October 2024 – Page 5

Album cover for Hell of Helene compilation

Various Artists “The Hell of Helene Songs of Appalachian Relief”

October 29, 2024 Andy Short 2

An exceptional compilation of Appalachian music. On September 26th, 2024, Hurricane Helene made landfall at peak intensity in the Big Bend region of Florida near Perry. Helene was a category four hurricane, bringing winds over 140 […]

Jerry Joseph launches livestream webcast ‘OIL’

October 29, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

Portland’s Jerry Joseph, the prolific and accomplished songwriter, powerful performer and notable campaigner is coming to the UK to promote his new venture “OIL”, his new livestream, ‘Where music, spirit and community meet’, which launched in the […]

artwork for Amy Speace album "The American Dream"

Amy Speace “The American Dream”

October 29, 2024 Chas Lacey 1

Songs of innocence and experience form a poetic musical memoir. Amy Speace will be familiar to many as the winner of the UK Americana Music Association’s 2020 International Song of the Year Award for ‘Me and […]

Track Premiere: Carolyn Kendrick “Leela”

October 29, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Carolyn Kendrick has been busy – and started early. Raised in Stockton, Calif., and Seguin, Texas, Kendrick began studying violin at age 4. She “found her place musically” in Berklee College of Music’s American roots program […]

Video Premiere: John Surge and The Haymakers “Gold”

October 29, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

LA-based John Surge and The Haymakers deliver another compelling tune, full of urgent rhythms and atmospheric guitar. The single is a re-imagining of the 1979 John Stewart hit ‘Gold’, brought up to date and transformed into […]

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. […]

Live Reviews

Live Review – Morton Valence + Ags Connolly, MOTH Club, Hackney, London, 15th October 2022

October 24, 2022 1

Album launch, iconic pedal steel, top class support act. An exciting night was in prospect. But I nearly walked past the venue because I didn’t see the sign, however, the security staff are obviously used to […]

News

Tom Waits’ remastered “Anti” albums out next month

October 26, 2017 0

If you’re stuck for stocking fillers for 6 different people this Christmas, Tom Waits is set to release newly remastered versions of each of his acclaimed albums in the Anti-catalogue next month. In addition, the album ‘Real […]

Album Reviews

Louis Brennan “Love Island”

October 21, 2022 0

The cynical, sceptical Louis Brennan casts his eye over the messed-up world we live in. ‘Love Island’ is the second album from London-based Dubliner Louis Brennan, the long awaited follow up to his 2018 album ‘Dead […]

Month: October 2024

Various Artists “The Hell of Helene Songs of Appalachian Relief”

Jerry Joseph launches livestream webcast ‘OIL’

Amy Speace “The American Dream”

Track Premiere: Carolyn Kendrick “Leela”

Video Premiere: John Surge and The Haymakers “Gold”

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”