2023 – Page 310 – Americana UK

Video Premiere: Jessica Rhaye & The Ramshackle Parade “I Won’t Break”

March 21, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

We’re pleased to premiere the new single from Canadian band Jessica Rhaye & The Ramshackle Parade. Taken from the forthcoming album ‘Sunshine Baby’, due to drop on 5th May 2023, ‘I Won’t Break’ is an intense and […]

Video: The Winding Wheels “Every Song I Sang”

March 20, 2023 Ed Donnelly 0

The Winding Wheels sit in the round and perform the breezy ‘Every Song I Sang’ at Brisbane’s Recordworks Studios in the video for their first single. The song was written by Steve Boom who has co-written […]

artwork for Matt Andersen and The Big Bottle of Joy Album "The Big Bottle of Joy"

Matt Andersen and the Big Bottle of Joy “The Big Bottle of Joy”

March 20, 2023 John Jenkins 0

An album that grabs you by the throat and refuses to let you go. Some albums can have the listener hanging on to every word sung because of the powerful lyrics. Other albums are played because […]

AUK Chain Gang: Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra “Summer Wine”

March 20, 2023 Sean Hannam 0

Almost every time I have to write an AUK Chain Gang feature it seems to involve drinking – not because I need to imbibe while I’m working, although it has been known – but it just […]

The No Ones “My Best Evil Friend”

March 20, 2023 Peter Churchill 0

US/Norwegian collaboration produces an occasionally retro but always impressive sound. With a line-up that stretches from Norway through Athens, Georgia, to the Northwest corner of the U.S., The No Ones are comprised of Scott McCaughey, Peter […]

Album artwork for The Fool by Embla and the Karldotters

Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

September 24, 2026 0

Norwegian queer-country assertively and affectionately delivering. Embla Karidotter was the drummer for Norwegian indie band Razika for 13 years, before she chose to change direction and build on her love of country music with new band […]

Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

September 24, 2026 0

On the 16th of October, Béla Fleck is to release the recording of a stellar Nashville night as a live album called Live Heart. On January 8, 2022, he and a multigenerational gang of musical heavy […]

Izzie Walsh “Where Do We Go From Here?”

September 24, 2026 0

A collection of rootsier tunes ideal for shuffle or playlist. Anyone who has attended gigs of a rootsier persuasion around Manchester and the northwest in recent years will almost certainly have come across the hard-working and […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]

Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1

As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0

Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

Album Reviews

Rob Cheatham “Villains and Ghosts” (Delicious Records, 2018)

April 10, 2018 0

The latest album from Rob Cheatham, ‘Villains and Ghosts’ is an assured, alternative country offering, with strong songs and a sense of melancholy that runs through the work like a rich vein. Self-described as a singer-songwriter […]

News

The Burning Hell hit the UK for (more) dates

May 23, 2023 0

The Burning Hell is the ongoing musical project of songwriter Mathias Kom and multi-instrumentalists Ariel Sharratt and Jake Nicoll, along with other sometime comrades and collaborators, a band for which we have a soft spot here […]

Book Reviews

Book Review – Courtney S. Lennon “Live Forever: The Songwriting Legacy of Billy Joe Shaver”

July 27, 2022 0

Billy Joe Shaver is one of those songwriters that never received a lot of attention on this side of the Atlantic, which is a shame, because he was one of the best writers that country music […]

Year: 2023

Video Premiere: Jessica Rhaye & The Ramshackle Parade “I Won’t Break”

Video: The Winding Wheels “Every Song I Sang”

Matt Andersen and the Big Bottle of Joy “The Big Bottle of Joy”

AUK Chain Gang: Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra “Summer Wine”

The No Ones “My Best Evil Friend”

Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

Izzie Walsh “Where Do We Go From Here?”

Americana Stories – Stephen Eyre “On the road”

Vox Continental: September 2026