June 2024 – Page 13 – Americana UK

Video: Leif Vollebekk “Moondog”

June 20, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0

Leif Vollebekk mediates on love, fate, family and magic in the video for his latest single ‘Moondog’. The video finds the Canadian singer-songwriter out in the Norwegian countryside performing ‘Moondog’ alongside a tranquil pond. The song […]

Cover art fro Jim Lauderdale 'My Favourite Place'

Jim Lauderdale “My Favorite Place”

June 19, 2024 Richard Parkinson 4

Classic set of eleven new songs from Mr Americana. Where do you begin with Jim Lauderdale? Thirty-six previous albums to his name and a host of songwriting credits and collaborations. A radio DJ with his Buddy […]

Get the flock out of here! The Sheepdogs announce UK dates for autumn 2024

June 19, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

Grab your whistle and put on your wellies, Canada’s rock n’ roll sons and purveyors of good-time musical vibes, The Sheepdogs, have just announced they are heading across the Atlantic for a run of 21 shows […]

Brigid O'Neill live at Green Note London 4 June 2024

Live Review: Brigid O’Neill, Basement at the Green Note, London – 4th June 2024

June 19, 2024 David Jarman 2

Intimate is perhaps an overused adjective for gigs in smaller venues, but it is certainly appropriate for the basement at London’s Green Note. Watching Bridget O’Neill perform two sets, with her son Cian McGrory joining her […]

artwork for Jonah Sissayev EP me, myself, god

AUK’s EP Round-Up – June 2024

June 19, 2024 Graeme Tait 0

OK, hands-up which of you, our esteemed readers, noticed that there was no ‘Monthly EP’ Round-Up’, for May. Well, never fear, for this month we have a bumper edition, with no less than fifteen new releases […]

Dean Owenswith John Convertino and Joey Burns

The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks

September 24, 2026 0

It’s week 2 of the search for our writers’ Top 10 UK americana albums, and Jonathan Hincks will doubt add to the debate with his choice, as follows: With the hands of the Doomsday Clock edging […]

Album artwork for The Fool by Embla and the Karldotters

Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

September 24, 2026 0

Norwegian queer-country assertively and affectionately delivering. Embla Karidotter was the drummer for Norwegian indie band Razika for 13 years, before she chose to change direction and build on her love of country music with new band […]

Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

September 24, 2026 0

On the 16th of October, Béla Fleck is to release the recording of a stellar Nashville night as a live album called Live Heart. On January 8, 2022, he and a multigenerational gang of musical heavy […]

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. […]

Interviews

Interview: Lilly Hiatt

March 19, 2018 0

On ‘Trinity Lane’ her third and most visceral album to date, East Nashville’s Lilly Hiatt pulls no punches. Written mostly from a wooden chair looking out at the trees that surround her house on Trinity Lane, the […]

Videos

Video: Peter Alexander Jobson “Burn the Ration Books of Love”

July 3, 2024 0

Be absorbed by the latest video from Northumberland singer-songwriter Peter Alexander Jobson. ‘Burn the Ration Books of Love’ is an incredibly atmospheric song with an epic feel that is matched by the sheer drama of the video. […]

Album Reviews

Jenn Grant “Queen of the Strait”

February 19, 2026 0

Deeply moving, reflective pop and country-infused charm. Jenn Grant is a multi-award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter with eight albums to date. Queen of the Strait is, however, by far the most personal. It covers many deeply private subjects, […]

Month: June 2024

Video: Leif Vollebekk “Moondog”

Jim Lauderdale “My Favorite Place”

Get the flock out of here! The Sheepdogs announce UK dates for autumn 2024

Live Review: Brigid O’Neill, Basement at the Green Note, London – 4th June 2024

AUK’s EP Round-Up – June 2024

The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks

Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

Izzie Walsh “Where Do We Go From Here?”

Americana Stories – Stephen Eyre “On the road”