2025 – Page 203 – Americana UK

Ry Cooder live at McGlohon Theatre, Charlotte NC, Aud 2025

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It – Ry Cooder

July 2, 2025 Martin Johnson 8

Back in the seventies, Ry Cooder and J J Cale started me on my journey to explore American roots music. At the time, I thought Cooder was recreating the sounds of bygone times with his uncovering […]

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Monica Aben

July 2, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

This next AUK mini-gig is brought to you live from Monica Aben’s bedroom studio in California, which she shares with a Taylor 714 CE guitar that she got for a gift instead of a car for […]

Interview: Michelle Billingsley on honky-tonkin’ and two-steppin’

July 2, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

It was a windy, wintry January day in Chicago when June, Michelle Billingsley’s 50-pound Australian Shepherd, jumped up beside her on the couch. “Yeah, she saw me putting on my makeup, which usually means I’m going […]

Lisa Akuah “Golden Seams”

July 2, 2025 Helen Jones 0

A refreshing perspective and a unique voice helps “Golden Seams” stand out from a slew of similar singer-songwriter offerings. “Everything that left a crack in me / A break / A gap / A piece amiss […]

Live Reviews

Live Review: Ani DiFranco, Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow – 25th June 2025

July 2, 2025 KC Vines 0

Part way through the gig, during her 1994 song ‘You Had Time’, Ani DiFranco, in cargo pants and crop-sleeved top, sings sweetly “How can I go home/ with nothing to say …what did you do out […]

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 […]

Folk-americana duo Rosine announce debut album due Spring 2027

October 1, 2026 0

The Nashville-based duo Rosine featuring GRAMMY Award winner Forrest O’Connor and rising vocalist Meredith Lane O’Connor have announced the release of their self-titled debut album, Rosine, due Spring 2027 on Compass Records. The announcement comes with […]

Year: 2025

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It – Ry Cooder

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Monica Aben

Interview: Michelle Billingsley on honky-tonkin’ and two-steppin’

Lisa Akuah “Golden Seams”

Live Review: Ani DiFranco, Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow – 25th June 2025

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”

Julie Christensen “Don’t You Push” – no names, no id, and that’s the cops