2023 – Page 187 – Americana UK

Classic Americana Albums: Skip Spence “Oar”

July 5, 2023 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

One of the roads to great americana is paved with maverick artists who have found new ways to interpret roots music in an unexpected manner. A legend like Gram Parsons is considered as one of the […]

Nora Brown and Stephanie Coleman “Lady Of The Lake” – you fill in the Monty Python reference

July 5, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Something truly special for this Wednesday afternoon AUKIBS (that’s the Americana UK Instrumental Bonanza Slot in case you were wondering). The duo of Nora Brown and Stephanie Coleman have an EP, of which this is the […]

Lukas Nelson + POTR “Sticks And Stones”

July 5, 2023 Rick Thorn 0

Lukas Nelson explores the universal human experiences of love, celebration, longing, and humour. There is certainly something for everybody in this album. Country obviously but rockabilly, pop and even gospel. All the songs have been written […]

Live Review: Musics From Summerisle, The Barbican, London – 24th June 2023

July 5, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

“Welcome Fool!” Lord Summerisle declared as Edward Woodward stared in shock at his fate – the hunter become the hunted, the reward of purity being eligibility for sacrifice. It’s a moment of inversion in British Horror, […]

Luke Morley “Songs From the Blue Room”

July 5, 2023 Rick Bayles 0

A nod to Americana from hard rock guitarist, Luke Morley. Luke Morley will be a name known to many a hard rock fan. He was an original member of Terraplane and, when that band folded, became […]

Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

July 2, 2026 0

It is sometimes forgotten that Gram Parsons did not enjoy commercial success as a solo artist during his short life, and that it was Emmylou Harris who took his sound to a wider audience with the […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Lucinda Williams Ballads

July 2, 2026 0

It would be strange to start things off by actually introducing Lucinda Williams, so let’s begin with a justification instead: Williams has been at it since her 1979 debut Ramblin’ Woman, though she only truly broke […]

artwork for Adam Beattie album "Home Fires Burning"

Adam Beattie “Home Fires Burning”

July 2, 2026 0

The hero’s journey echoed in the experiences of an everyman. It might be an exaggeration to say there are as many types of songwriters as there are songwriters, but then again, it might not. As well […]

Year: 2023

Classic Americana Albums: Skip Spence “Oar”

Nora Brown and Stephanie Coleman “Lady Of The Lake” – you fill in the Monty Python reference

Lukas Nelson + POTR “Sticks And Stones”

Live Review: Musics From Summerisle, The Barbican, London – 24th June 2023

Luke Morley “Songs From the Blue Room”

Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

Essentials: The Top 10 Lucinda Williams Ballads

Adam Beattie “Home Fires Burning”

Book Review: Amy Speace “To The Performer, The Singer–Songwriter’s Handbook”

Juana Everett “Past Lives in California”