December 2024 – Page 16

The Americana Spirit of 24: Helen Jones

December 10, 2024 Helen Jones 0

Reflecting on the year that was 2024 as we stare down the barrel of another Trump presidency, it sometimes feels difficult to see the goodness in things. It’s pretty clear Joy Oladokun feels the same, if […]

Frank Goodman “Ranchero Radio”

December 10, 2024 Andrew Raw 0

Quirky, easy-listening pop music which is a real pleasure to listen to. As you sit down to listen to Frank Goodman’s “Ranchero Radio” you are transported back to the Seventies and to those light entertainment Saturday […]

More People Really Should Know About: Ryan Bingham

December 10, 2024 Chas Lacey 3

“What’s this?” I hear the well-informed readers of AMA UK say, “a feature saying More People Should Really Know About …. Ryan Bingham”. Really? Well yes, because despite holding multiple awards and his many TV and […]

A. Lee Edwards “Ride On” – right on time…

December 10, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Some people take a little longer than others to get to that debut album – A. Lee Edwards has had thirty years in music making and the time has, it seems, finally arrived. The album ‘Interpreting […]

Video: Phil Hooley “The Veteran’s Song”

December 10, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

Here’s a brilliantly melodic song from Scarborough singer-songwriter Phil Hooley. “The Veteran’s Song” wasn’t selected for inclusion on Hooley’s last album, 2023’s “Provenance” because it didn’t quite fit with the spare, acoustic nature of that collection. […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Willie Nelson “Seven Spanish Angels”

August 10, 2026 1

Seven Spanish Angels is a song which encapsulates a full range of americana imagery – doomed love, defiance, outlaws, faith, mystery and death – all set in an undescribed location that calls up the settings for […]

Chris Pierce “Songs for the Heavy Hearted”

August 10, 2026 0

A moving, beautifully crafted collection of songs that refuses to surrender compassion in a fractured world. Chris Pierce has always possessed one of the finest voices in americana, capable of conveying tenderness, conviction and quiet resilience […]

Margo Cilker unveils her “Little White Cross” for October

August 10, 2026 0

Western folk singer-songwriter and AUK favourite Margo Cilker has announced her third album, Little White Cross, due out October 9 via Fossil Records, a label Cilker recently launched with fellow musician ISMAY. The upcoming 10-song set […]

Interviews

Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

August 7, 2026 0

At once nostalgic travelogue, introspective head-trip, and rootsy showcase, Madrid-born Juana Everett’s second album should be her breakthrough record. Past Lives in California swims headfirst through the murky waters of transit, both literal and metaphysical. Bring […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider

August 4, 2026 0

Nashville East resident Aaron Lee Tasjan has long been a favourite of Americana UK, and with 12 albums to his name, including his latest Get Over It, Underdog, and approaching 40, he is no longer the […]

Interviews

Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

July 29, 2026 0

American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]

Tracks

Jim Ghedi & Toby Hay “Gylfinir” – live version

May 3, 2023 0

You’d think that the long weekend – and the prospect of another long weekend to come – would have removed the necessity to have a mid-week moment of release from the insanity and pressure of life, […]

Album Reviews

Kathleen Edwards “Billionaire”

August 13, 2025 1

Canadian Americana maven continues her impeccable ‘comeback’, with added Isbell. Listening to the powerful and joyous declaration that is “Billionaire” it is almost impossible to believe that Kathleen Edwards ever doubted her peerless station in the […]

Tracks

Ruthann Friedman “Hurried Life” – Lost Treasures back out there

September 7, 2021 0

The fine people at Tompkins Square have another sublime lost album on their re-release schedule. Released as a limited edition blue vinyl, and also digitally from Bandcamp and elsewhere. It’s a collection of rarities by Ruthann […]

Month: December 2024

The Americana Spirit of 24: Helen Jones

Frank Goodman “Ranchero Radio”

More People Really Should Know About: Ryan Bingham

A. Lee Edwards “Ride On” – right on time…

Video: Phil Hooley “The Veteran’s Song”

For The Sake Of The Song: Willie Nelson “Seven Spanish Angels”

Chris Pierce “Songs for the Heavy Hearted”

Margo Cilker unveils her “Little White Cross” for October

Kacy Lee Anderson to release debut solo album

Lance Cowan “The Air That You Breathe”