2023 – Page 390 – Americana UK

Interview: Jeb Loy Nichols pays homage to Woody Guthrie and his dad’s love of bluegrass

January 10, 2023 Martin Johnson 0

Why Wales is similar to Missouri and the joy of first hearing Tony Joe White. It is difficult to think of an artist who is a better embodiment of Americana UK than Jeb Loy Nichols, who […]

Calista Garcia “Kalamazoo” – exuberant rock and roll influences

January 10, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Now Calista Garcia does mention in this song that she’d like to run all the way to Kalamazoo. Which sounds like a long way – and might be if it’s measured from New York where Calista […]

AUK’s Bluegrass Briefs

January 10, 2023 Tim Martin 0

My colleague Paul Kerr started reporting on the Albums and EPs which don’t make the cut for a full review with his Short Cuts recently. But there is an area of Americana that sits on its […]

artwork for Barclay James Harvest album, Everyone Is Everybody Else

The First Time: Graeme Tait – Barclay James Harvest, Sheffield City Hall, 28th September 1977

January 10, 2023 Graeme Tait 4

The past is a puzzling acquaintance, sharing as it does all of the most momentous experiences of life’s journey whilst forever travelling in the opposite direction, each day carrying our memories just a little further from […]

Ash Gray and the Burners “Live 55”

January 10, 2023 FredArnold 1

Live versions from the Ash Gray catalogue, re-imagined by a rocking red hot band. Well, welcome to some very slick, excitingly played live country rock… from Sheffield! Think early Poco, or the Flying Burrito Brothers, or […]

Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music

September 21, 2026 2

If a music writer opens ten press releases this month, they’ll spot something odd. They all sound like the same person wrote them. Not because the artists share a publicist, or because there’s a house style […]

Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”

September 21, 2026 0

A cycle of Appalachian folk songs from writer and activist Si Kahn, subtitled Songs for Strong Kentucky Women The subtitle for this album is “Si Kahn’s Songs for Strong Kentucky Women”. Si Kahn is one of […]

Ad for American Beauty album 5th December 1970

For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”