January 2025 – Page 20

Live Review: Sarah Shook & The Disarmers + H.C. McEntire, Haw River Ballroom, Saxapahaw, North Carolina – 16th November, 2024

January 14, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

There always comes a moment in any antsy, over-stuffed crowd waiting for the main performer to take the stage, when a chorus of voices rises, hands clapping as the house music fades. It was no different […]

Artwork for Hardwicke Circus album "Cumbria Pizza"

Hardwicke Circus “Cumbria Pizza”

January 14, 2025 Andy Short 0

Unplugged live performance from the Pizza Express. Hardwicke Circus return after their well-received album “Fly the Flag” with a live recording at London’s up-and-coming venue, the Pizza Express in Holborn. It captures a rousing night where […]

Without Willow “Sink My Teeth” – it’s called self-defence

January 14, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Without Willow are a singer-songwriter duo who lean towards the folkier end of Americana. This new song features the intricate guitar playing of Simon McCafferty and the haunting, heartfelt vocals of Karen Kelly. Without Willow hail […]

Video: Jerry Douglas “The Fifth Season”

January 14, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0

This performance from Dobro-legend Jerry Douglas is simply stunning. “The Fifth Season” is an epic piece of music that moves through several phases, each utterly absorbing and full of emotion and atmosphere. Douglas is accompanied by […]

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Other Brother Daryl

January 13, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

It’s probably the same anywhere in the world. Even though, your first exposure to popular music most likely came from the radio, you come to love local music, the bands and the clubs. Being born and […]

Dean Owenswith John Convertino and Joey Burns

The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks

September 24, 2026 0

It’s week 2 of the search for our writers’ Top 10 UK americana albums, and Jonathan Hincks will doubt add to the debate with his choice, as follows: With the hands of the Doomsday Clock edging […]

Album artwork for The Fool by Embla and the Karldotters

Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

September 24, 2026 0

Norwegian queer-country assertively and affectionately delivering. Embla Karidotter was the drummer for Norwegian indie band Razika for 13 years, before she chose to change direction and build on her love of country music with new band […]

Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

September 24, 2026 0

On the 16th of October, Béla Fleck is to release the recording of a stellar Nashville night as a live album called Live Heart. On January 8, 2022, he and a multigenerational gang of musical heavy […]

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. […]

Live Reviews

Live Review: Tift Merritt, The Lower Third, London – 28th June 2026

July 9, 2026 0

And, at last, the temperature had begun to dip, so the only concern could be would the three record days in a row of June heat have caused the rail line any trouble; maybe there’d be […]

Album Reviews

Graham Nash “Live: Songs For Beginners/Wild Tales”

May 4, 2022 2

Fifty-year-old songs that are still surprisingly relevant today. Two times Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Graham Nash is an intriguing artist despite the enduring success of his two main bands the Hollies and Crosby, Stills […]

Videos

Video: Thomas Dollbaum “Florida”

December 17, 2021 0

In ‘Florida’, Thomas Dollbaum delivers a masterful vocal performance, backed beautifully by Kate Teague’s harmonies. The song begins with just Dollbaum’s storytelling over gently finger-picked guitar. Steadily, ‘Florida’ builds and grows, with Mac Folger’s violin and […]

Month: January 2025

Live Review: Sarah Shook & The Disarmers + H.C. McEntire, Haw River Ballroom, Saxapahaw, North Carolina – 16th November, 2024

Hardwicke Circus “Cumbria Pizza”

Without Willow “Sink My Teeth” – it’s called self-defence

Video: Jerry Douglas “The Fifth Season”

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Other Brother Daryl

The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks

Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

Izzie Walsh “Where Do We Go From Here?”

Americana Stories – Stephen Eyre “On the road”