August 2024 – Page 9 – Americana UK

artwork for Elles Bailey album "Beneath the Neon Glow"

Elles Bailey “Beneath the Neon Glow”

August 22, 2024 Viv Fish 1

A poignant, perfectly formed collection of powerful songs. “Beneath the Neon Glow” is many things to multi-award-winning Elles Bailey. Having released her first three studio albums as an independent artist, Bailey recognised that she was “a […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Long Ryders’ Songs

August 22, 2024 Darren Lumbroso 8

Taking their name from a Walter Hill-directed Western, The Long Ryders emerged as part of the Paisley Underground in the 1980s, after Sid Grifin left the garage-influenced The Unclaimed. Griffin’s initial musicians wanted-advert for the band […]

Liv Greene “Katie” – good love, a precious thing

August 22, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

There’s something special about the combination of just Liv Greene’s voice and guitar playing which, with some restrained and empathetic fiddle, makes up the predominant sound of ‘Katie‘, which comes from Greene’s second album ‘Deep Feeler.‘ […]

Interview: Jess Klein’s music has an integrity of purpose and a vison for joy

August 22, 2024 Dean Nardi 2

Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try. – Mary Kay Place There appears to be very little in the way of pretence in Jess Klein’s songs. The emotions […]

Artwork for Tin Roof Echo album "Flowers Falling"

Tin Roof Echo “Flowers Falling”

August 22, 2024 David Jarman 1

Big band sound from Joe Hooten’s Tin Roof Echo in collaboration with producer Kevin Boggs. Tin Roof Echo is the artist styling of Joe Hooten, originally from Macon, Georgia, but for almost 20 years based in […]

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For The Sake Of The Song: Joni Mitchell “Woodstock”

May 11, 2026 0

The Woodstock festival held in 1969 at Yasgur’s farm, Bethel, New York, is one of those truly emblematic moments in the history of contemporary music, and indeed in the birth of americana. And of course it’s […]

I’m Kingfisher “Give Up Together”

May 11, 2026 0

Nordic americana with a slightly heavier tinge. I’m Kingfisher is the alter ego of Swedish singer-songwriter Thomas Jonsson. Give Up Together is his sixth album under that guise and comes three years after his last release, […]

AUK Mini-Gigs

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Igloo Hearts

May 11, 2026 0

Igloo Hearts are James and Katie MacGregor, a married folk-pop duo from North Wales. For our next AUK mini-gig, they kindly agreed to share some of their latest songs with our readers and viewers. Since appearing […]

Month: August 2024

Elles Bailey “Beneath the Neon Glow”

Essentials: The Top 10 Long Ryders’ Songs

Liv Greene “Katie” – good love, a precious thing

Interview: Jess Klein’s music has an integrity of purpose and a vison for joy

Tin Roof Echo “Flowers Falling”

For The Sake Of The Song: Joni Mitchell “Woodstock”

I’m Kingfisher “Give Up Together”

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Igloo Hearts

Peter Case “At McCabe’s: My Life to Live”

The Krickets “If You Only Knew”