2025 – Page 113 – Americana UK

Classic Clips: Mumford & Sons “I Will Wait”, Edinburgh 2010

September 19, 2025 Jonny Brick 1

When I was a student up in Edinburgh, I was on nodding acquaintance with Marcus Mumford, who was playing open mic pub gigs with songs that would eventually be sung in arenas and at Glastonbury. He […]

Maia Sharp “Tomboy”

September 19, 2025 FredArnold 0

Ten albums in and Maia Sharp delivers another intensely self-reflective album of the highest quality. In a world of superb female singer-songwriters, a name that gets overlooked is Maia Sharp, one of the best, most melodic, […]

Book Review: Billy Bragg “Billy Bragg- A People’s History”

September 19, 2025 Tim Martin 0

This book, which feels like a labour of love on all parts, compiles 700 fan memories into a chronological community narrative of Billy Bragg’s life and influence. From his start in Barking, Essex, through the founding […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 200 “Wow”

September 19, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

It appears that this is my 200th missive from either the shed or way beyond it. What started as a lockdown commentary on teaching from a box at the bottom of my garden has morphed into […]

Steve Tilston live at The Festival Hall, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire - 12th September 2025

Live Review: Steve Tilston, + Tetherer, The Festival Hall, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire – 12th September 2025

September 19, 2025 Graeme Tait 0

Tonight’s venue was a first for me, even though it is situated within a town that I have known for most of my life. Market Rasen lies approximately 13 miles north-east of the city of Lincoln, […]

Lucinda Williams St Paul Theatre 14 April 2019

For the Sake of the Song: Lucinda Williams “Metal Firecracker”

September 28, 2026 0

There are songs that you love for the lyrics, songs that you love for the music; sometimes you get a song where both are so perfect you have a masterpiece. Lucinda Williams’ Metal Firecracker is the […]

Artwork for Ian Noe album"Canyon Falls Trailer Band"

Ian Noe “Canyon Falls Trailer Band”

September 28, 2026 1

Impressive collection of character-driven songwriting and classic country sounds. Kentuckian Ian Noe presents a diverse selection of sixteen original songs on his excellent new album, Canyon Falls Trailer Band. It’s Noe’s third release and the second […]

The Jayhawks live at the Electric Ballroom, Camden - 16th September 2026

Live Review: The Jayhawks, Electric Ballroom, Camden – 16th September 2026

September 28, 2026 1

About a decade ago, I formulated a new genre based on a particular guitar sound that would for several years be heard on Radio 2 after midnight on Friday and Saturday nights. Bob Harris Country is […]

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