2023 – Page 231 – Americana UK

Guided By Voices announces new album and shares brand new song

May 30, 2023 Emily Dongray 0

Prolific American Lo-fi band Guided By Voices has announced a new album ‘Welshpool Frillies‘ to be released on July 21st on their own label GBV Inc. The album was produced by Travis Harrison, and much of […]

Interview: Martin Shore of Take Me To The River All-Stars on coming to Red Rooster

May 30, 2023 Martin Johnson 0

Films, records and an educational programme documenting the real roots of popular music. If you are of a certain age with a keen interest in American roots music you will probably have at least an awareness […]

Track Premiere: Leroy From The North “Push”

May 30, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

There is, of course, no-one in the band called Leroy, and the band are based in California where they have honed a mix of country-rock and Seventies style Southern rock. So what’s this all about? The […]

Video Premiere: Ellis Paul “When Angels Fall”

May 30, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

Here’s is the emotive video premiere of ‘When Angels Fall’ from Ellis Paul. The song’s theme is immediately clear and direct when Paul delivers the opening lines: “I’ve got a gun // I’ve got a message // […]

Something for the long weekend: Teenage Fanclub “Foreign Land”

May 26, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

That’s it from us for another week dear reader and we leave you with a brand new song from the lovely Teenage Fanclub who this week announced their new album ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’ which is due […]

Eric Andersen “Stand Up And Resist” – what will you risk?

July 3, 2026 0

Tomorrow’s a special day in America, and today we have a song that’s all about the America that Eric Andersen loves. A land where healthcare might be recognised as a right, a land where Freedom is […]

Video: Our Man in the Field “Wall of Sound” – a chance encounter with an Arkansas truck driver

July 3, 2026 0

Wall of Sound is the new single from Alex Ellis’s musical project Our Man in the Field. With typically thoughtful, sensitive lyrics, the song features fine storytelling, focused on everyday people and everyday lives, captured in […]

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 […]

Year: 2023