2023 – Page 234 – Americana UK

Essentials: The Top 10 My Darling Clementine songs

May 25, 2023 Andrew Raw 1

This week’s Essentials considers some homegrown americana talent. My Darling Clementine, who are husband and wife Michael Weston King and Lou Dalgleish, are from Southport and Birmingham respectively. They started recording together after 10 years of […]

Pixie & The Partygrass Boys “Gimme Shelter” – Stones covered

May 25, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Here’s a theory for you to disregard completely, the real difference between The Beatles and The Rolling Stones was not that one was the clean-cut crew and the other the bad boys of rock. It’s simpler […]

Annie Keating “Hard Frost”

May 25, 2023 FredArnold 0

Annie Keating maintains her excellent standard with a lovelorn slice of Americana. Annie Keating is a bit of a treasure and a longtime fixture on the Americana circuit. Based in Brooklyn for 30 years or more, […]

The First Time: Helen Jones – Smash Hits Roadshow, Manchester G-Mex 1995

May 25, 2023 Helen Jones 0

I could lie to you and choose the far cooler Placebo as my first concert since it was my first parent free one in 2000, but I am nothing if not honest and the truth is, […]

Bruce Cockburn “O Sun O Moon”

May 25, 2023 GrahamBollands 0

Album number 38, and twelve new songs as powerful as anything he has ever written. Bruce Cockburn is an inspired singer-songwriter and an exceptional guitarist, and on ‘O Sun O Moon‘, his 38th studio album, this […]

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

Essentials: The Top 10 My Darling Clementine songs

Pixie & The Partygrass Boys “Gimme Shelter” – Stones covered

Annie Keating “Hard Frost”

The First Time: Helen Jones – Smash Hits Roadshow, Manchester G-Mex 1995

Bruce Cockburn “O Sun O Moon”

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”