January 2025 – Americana UK

Something for the weekend: Josh Ritter feat. Jason Isbell “All Some Kind of Dream”

January 31, 2025 Mark Whitfield 1

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader, we’re having our annual writers get-together in (wait for it…) Buxton again this weekend so if you see a group of elderly men arguing about banjos […]

artwork for Ben Nichols & Rick Steff album "Lucero Unplugged"

Ben Nichols & Rick Steff “Lucero Unplugged”

January 31, 2025 Chas Lacey 0

An acoustic and intense return to songs from the Memphis band’s 25-year history. Though the vogue for Unplugged albums may have peaked in the 90’s with multi-platinum selling versions by the likes of Eric Clapton and […]

Classic Clips: Stephen Bruton with The Resentments “Heart Of Hearts” 2006

January 31, 2025 Martin Johnson 2

We look back at a clip from The Laboratorium Stuttgart, 7th December 2006. Stephen Bruton was an exceptionally talented guitarist and songwriter who is better known today as a supporting musician who worked with the likes […]

Gary Louris to release third solo album “Dark Country”

January 31, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

Gary Louris is an artist who needs no introduction to Americana UK readers. Over the last three decades, Louris has built a compelling body of music which has won the loyalty of an international audience and […]

Cave Flowers “Western Spectre”

January 31, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

Cave Flowers offers an earthy, rock-solid appeal on the band’s sophomore release. Cave Flowers got its start in 2020 when Andy McAllister split the Pacific Northwest for the hazy hills of Southern California where he connected […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Roger McGuinn “Car Phone”

July 13, 2026 3

Roger McGuinn has been a musical staple for as long as I can claim to have been making my own choices about what I listen to, through the Byrds and various attempts to put together three-letter […]

Ed Snodderly “ES Pearl Presents Baggage Flies Free”

July 13, 2026 1

No fuss, just an album of beautifully crafted songs straight from the heart. Five decades into a career that has seen Ed Snodderly as a songwriter, performer, actor, and owner of the legendary Down Home club […]

Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0

Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]

Month: January 2025