2023 – Page 296 – Americana UK

Video Premiere: Joseph Terrell “Persimmon”

March 31, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

We are delighted to premiere ‘Persimmon’, the new single from Joseph Terrell, who may be familiar to readers as a member of the indie-Americana band Mipso. His songs are a finely crafted blend of genres, with […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Lyle Lovett Albums

March 30, 2023 Jonathan Smith 1

Lyle Lovett emerged onto the country scene in the mid 80’s, around the same time as several other major talents – Nanci Griffith, Steve Earle, Mary Chapin Carpenter and his close friend Robert Earl Keen jnr, […]

Interviews

Interview: Elliott Landy on a new book of The Band photographs and the independence that Kickstarter brings

March 30, 2023 Rick Bayles 0

Capturing images of a unique group of musicians as they created their own genre of music. Elliott Landy is the photographer who will be forever associated with Woodstock. One of the first music photographers to be […]

Arkansauce “My Home In Arkansas” – and the zip code is….

March 30, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Arkansauce is Tom Andersen on bass, guitarist Zac Archuleta, Ethan Bush on mandolin, and Adams Collins on banjo. And that’s a bluegrass line-up right there – but this isn’t your grandpappy’s bluegrass. Their music features improvisational […]

Bennett Wilson Poole “I Saw A Star Behind Your Eyes, Don’t Let It Die Away”

March 30, 2023 Paul Kerr 1

Changing focus from LA to Merseyside, Bennett Wilson Poole’s second album confirms their status as one of the best UK Americana acts around right now. From humble beginnings as a one off collaborative effort between three […]

Something for the weekend: Chicago “Just You ‘N’ Me”

June 26, 2026 2

Well that’s it from us for this week. It’s PAYDAY for many people and if you’re dreamimg of a future when you can actually go out the of house without a wall of unbearable heat hitting […]

Tift Merritt “Sugar”

June 26, 2026 0

Merritt returns with a beautifully sung meditation on love, work and the sweetness hidden in ordinary lives. After almost a decade away from releasing new albums, Tift Merritt returns with a collection of songs that feels […]

Classic Clips: Lynyrd Skynyrd “Call Me The Breeze” – Old Grey Whistle Test, London, 1975

June 26, 2026 0

Somewhere I have a cassette tape of this session, recorded from the TV using the tiny built-in audio mic on my radio cassette player; very low tech. The recording was further embellished with random sneezes from […]

Year: 2023