2023 – Page 353 – Americana UK

Track Premiere: Humbletown “Drink to the Desert”

February 14, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Humbletown is a folk/bluegrass duo from Sioux Falls South Dakota featuring Morgan Carnes on clawhammer banjo and Dylan Lewis on flatpick guitar and mandolin. They both sing a bit too, as you’ll hear soon. In fact […]

Video Premiere: Melissa Ruth “Edith Piaf”

February 14, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

Here is ‘Edith Piaf’, the intimate new single from Melissa Ruth, who was raised in rural British Columbia, listening to and inspired by the likes of Bob Dylan. The sound is beautifully warm and layered, featuring […]

Live Review: James Yorkston, Nina Persson and The Second Hand Orchestra + Julian Taylor @ Celtic Connections, Drygate – 4th February 2023

February 13, 2023 Cam Fraser 0

Back in August 2022, during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, James Yorkston played a gig at Summerhall featuring two notable but very different guest musicians. Due to a bout of illness, The Second Hand Orchestra’s founder and […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Laura Cantrell “When the Roses Bloom Again”

February 13, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Last week’s Chain Gang featured Moon Mullican’s ‘I’ll Sail My Ship Alone’ which featured on the ‘Maverick Country’ compilation back in 2005. As Clint West noted, Mullican was known as ‘The King of Hillbilly Piano’ and […]

The Autumn Saints “Wind Burn & Broken Oak”

February 13, 2023 Rick Bayles 0

Debut studio album from Anglo-American roots rockers. The Autumn Saints are an Anglo-American band playing Americana with a decidedly Indie rock feel. Based in Oxford and fronted by American bass player and vocalist Britt Strickland, this […]