2023 – Page 81 – Americana UK

Interview: Thea Gilmore on how a few beats helped release the real Thea Gilmore

October 10, 2023 Martin Johnson 8

Afterlight represented the start of a regeneration. Thea Gilmore is 20 albums and 25 years into her career which on the face of it is not the most obvious point to release her eponymous album, particularly […]

Midlake & John Grant “You Don’t Get To” – no quitters

October 10, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

So, we were mentioning that John Grant and Midlake had a new double A side single, and doubtless you were wondering, dear reader, what the other A Side was like? Well, it is quite simply John […]

VERSIONS: “Willin’”

October 10, 2023 Rick Bayles 0

Possibly the ultimate trucking song, with its always memorable chorus: “And I’ve been from Tucson to Tucumcari, Tehachapi to Tonopah Driven every kind of rig that’s ever been made Driven the backroads so I wouldn’t get […]

Bridget Rian “Nuclear Family”

October 10, 2023 Tim Martin 0

An EP that shows growth in her songwriting and singing and loads of promise. Bridget Rian describes her music as a mix of alternative pop and traditional Americana. The first song ‘Tokyo Drift’, bobs along in […]

Live Review: Rod Picott + Nick Thurtell, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 29th September 2023

October 10, 2023 Graeme Tait 2

Tonight’s headliner at Lincolnshire’s premier Americana music venue, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey sees the return of one of Nashville’s finest singer-songwriters of the last twenty years in Rod Picott. This evening’s show is actually […]

World Party - Private Revolution
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Little Feat - Time Loves a Hero (vinyl) XTC - English...
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David Allan Coe (9/6/1939 - 4/29/2026)
David Allan Coe was certainly a controversial figure, b...
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RE: Versions!
You know those songs that you know and that song become...
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RE: My First Record Player
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Beverley Martyn
I see that Beverley Martyn has died which is sad. I rat...
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
(The Life and Times of) Johnny Moonshine by Boston trio...
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Whiskeytown - Pneumonia (vinyl) The Civil Wars - Live...
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Kacey Musgraves Palace Theater, St Paul. 2 Feb 2019

Something for the long weekend: Kacey Musgraves “Middle of Nowhere”

May 1, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. If you haven’t bought your tickets yet to Americana 25, our festival taking place in Liverpool at the end of November, we have sold out around half of […]

Don’t forget our Americana 25 festival with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more – join us in Liverpool in November!

May 1, 2026 0

As we head into the bank holiday weekend, we wanted to remind you about Americana 25, our celebration of 25 years of Americana UK, which comes to two stages across Liverpool’s Rough Trade venue and Quaker […]

Artwork for Todd Albright Album "Blues for Dexter Linwood"

Todd Albright “Blues for Dexter Linwood”

May 1, 2026 0

Authentic pre-war country blues played by an acclaimed 12-string master. This is Albright’s fourth album of acoustic country blues, played finger-picked style on a 12-string guitar. An acknowledged master of this style of playing, Albright doesn’t […]

Year: 2023

Interview: Thea Gilmore on how a few beats helped release the real Thea Gilmore

Midlake & John Grant “You Don’t Get To” – no quitters

VERSIONS: “Willin’”

Bridget Rian “Nuclear Family”

Live Review: Rod Picott + Nick Thurtell, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 29th September 2023

Something for the long weekend: Kacey Musgraves “Middle of Nowhere”

Don’t forget our Americana 25 festival with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more – join us in Liverpool in November!

Todd Albright “Blues for Dexter Linwood”

Live Review: Julian Taylor + Michelle Stodart, Water Rats, London – 16th April 2026

Big Love Car Wash announces first European, UK and Ireland Tour