2023 – Page 193 – Americana UK

Exclusive AUK Black Deer Backstage Video: Annie Dressner

June 30, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

The Black Deer Festival 2023 is already a distant memory. As ever, it was an awesome combination of culture and community with some truly great musical experiences on stages large and small. I saw Allison Russell […]

AUK’s Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Tim Martin

June 29, 2023 Tim Martin 0

So, the brief is to pick 10, and only 10, artists that are in my view the greatest ever… Big ask. Having whittled my list down to about 40, and with an hour to go before […]

Track Premiere: Jonah Tolchin “Searching For My Soul”

June 29, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

One thing about Jonah Tolchin is that he’s not afraid to shake things up – his first releases could easily have seen him solidly pegged as a folky singer-songwriter, and then with 2022’s ‘Lava Lamp‘ he […]

Hannah Aldridge “Dream of America”

June 29, 2023 Andy Davidson 0

Latest from Aldridge veers towards electronic pop-noir with an overall dark and often melancholic vibe. Album number four has Aldridge songwriting through a cinematic lens. Released through Swedish alternative indie label Icons Creating Evil Art, it […]

James And The Giants “James And The Giants”

June 29, 2023 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

20 years and counting into his career, free folk veteran James Toth keeps on raising his game. “Eyes don’t ever sparkle and the moon is never blue And no one ever cried a river. Hearts are […]

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

Exclusive AUK Black Deer Backstage Video: Annie Dressner

AUK’s Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Tim Martin

Track Premiere: Jonah Tolchin “Searching For My Soul”

Hannah Aldridge “Dream of America”

James And The Giants “James And The Giants”

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”