May 2024 – Page 26 – Americana UK

artwork for Isobel Campbell album "Bow to Love"

Isobel Campbell “Bow to Love”

May 10, 2024 Andy Short 0

Psychedelic folk for a new age. It’s wonderful to hear Isobel Campbell’s voice again. Her last album, ‘There Is No Other’ was released back in 2020. The Glasgow-born singer-songwriter and cellist delivers a new album of […]

Bonny Light Horseman “Old Dutch” – it’s a masterpiece

May 10, 2024 Jonathan Aird 2

Bonny Light Horseman – three words that say “the finest in modern folk influenced Americana sounds for the cool kids“. We feel, though, that we should put out a warning with this song – when Anaïs […]

Video: Palomino Kings “Never Wanted to End Up This Way”

May 10, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

UK band Palomino Kings are known for producing Americana with a gritty edge. ‘Never Wanted to End Up This Way’ is a perfect example of their forceful roots sound. Performed live to capture the feel of […]

Americana Music Association announces nominees for 23rd Annual Honours and Awards

May 9, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

The AMAUK awards take place here in January each year but over in the US, the (not UK) Americana Music Association (AMA) has announced the nominees for their 23rd Annual Americana Honours & Awards. The awards […]

Book Review: The Blind Boys of Alabama with Preston Lauterbach “Spirit of the Century”

May 9, 2024 Tim Martin 0

Calling itself, “an insider history of the Blind Boys of Alabama, the longest running group in American music, and the untold story of their world, written with band members and key musical colleagues, drawing from the […]