Album Reviews
Splendid Torch “Icon”
Debut album from New England trio with roots firmly in bluegrass. “Icon” is the debut album by New England trio, Splendid Torch. A debut it may be, but this is by no means the first knockings of […]
Year: 2025
Can't Live with it, Can't Live without it
Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It – The Byrds
If there’s something that I really can’t live without, it’s California country rock music. As I’m sure every contributor to Americana UK does, I listen to music endlessly, and most of that sits within the country […]
Book Reviews
Book Review: Andrew Lauder, Mick Houghton “Happy Trails – Andrew Lauder’s Charmed Life And High Times In The Record Business”
Andrew Lauder will be a name well known to readers of several different vintages but especially from those clued in to the output from United Artists in the early 1970s and pages of Zigzag magazine from […]
Live Reviews
Live Review: Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls + Lucy Grubb + Amigo The Devil, UEA, Norwich – 12th April 2025
Few acts can command the fervent live following that Frank Turner can. With a relentless touring schedule that recently saw Turner celebrate his 3,000th solo gig, he has steadily grown a huge and passionate fan-base, many […]
News
James McMurtry returns with his Black Dog and Wandering Boy
James McMurtry will release “The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy” on June 20 via New West Records. The 10-song collection was co-produced by McMurtry & Don Dixon (R.E.M., The Smithereens) and is his first album […]