanc […]

Eilen Jewell “Get Behind the Wheel”

July 14, 2023 Guy Lincoln 1

Idahoan crafts optimistic melodicism from the hardest of times. The powerful and ominous sounding ‘Alive’ is the opening track on Eilen Jewell’s 13th long player ‘Get Behind the Wheel’. With its reverbed, Morricone-esque guitar figures and […]

Cordovas “High Roller” – playing for high stakes

July 14, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

This new song from Cordovas is pitched in a classic Cosmic Country meets Southern Rock meets Grateful Dead jamming – there’s a real feel of on the fly inspiration and improvisation on this tale of drunken […]

Video Premiere: Jo Beth Young “Wolf Song”

July 14, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

The new single by Jo Beth Young features engrossing, complex arrangements and richly layered textures. Young’s voice floats dreamily over the bass from Jules Bangs and Ben Roberts’ cello. It’s a dreamy soundscape to become lost in. The […]

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

July 13, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 48

As always in these prescriptive articles there must be a drawing of boundaries and Clint’s first article in the series seemed to have dealt with the idea that you should define americana in a narrow sense […]

Video: Charles Wesley Godwin “Hey There Son” (feat. Wyatt Flores)

July 2, 2026 0

Here’s a brilliantly crafted, emotionally affecting new single from Charles Wesley Godwin. Co-written with Lori McKenna and featuring Wyatt Flores, Hey There Son is a deeply reflective song that explores life and loss in a way […]

Interview: Jeff Finlin – the hero who journeys among us

July 1, 2026 0

In 2023, an AUK writer displayed exquisite taste by naming Jeff Finlin as one of the top ten greatest americana artists of all time. Congrats to Jeff, as well as, after all, he did record the […]

Cover art for Danni Nicholls album "Making Moves"

Danni Nicholls “Making Moves”

July 1, 2026 0

Top-class vocals and production complement finely crafted personal lyrics of love, loss and hope from UK-born now Nashville-based artist. One of the joys in reviewing albums for Americana UK is that moment when you first play […]

Year: 2023