March 2025 – Page 32 – Americana UK

Sara Jean Stevens gets “Lovesick” – marinating deep in the cells

March 3, 2025 Ed Donnelly 0

Sara Jean Stevens gets ‘Lovesick’ on the title track from her new release. Stevens’ lends her crystal clear vocals to this moody track which is accented by delicate mallet played drums that build and a moody […]

AUK Back Pages No. 12

March 3, 2025 Paul Kerr 0

We’re now in the middle of 2008 and AUK has its festival garb on as we either bask in the sun or get soaked wet. In May Maurice Hope visits the Kilkenny Rhythm & Roots Festival […]

For the Sake of the Song: John Moreland “Break My Heart Sweetly”

March 3, 2025 FredArnold 0

There was an expectant hush on 22 January 2016, when a packed audience awaited the first (as far as I am aware) appearance in London of John Moreland, in support of Jason Isbell. Unusual, too, because […]

Reissue: Sukilove “Sukilove”

March 3, 2025 Tim Martin 0

Gentle, pop inflected music with Alt.Country influences mixing with more European sounds. Belgicana? Belgian band Sukilove were built on the songs of singer Pascal Deweze and formed in 2001. After splitting in 2013, they came back […]

Carpenter, Fowlis, Polwart “A Heart That Never Closes” – voices in harmony

March 3, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

We have been remiss – although we did review the new album ‘Looking For The Thread‘ by CFP or, if you prefer (and who wouldn’t?) Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis, and Karine Polwart and we did […]

Chris Pierce “Songs for the Heavy Hearted”

August 10, 2026 0

A moving, beautifully crafted collection of songs that refuses to surrender compassion in a fractured world. Chris Pierce has always possessed one of the finest voices in americana, capable of conveying tenderness, conviction and quiet resilience […]

Margo Cilker unveils her “Little White Cross” for October

August 10, 2026 0

Western folk singer-songwriter and AUK favourite Margo Cilker has announced her third album, Little White Cross, due out October 9 via Fossil Records, a label Cilker recently launched with fellow musician ISMAY. The upcoming 10-song set […]

Kacy Lee Anderson to release debut solo album

August 10, 2026 0

After more than a decade as one half of the Canadian folk duo Kacy & Clayton, Saskatchewan songwriter Kacy Lee Anderson steps out on her own with the announcement of her debut solo album, Hello, I’m […]

Month: March 2025

Sara Jean Stevens gets “Lovesick” – marinating deep in the cells

AUK Back Pages No. 12

For the Sake of the Song: John Moreland “Break My Heart Sweetly”

Reissue: Sukilove “Sukilove”

Carpenter, Fowlis, Polwart “A Heart That Never Closes” – voices in harmony

Chris Pierce “Songs for the Heavy Hearted”

Margo Cilker unveils her “Little White Cross” for October

Kacy Lee Anderson to release debut solo album

Lance Cowan “The Air That You Breathe”

Sounds from beyond the Shed 248 “Too much good stuff…”