2024 – Page 248 – Americana UK

Ron Sexsmith announces pair of 60th birthday UK shows

May 16, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

“I’m definitely going to have the brakes on all year because I don’t want 60 to come too fast, haha, “ said Ron Sexsmith when interviewed by AUK’s Martin Johnson in early 2023. Now, after sixty […]

Wyndham Baird “After The Morning”

May 16, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Wyndham Baird’s debut showcases a selection of folk and country standards. Wyndham Baird grew up in rural North Carolina and moved to Asheville for college at the same time as the financial crisis, whereupon he opted […]

New Dangerfield “Dangerfield Newby” – and I sense danger…

May 16, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

And who are New Dangerfield? Well, by any reckoning they are a supergroup – albeit in the rarefied world of “old timey” music, and in particular in the reclaiming of the Black string band tradition. New […]

Video Premiere: The Bogmen “Summer of Soul”

May 16, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

‘Summer of Soul’, the new single from legendary New York band The Bogmen, begins with the dreamy interplay between the guitar and keys; it’s a hypnotic opening that pulls us into a finely crafted song. As […]

Bonny Light Horseman ensure summer dominance by announcing European tour dates

May 15, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

As the build up continues to their new album “Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free”‘s release on June 7th as we previously reported, the brilliant Bonny Light Horseman have also announced a series of European […]

Americana Stories – Simon Lamont “Americana”

July 3, 2026 0

Simon Lamont’s contribution to our americana stories is called Americana. And it covers one of our core topics, what is americana, and why isn’t it country? Simon Lamont is an Irish writer and designer (graphic/web/garden) who […]

Classic Clips: Joni Mitchell “Coyote”, Gordon Lightfoot’s home, 1975

July 3, 2026 1

No doubt some really clued up expert on the Rolling Thunder Revue can pinpoint the actual evening that this clip comes from, but enough to say that it is footage captured whilst Joni Mitchell was on […]

Cover art for Fruit Bats album The Landfill

Fruit Bats “The Landfill”

July 3, 2026 0

After a gap of a mere nine months, Eric D. Johnson returns with a new Fruit Bats offering – the americana world should rejoice. We really need to get something out of the way immediately. The […]

Year: 2024