2024 – Page 40 – Americana UK

Alison Brown and Steve Martin “Wall Guitar (Since You Said Goodbye)” – featuring Vince Gill

November 19, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

A new song from Alison Brown and her talented sidekick Steve Martin is always welcome. Their latest collaboration began as a gentle clawhammer banjo melody and evolved into a wistful song about unrequited love, shimmering with […]

Video Premiere: Phil Gammage “Speakeasy Blues”

November 19, 2024 Andrew Frolish 1

Here’s the latest single from New York-based Texan singer-songwriter Phil Gammage. Gammage’s rich, deep baritone draws us into “Speakeasy Blues”, a weary tale about the folks who frequent a seaside bar. Alongside Gammage’s guitar and lonesome […]

VERSIONS: “Fast Car”

November 18, 2024 Dean Nardi 1

A good way to start this article is by making one true statement. Hopefully it won’t be the last. And that statement is: Guys love fast cars, not to mention fast women, fast food and fast […]

Chuck Prophet “Wake The Dead”

November 18, 2024 Lyndon Bolton 1

From fear to hope, an album of extremes. Time flies. Chuck Prophet’s new release ‘Wake The Dead’ neatly coincides with Green on Red’s first London show forty years ago. During those intervening decades Prophet has built […]

Italian alt country pioneers Satellite Inn tour UK for the first time ever

November 18, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

Their first dates in sixteen years! You read that right, Satellite Inn are heading this way in late November for a run of just four shows in support of their self-titled album released this year. Don’t […]

Promo photo for Jack Barksdale EP "Battleground"

AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – September 2026

September 23, 2026 1

It’s September already, and with it the first signs of Autumn’s “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”, inviting us to bid a fond farewell to another year of outdoor festivals culminating in last weekend’s ‘Long Road’ at […]

Artwork for Lisa Bouchelle album "Vandals Thieves and Lovers"

Lisa Bouchelle “Vandals, Thieves and Lovers”

September 23, 2026 0

Classy vocals from Lisa Bouchelle are front and centre of a fine country soul collection, featuring Amanda Shires, with some unexpected twists. It’s always a pleasure as a reviewer to discover a new top vocalist – […]

Album art for Mac Cornish album "Wayfaring Woman"

Mac Cornish “Wayfaring Woman”

September 23, 2026 0

Californian singer reminds you of the days when country music was country music, and that’s no bad thing. Mac Cornish grew up on the eastern slopes of the Santa Cruz mountains in northern California, where she […]

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. […]

Tracks

Track Premiere: Lars Nagel “Johnny Was Right”

December 6, 2023 0

Today’s premiere from Lars Nagel is taken from his latest album ‘Tomorrow Never Knows,‘ a bold choice even Nagel admits saying “I was of course hesitant about using the name of a classic Beatles song, but […]

Videos

Video: Clint Michigan “Shirt Off”

April 25, 2018 0

Taken from his album Centuries, this is a powerful song about insecurity and exposure by singer-songwriter Clint Michigan with an equally powerful video to accompany it.

Tracks

Alma “Sips Of Oxygen” – Breathe, breathe in the air

August 2, 2021 0

New York City’s ALMA stitch together recorded soundscapes, quirky electronica and a tight vocal harmonising that has earned them comparisons to The Staves. ‘Sips of Oxygen’ moves stealthily from a 4th of July party to a […]

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