2025 – Page 243 – Americana UK

Olav Larsen “Stream of Consciousness Vol.2”

May 30, 2025 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

Whoever said, “Sequels are never as good as the first part”, clearly hasn’t listened to this album. With an album name like this one, you could be forgiven for thinking that “Stream of Consciousness Vol.2” is […]

Paperback Riders: Allen Steele “Coyote”

May 30, 2025 Tim Martin 0

Where America Might Go Next Part 2. Allen Steele’s ‘Coyote,’ published in 2002, marks the beginning of one of the best science fiction series of the last 25 years. It is 2070, and The United Republic […]

Live Review: An Audience With Mary Chapin Carpenter, Amazing Grace, London – 19th May 2025

May 30, 2025 David Chalfen 1

Amazing Grace is a very new venue for a long-established icon of Americana. A finely converted 19th-century church situated at one side of a quadrangle that covers London Bridge station, The Shard, and Guy’s Hospital, it […]

Sounds from Beyond the Shed 187 – Mr Young and ticket prices

May 30, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 7

I’ve gone on record in this column before about my deep and abiding love for the work of Neil Young. He is far more important to me than Bob Dylan and Bob, to paraphrase Jimmy Webb, […]

Marcus King “Honky Tonk Hell” – an anthem for sobriety

May 30, 2025 Ed Donnelly 0

Marcus King raises a little ‘Honky Tonk Hell’ on his new single. The fiery guitar player returns with a track that echoes Jerry Reed and JJ Cale. Stax-style horns punctuate the choruses, and a smouldering dobro […]

Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

July 2, 2026 0

It is sometimes forgotten that Gram Parsons did not enjoy commercial success as a solo artist during his short life, and that it was Emmylou Harris who took his sound to a wider audience with the […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Lucinda Williams Ballads

July 2, 2026 0

It would be strange to start things off by actually introducing Lucinda Williams, so let’s begin with a justification instead: Williams has been at it since her 1979 debut Ramblin’ Woman, though she only truly broke […]

artwork for Adam Beattie album "Home Fires Burning"

Adam Beattie “Home Fires Burning”

July 2, 2026 0

The hero’s journey echoed in the experiences of an everyman. It might be an exaggeration to say there are as many types of songwriters as there are songwriters, but then again, it might not. As well […]

Year: 2025

Olav Larsen “Stream of Consciousness Vol.2”

Paperback Riders: Allen Steele “Coyote”

Live Review: An Audience With Mary Chapin Carpenter, Amazing Grace, London – 19th May 2025

Sounds from Beyond the Shed 187 – Mr Young and ticket prices

Marcus King “Honky Tonk Hell” – an anthem for sobriety

Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

Essentials: The Top 10 Lucinda Williams Ballads

Adam Beattie “Home Fires Burning”

Book Review: Amy Speace “To The Performer, The Singer–Songwriter’s Handbook”

Juana Everett “Past Lives in California”