2023 – Page 252 – Americana UK

Foy Vance announces ten year celebration tour

May 11, 2023 Emily Dongray 0

Foy Vance has announced a tour, “Regarding the Joy of Nothing,” to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the album ‘Joy of Nothing‘. The tour includes twelve local dates starting in Ireland in December and follows an […]

Angelica Rockne “The Rose Society”

May 11, 2023 Michael Macy 0

Autobiography combines with ambiguity to create a great second time out. Angelica Rockne’s ‘The Rose Society’ is a solid sophomore effort from a rising California star. A combination of sounds and vaguely psychedelic aura give it […]

Track Premiere: Katie Dahl “Since I Was Eight”

May 11, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Katie Dahl is a folk singer rooted in Wisconson – her family have lived on the Wisconsin peninsula for 175 years. With four albums to her name she has built a reputation for mixing unflinching authenticiy […]

Video Premiere: Luke Sital-Singh “Hallelujah Anyway”

May 11, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

Here’s the premiere of the brand new single from the outstanding Luke Sital-Singh. ‘Hallelujah Anyway’ is taken from the forthcoming EP ‘Strange Weather’, which is due out on 9th June 2023. The follow-up to the acclaimed […]

Classic Americana Albums: Steve Earle & The Dukes “Ghosts of West Virginia”

May 10, 2023 Lyndon Bolton 0

Classic americana frequently involves a cause. And who better than Steve Earle to take up a cause? That’s what playwrights Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen thought when writing ‘Coal Country’, a play about a mining disaster. […]

artwork for Jack Browning album "Painted Skies"

Jack Browning “Painted Skies”

September 28, 2026 0

London-born singer-songwriter draws on wide Western canvas to create solid sophomore release. Jack Browning’s debut album, Red Eye Radio (2023), may have flown under the AUK radar, but Keith Hargreaves recently clocked the imminent release of […]

James McMurtry- photo credit: Mary Bruton Keating

Preview: Glasgow Americana Festival 2026, 30th September – 4th October

September 28, 2026 0

The 20th annual Glasgow Americana festival will take place at various places around the city between 30th September and 4th October with a mixture of some familiar and new faces. There will be over 50 musicians […]

Richard Thompson “Sorcerer’s Apprentice” – it’s a kind of magic

September 28, 2026 0

Best. Finest. Interesting words. The Los Angeles Times says of Richard Thompson: “The finest rock songwriter after Dylan and the best electric guitarist since Hendrix.” That was Scott Timberg, who, of course, also worked with Richard […]

Year: 2023

Foy Vance announces ten year celebration tour

Angelica Rockne “The Rose Society”

Track Premiere: Katie Dahl “Since I Was Eight”

Video Premiere: Luke Sital-Singh “Hallelujah Anyway”

Classic Americana Albums: Steve Earle & The Dukes “Ghosts of West Virginia”

Jack Browning “Painted Skies”

Preview: Glasgow Americana Festival 2026, 30th September – 4th October

Richard Thompson “Sorcerer’s Apprentice” – it’s a kind of magic

Video: Orange Oak “wilder life” – a declaration of nervousness

Something for the weekend: Listen to the unreleased Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers track from 1978 “Parade Of Loons”