2024 – Page 263 – Americana UK

Live Review: Black Deer Live London Launch, The Crypt St Martins, London – April 25th 2024

May 3, 2024 David Jarman 2

The launch event featured Morganway, Hollie Rogers and Her All Star Band and Gina Larner. The atmospheric Crypt underneath London’s St Martin’s Church on Trafalgar Square was the perfect setting for Black Deer Live’s London launch […]

Chris Smither “All About the Bones”

May 3, 2024 FredArnold 0

A rather stunning album from this soon-to-be octogenarian, his songwriting and playing talents as yet undimmed. You might be inclined to overlook Chris Smither when the names of the great singer-songwriters of the last fifty years […]

Track Premiere: Slim Cessna’s Auto Club “Boucher”

May 3, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

This latest song from Slim Cessna’s Auto Club pivots on the ramifications of a mispronunciation: the character at the centre of the song rages, quite literally, against a fate which see’s him condemned to be a […]

Video Premiere: Orphan Colours “Blame it on the Weather”

May 3, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

Check out the new single from UK Americana group Orphan Colours. ‘Blame it on the Weather’ is a vibrant song that bursts with energy in the chorus. A catchy vocal performance is buoyed by bright instrumentals […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Donnie Fritts Songs

May 2, 2024 Martin Johnson 2

Country soul is one of the great sub-genres of music and is a cornerstone of what subsequently became called americana, and it does what it says on the tin, it mixes country and soul music. What […]

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

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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

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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”

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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

Live Review: Black Deer Live London Launch, The Crypt St Martins, London – April 25th 2024

Chris Smither “All About the Bones”

Track Premiere: Slim Cessna’s Auto Club “Boucher”

Video Premiere: Orphan Colours “Blame it on the Weather”

Essentials: The Top 10 Donnie Fritts Songs

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”