2025 – Page 222 – Americana UK

Patty Griffin “Back at the Start”

June 17, 2025 Ed Donnelly 0

Grammy Winner Patty Griffin goes ‘Back at the Start’ on the first single from her new full-length album. Driving drums underpin the track, which has some fantastic spaghetti western/spy movie guitar from David Pulkingham and Griffin’s […]

Video: Josiah Flores “La Lucha”

June 17, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0

Channelling the spirit of Woody Guthrie, Josiah Flores delivers a compelling song in support of migrant workers’ rights. The lyrics of ‘La Lucha’ work as a conversation between the narrator – a worker – and the […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Richard Thompson “When The Spell Is Broken”

June 16, 2025 Rick Bayles 0

Back in 2022, I wrote an article in the Essentials series on Ten Richard Thompson Albums for americana fans. Now, personally, I still consider the great Richard Thompson to be a singer-songwriter firmly fixed in the […]

Bruce Springsteen “Sunday Love” – here’s lookin’ at you kid

June 16, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

There must have been something in the air in the 2010s – Dylan was putting out his “Sinatra” albums, and Springsteen was recording songs for one of his “lost” albums – soon to be available in […]

House Above The Sun “Restless Idealist”

June 16, 2025 Paul Russell 2

Terrific, highly anticipated second album from London four piece. This band have had some seriously good reviews for their debut album back in 2017 and two subsequent EP’s. Their distinctive and original mixture of Americana, indie, […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee
By Ian C Rothery , 19 hours ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Ashley McBryde - Wild (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 5 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Liz stringer ‘ first time really feeling’Melbourne song...
By fredhead , 6 days ago
RE: Versions!
@paul-villers Those versions keep coming
By Martin Johnson , 1 week ago
RE: What are you watching at the moment?
Just binged "Legends" - a British drama on Netflix abou...
By Paul Villers , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Radio Paradise's Mellow Mix whilst on a bit of a drive
By Peter Thompson , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Amy Grant The 6th of January (Yasgur’s Farm): time for ...
By Jonathan Hincks , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
The Lone Bellow - The Lone Bellow (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 2 weeks ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
XTC - A Coat of Many Cupboards (excerpts...it's a 4 CD ...
By Peter Thompson , 2 weeks ago

Something for the weekend: Keyside “Lemon and Lime”

May 15, 2026 1

Well that’s it from us for this week, and bear with me dear reader with the track we’re leaving you with for the weekend which despite starting off sounding like we’ve veered into covering 90s-era Britpop, […]

Cowboy Junkies “Open to Beauty”

May 15, 2026 0

Americana legends celebrate 21st-century releases on latest career retrospective. Forty years in, the Cowboy Junkies remain one of the great under-the-surface bands in Americana: despite having a million-selling classic to their name, they rarely make best-of […]

Book Review: Patrick Joseph O’Connor “Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community”

May 15, 2026 0

Patrick Joseph O’Connor’s Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community reclaims an overlooked part in American musicology. While places like Chicago, Memphis, and the Mississippi Delta often dominate the story of Blues, O’Connor suggests that […]

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