January 2025 – Page 9 – Americana UK

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[ July 28, 2026 ] Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories Interviews
[ July 28, 2026 ] The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio “Welcome to the Family” Album Reviews
[ July 28, 2026 ] More People Really Should Know About: Hayden Features
[ July 28, 2026 ] Various Artists “Just Look Inside the Cover – Songs of Pete Ham” Album Reviews
[ July 28, 2026 ] Willie J Healey to release new EP before October tour dates News

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Book Review: Preston Lauterbach “Before Elvis (The African American Musicians Who Made the King)”

January 24, 2025 Gordon Mackay 0

In this new book, ‘Before Elvis‘, subtitled ‘The African American musicians who made the King‘ author Preston Lauterbach brings together the stories of five African-Americans who, the author suggests, were major influences in Presley’s early career […]

My Morning Jacket “is” and they are… back that is!

January 24, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

My Morning Jacket has announced the release date of their eagerly awaited new album, “is”, …ahem… is arriving via ATO Records on Friday, March 21st. Pre-orders are available here now. Produced by 3x GRAMMY® Award-winner Brendan […]

Evan Rotella “Last Train Home”

January 24, 2025 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

Pithy, thought-provoking urban folk doesn’t get much better than this. There’s something both unexpectedly captivating and hugely impressive about the latest album by up-and-coming Canadian singer-songwriter Evan Rotella. At first glance, ‘Last Train Home’ is a […]

AMAUK Awards 2025 winners announced

January 24, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

The winners of the UK Americana Awards 2025 were revealed last night at an apparently glittering ceremony at Hackney Church, London. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings scooped Best International Album and Single awards for “Woodland” and […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 170 “Awards”

January 24, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 1

I’m attending the AMAUK Awards this week and am looking forward to it. Not necessarily for the thrill of the envelope ripping and smiling winner’s faces as I’m usually standing next to the person whose name […]

Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0

“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]

The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio “Welcome to the Family”

July 28, 2026 0

The new release by The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio arrives with lively words of welcome. After three solo releases of his own, in 2019 Mike Jacoby teamed up with Don Read and Mike Levin to form […]

More People Really Should Know About: Hayden

July 28, 2026 0

When we say more people should know about Hayden, I’m not talking about the beloved 18th-century composer and founder of Viennese Classicism, but about Paul Hayden Desser, the Canadian singer-songwriter who has been quietly ploughing his […]

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