2023 – Page 367 – Americana UK

Arborist to release third album “An Endless Sequence of Dead Zeros”

February 2, 2023 Emily Dongray 0

Arborist has announced their latest album, ‘An Endless Sequence of Dead Zeros‘, is to be released on 21st April 2023 on Kirkinriola Records. This follows Belfast artist Mark McCambridge’s debut ‘Home Burial‘ (2016), which included his […]

Mike Stinson & Johnny Irion “Ponderosa Pine” –

February 2, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Mike Stinson and Johnny Irion started writing songs together in the 1990s in the San Fernando Valley. There musical collaborations came together in an old farmhouse behind a rehearsal studio called The Alley and the sounds […]

Video Premiere: Beans on Toast “Back Out on the Road”

February 2, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

We’re delighted to premiere the latest single from the brilliant Beans on Toast. Typically for Beans, it’s an immediately likeable and uplifting folky anthem that soon has you moving and singing along. Beans is known for […]

Interview: Joe Henry on everything from Ornette Coleman to Bob Dylan and Randy Newman

February 1, 2023 Martin Johnson 2

Concentrate on what is right and let others know it not on what is wrong à la Bob Johnston. Joe Henry is a bit of an artistic polymath being a successful singer-songwriter and a three-time Grammy […]

Scree “Questions For The Moon” – wordless answers

February 1, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Welcome Americana instrumental track groovesters to the latest entry in the Americana UK semi-regular mid-week mid-afternoon tuneful tune with no pesky words – or, if you prefer catchy acronyms, and frankly who doesn’t?, the feature we […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Justin Hinds & the Dominos - Early Recordings
By Joe Nathan , 9 hours ago
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Kasey Chambers - The Captain
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Ratboys - Singin’ to an Empty Chair
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Third World - Journey to Addis
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Rosanne Cash - The River & the Thread (vinyl) Jes...
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Drive-By Truckers - Pizza Deliverance
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Guy Clark - Keepers
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Jerry Jeff Walker - Cowboy Boots and Bathin’ Suits
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Jimmy Buffett - A1A
By Joe Nathan , 4 days ago

Susto Stringband “Hard Drug” – visions of death

March 27, 2026 0

Seems to be our week for stringbands, but that’s ok. Susto, the alt-country group led by frontman Justin Osborne, have announced the release of Susto Stringband (Volume 2) on May 29 via Missing Piece Records. It’s […]

Video Premiere: Roswell Road “Weirdo at the Party”

March 27, 2026 0

Here’s the spirited new single from London-based americana duo Roswell Road. Singer-songwriters Jasmine Watkiss and Zoë Wren tell frank, authentic stories, opening up with refreshing honesty about themselves and their everyday lives. Weirdo at the Party […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Songs from Season Three of “The Bear”

March 26, 2026 0

As we await the outcome of our search for the Best Americana Song Of All Time, Dean Nardi kicks off the return of our popular Essentials series with a light-hearted look at the songs that pepper […]

Interviews

Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

March 25, 2026 0

A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]

Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0

Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 2

While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

Live Reviews

Courtney Marie Andrews, Bush Hall, London, 5th September 2017

September 14, 2017 0

This was the second of two packed nights at Bush Hall and Courtney Marie Andrews and her band took to the stage and launched into Rookie Dreaming, the opening track from her current album Honest Life. […]

Album Reviews

Woody Guthrie “Woody At Home- Vol 1+2”

September 26, 2025 1

These home recordings of previously unreleased songs, including some previously not recorded, are a great historical document. The story of this album starts when Woody Guthrie got his first publishing deal in 1950 with Howie Richmond’s […]

Videos

Video: Ruston Kelly “Pressure”

August 13, 2020 0

Ahead of his new album, ‘Shape and Destroy’, Ruston Kelly has released his latest single. The album, due on 28th August, charts Kelly’s journey through difficult times and trying to remain sober. He says of the […]

Year: 2023

Arborist to release third album “An Endless Sequence of Dead Zeros”

Mike Stinson & Johnny Irion “Ponderosa Pine” –

Video Premiere: Beans on Toast “Back Out on the Road”

Interview: Joe Henry on everything from Ornette Coleman to Bob Dylan and Randy Newman

Scree “Questions For The Moon” – wordless answers

Susto Stringband “Hard Drug” – visions of death

Video Premiere: Roswell Road “Weirdo at the Party”

Essentials: The Top 10 Songs from Season Three of “The Bear”

Brown Horse “Total Dive”

Brudi Brothers to release new EP and KEXP session