2023 – Page 232 – Americana UK

Interview: Rodney Crowell discusses new album “The Chicago Sessions”

May 26, 2023 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

Chicago blues, John Prine, Jeff Tweedy and loving Guy Clark enough to safely hate him. He may be seventy-two but that doesn’t mean Rodney Crowell has stopped developing as an artist. His latest album, ‘The Chicago […]

Dean Owens “El Tiradito (The Curse Of Sinner’s Shrine)”

May 26, 2023 Paul Kerr 0

AUK award winner continues to deliver widescreen thrills from his sojourn in Arizona. A chance meeting in Tucson a couple of years ago has led to an embarrassment of riches for Scottish artist Dean Owens. AUK […]

AUK writer Paul Russell begins new music spot on Times Radio – tonight!

May 26, 2023 Mark Whitfield 1

Well it’s Friday and we’re delighted to announce that one of our very own writers, Paul Russell, will be starting a monthly music slot on Times Radio, with presenter and former culture minister Ed Vaizey, on […]

Live Review: Jerry Leger at Sounds In The Suburbs, The Doublet bar, Glasgow – 18th May 2023

May 26, 2023 Paul Kerr 0

AUK caught up with Canadian Jerry Leger at the tail end of his Euro/UK solo tour in the cosy confines of Glasgow’s Doublet Bar. Last seen over here with his band The Situation almost exactly a […]

Josh Ritter announces UK and Euro dates celebrating the 20th anniversary of his breakout album “Hello Starling”

May 26, 2023 Paul Kerr 0

Following the release of his most recent album ‘Spectral Lines’ last month (and reviewed by AUK here), Josh Ritter has announced he will be returning to the UK and Europe later this year for a run […]

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 1

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

Interview: Rodney Crowell discusses new album “The Chicago Sessions”

Dean Owens “El Tiradito (The Curse Of Sinner’s Shrine)”

AUK writer Paul Russell begins new music spot on Times Radio – tonight!

Live Review: Jerry Leger at Sounds In The Suburbs, The Doublet bar, Glasgow – 18th May 2023

Josh Ritter announces UK and Euro dates celebrating the 20th anniversary of his breakout album “Hello Starling”

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”