2025 – Page 265 – Americana UK

Live Review: The Dead South + Sunny War, Greenfield Lake, Wilmington, North Carolina – 2nd May 2025

May 12, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

The amphitheatre lights faded to black, and there was a stillness in the night; the canned music stopped playing; a murmur sounding like the drone of traffic on the Interstate emanated from the crowd as people […]

Dave Steel “Wooden Music”

May 12, 2025 Fiona Golden 2

“Salvation for a moment is some music I don’t recognise”. Roaming in the desert, searching for deliverance or truth, is a tale old as recorded history. In The Red Book, psychologist Carl Jung observed that, in […]

James Cook “Is That All You Got” – not defeated yet

May 12, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

The first single from James Cook’s second album “Texican Velvet” sees the Texas/Oklahoma music scene fixture bring his raw and honest songwriting to bear on the journey of a resilient protagonist named Josie, fearlessly exploring themes of […]

Video Premiere: Adam Esrick “Don’t Ask Me How I Know”

May 12, 2025 Andrew Frolish 1

Check out the latest single from Scottsdale-based Adam Esrick. ‘Don’t Ask Me How I Know’ is semi-autobiographical, a song that turns Esrick’s experiences into life lessons, delivered here in a well-shot, cinematic video that draws on […]

Something for the weekend: Lord Huron “Looking Back”

May 9, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader, and it’s good to be back after my Colombia travails although I do miss the feeling of being in a country governed by someone who feels […]

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 0

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 0

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 […]

Year: 2025

Live Review: The Dead South + Sunny War, Greenfield Lake, Wilmington, North Carolina – 2nd May 2025

Dave Steel “Wooden Music”

James Cook “Is That All You Got” – not defeated yet

Video Premiere: Adam Esrick “Don’t Ask Me How I Know”

Something for the weekend: Lord Huron “Looking Back”

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

Ian Noe “Canyon Falls Trailer Band”

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

Bluegrass Briefs: Sociograss, Triple Fiddle, The Runaway Strings, Lindsay Lou

Jack Browning “Painted Skies”