2025 – Page 200 – Americana UK

Classic Clips: Ray LaMontagne “Shelter” – BBC Four Sessions, 2007

July 4, 2025 Helen Jones 0

2025 marks 20 years since Ray LaMontagne released his debut album “Trouble”, and he’s marked that fact with not just a remastered version of it on vinyl for the first time, but also a tour playing […]

Sorrel Nation shares dates for her Autumn Vinyl tour

July 4, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

Self-styled travelling troubadour Sorrel Nation certainly lives up to the billing having accomplished two successful UK wide tours in 2024, including her first ever solo tour in April and first full band tour in October to […]

Artwork for Mark Radcliffe & David Boardman album “Hearsay & Heresy”

Mark Radcliffe & David Boardman “Hearsay & Heresy”

July 4, 2025 Peter Thompson 0

Fancy some comfort food? This record from a radio DJ and a guitar tutor delivers it by the forkful. Mark Radcliffe and David Boardman are two members of the seven-piece americana band FineLines; Boardman being one […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 189 “Data Nightmare”

July 4, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

These last three weeks are the first time in my entire life that I have taken a holiday in ‘term time’, ie when kids are at school and not tearing it up either on the ferry […]

Amanda DeBoer Bartlett “Braided Together”

July 4, 2025 Tim Martin 0

Fine songs about children and motherhood, set to only intermittently great music. A common way for P.R.s to direct the attention of reviewers to an album is “RIYL,” which stands for “Recommended If You Like”. In […]

Petunia live at the Kitchen Garden Cafe, Birmingham - 24th September 2026

Live Review: Petunia (solo without The Vipers), The Kitchen Garden Café, Birmingham – 24th September 2026

October 1, 2026 0

The Kitchen Garden Café in King’s Heath, Birmingham, makes you glad people still believe in putting good music in small rooms. Attached to a restaurant and garden centre by day, it becomes an intimate music venue […]

Interview: Fischer-Z’s John Watts reminisces on 50 years of making heartfelt music

October 1, 2026 0

The songs of John Watts, whether in his band Fischer-Z, in his other bands or as a solo artist, aren’t technically Americana, but everything in their construction and recording has the feel of exactly what Americana […]

Jayne Pomplas “This Is How The World Ends”

October 1, 2026 0

First solo release shows Jayne Pomplas has much to offer. Jayne Pomplas is a Dublin-based American singer, songwriter and fiddle player who has spent years in Ireland performing and recording with artists including The Chieftains, Frankie […]

Year: 2025

Classic Clips: Ray LaMontagne “Shelter” – BBC Four Sessions, 2007

Sorrel Nation shares dates for her Autumn Vinyl tour

Mark Radcliffe & David Boardman “Hearsay & Heresy”

Sounds from beyond the Shed 189 “Data Nightmare”

Amanda DeBoer Bartlett “Braided Together”

Live Review: Petunia (solo without The Vipers), The Kitchen Garden Café, Birmingham – 24th September 2026

Interview: Fischer-Z’s John Watts reminisces on 50 years of making heartfelt music

Jayne Pomplas “This Is How The World Ends”

Folk-americana duo Rosine announce debut album due Spring 2027

Nicole Mish “Hope is Restless”