2023 – Page 51 – Americana UK

Interview: Carla Olson on the joys of collaborating and producing

November 7, 2023 Martin Johnson 4

Celebrating a life of playing and listening to music and tipping her hat to Paladin. Carla Olson first came to the wider attention of the listening public with her band the Textones who were part of […]

Jon Dee Graham “Only Dead For A Little While”

November 7, 2023 Richard Parkinson 0

Four years in the making, Jon Dee Graham’s latest reflects on death experience. The title of Jon Dee Graham’s latest ‘Only Dead For A Little While’ refers to his experience in 2019 when, after suffering a […]

More People Really Should Know About: VanWyck

November 7, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

There are a number of people that I’ve become aware of through my association with Americana UK, covering a wide range of musical styles. One particularly rich and rewarding niche of the endlessly sub-dividable americana genre […]

Jaime Wyatt “Feel Good”

November 7, 2023 Paul Russell 0

Nashville storyteller’s permission to let go. Since her debut release back in 2017 with ‘Felony Blues’, Jaime Wyatt has made a big impression with her honesty and lyrical wit in her infectious music. Her third album […]

Roundup: Reissues for important musical biographies

November 7, 2023 Rick Bayles 0

Fascinating insights into the early lives of major Americana artists. Earlier this year we reviewed the first books published as part of a new partnership between the Country Music Hall of Fame and the University of […]

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 […]

Americana Stories – Stephen Eyre “On the road”

September 24, 2026 0

Stephen Eyre is singer and guitarist with South Oxfordshire band Only The Brave. Our Graeme Tait reviewed their debut EP and described them as a band with a bright future in his February EP roundup. Stephen […]

Vox Continental: September 2026

September 24, 2026 0

With the long, hot summer finally fading, it seems like a lot of European artists are keen to get out on tour. Oakland Rain are a Norwegian folk and Americana duo, made up of twin sisters, […]

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. […]

Features

Dirty, dark, desolate Dylan pays his dues to the delta blues

May 11, 2020 2

As our Deputy Editor Jonathan Aird prophesied recently, two new Dylan tracks in as many weeks must mean that an album is on the way. And now we have three tracks and the announcement that the […]

Album Reviews

Carter Sampson “Live at The Blue Door”

March 27, 2025 0

The Queen of Oklahoma re-interprets her back catalogue in a live solo setting with just guitar and her voice. Carter Sampson is Oklahoma through and through – she is even affectionately known as the self-styled Queen […]

News

The second edition of our AUK Weekly Podcast is now live!

October 13, 2025 0

It’s been a week, so the promise of a weekly podcast is now fulfilled. You will find it on the button, below or via the podcast page from the main toolbar. In the words of someone […]

Year: 2023

Interview: Carla Olson on the joys of collaborating and producing

Jon Dee Graham “Only Dead For A Little While”

More People Really Should Know About: VanWyck

Jaime Wyatt “Feel Good”

Roundup: Reissues for important musical biographies

Izzie Walsh “Where Do We Go From Here?”

Americana Stories – Stephen Eyre “On the road”

Vox Continental: September 2026

Family Stereo “Remedy” – heartbreak beckons

Video Premiere: Elli de Mon “Strange Fruit”