2023 – Page 197 – Americana UK

artwork for Lucinda Williams album "Stories From A Rock N Roll Heart"

Lucinda Williams “Stories From A Rock N Roll Heart”

June 27, 2023 Graeme Tait 4

With an A-List supporting cast, Williams delivers her strongest and most consistent album of the 21st Century. There’s something about having to spend most of your career fighting against the prejudices of a business dominated by […]

album artwork The Winding Way by The Teskey Brothers

The Teskey Brothers “The Winding Way”

June 27, 2023 GrahamBollands 0

A great album full of soul, warmth and character and songs about moving on, love and life changes. This is The Teskey Brothers’ third album, following on from 2017’s ‘Half Mile Harvest‘ and 2019’s ‘Run Home […]

Track Premiere: Joy Zimmerman “If I Should Fall Behind”

June 27, 2023 Jonathan Aird 3

What can we tell you about Joy Zimmerman? Well, Joy Zimmerman is a former social worker and a current touring folk & acoustic roots singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. When she isn’t touring she can be found at […]

Video Premiere: Kelsey Rae Copeland “Tennessee Weeper”

June 27, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

Kelsey Rae Copeland possesses the perfect voice for classic-sounding country. Her tone, pitch and range are excellent as she weaves her way through a compelling vocal melody on her latest single, the timeless ‘Tennessee Weeper’. The […]

I Write the Songs – Cynthia Weil

June 26, 2023 Rick Bayles 0

This will be the last ‘I Write the Songs’ column in the current run. I’m taking a break for the summer period but it will be back in the Autumn with a whole new bunch of […]

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

Lucinda Williams “Stories From A Rock N Roll Heart”

The Teskey Brothers “The Winding Way”

Track Premiere: Joy Zimmerman “If I Should Fall Behind”

Video Premiere: Kelsey Rae Copeland “Tennessee Weeper”

I Write the Songs – Cynthia Weil

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”