2024 – Page 147 – Americana UK

Video Premiere: The Fretless & Madeleine Roger “Caledonia”

August 14, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0

Canadian string quartet The Fretless join forces with Madeleine Roger for a poignant celebration of the Scottish Highlands in the new video for ‘Caledonia’. This is an absolutely stunning track brought to life on the screen […]

Mark Knopfler releases digital deluxe version of “One Deep River”

August 14, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

A digital deluxe version of Mark Knopfler’s tenth album “One Deep River” has been released on 12th August 2024 on the British Grove label via EMI, making all 21 of the songs from the One Deep […]

Po’ Ramblin’ Boys “Wanderers Like Me”

August 14, 2024 Martin Johnson 0

Traditional bluegrass from Tennessee moonshiners with a whiff of rock and roll attitude. Moonshine is inextricably linked to the music of the American South, so it seems natural that the Po’ Ramblin’ Boys got their start […]

Video Premiere: Mike & Amy Aiken “Flew Away”

August 14, 2024 Andrew Frolish 1

Check out the latest single from Sea Captain troubadours Mike and Amy Aiken. The intro’ to ‘Flew Away’ is beautifully warm and resonant, finger-picked guitar dancing gently around sustained pedal steel notes, immediately setting the haunting […]

Video Interview: Cam Fraser AKA Boulder Fields on being “With All The Other Ghosts”

August 13, 2024 Martin Johnson 0

Old punk musicians never die they just become roots music troubadours. To his friends on the Americana UK team, he is Cam Fraser, a knowledgeable music writer who is proud of his Scottish heritage. However, he […]

Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

July 2, 2026 0

It is sometimes forgotten that Gram Parsons did not enjoy commercial success as a solo artist during his short life, and that it was Emmylou Harris who took his sound to a wider audience with the […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Lucinda Williams Ballads

July 2, 2026 0

It would be strange to start things off by actually introducing Lucinda Williams, so let’s begin with a justification instead: Williams has been at it since her 1979 debut Ramblin’ Woman, though she only truly broke […]

artwork for Adam Beattie album "Home Fires Burning"

Adam Beattie “Home Fires Burning”

July 2, 2026 0

The hero’s journey echoed in the experiences of an everyman. It might be an exaggeration to say there are as many types of songwriters as there are songwriters, but then again, it might not. As well […]

Year: 2024

Video Premiere: The Fretless & Madeleine Roger “Caledonia”

Mark Knopfler releases digital deluxe version of “One Deep River”

Po’ Ramblin’ Boys “Wanderers Like Me”

Video Premiere: Mike & Amy Aiken “Flew Away”

Video Interview: Cam Fraser AKA Boulder Fields on being “With All The Other Ghosts”

Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

Essentials: The Top 10 Lucinda Williams Ballads

Adam Beattie “Home Fires Burning”

Book Review: Amy Speace “To The Performer, The Singer–Songwriter’s Handbook”

Juana Everett “Past Lives in California”