2025 – Page 343 – Americana UK

Live Review: Chuck Prophet & His Cumbia Shoes + Our Man In The Field @The Fallen Angels Club, St. Luke’s, Glasgow – 23rd February 2025

February 28, 2025 Paul Kerr 5

Commonly regarded these days as the best rock gig you can experience (certainly by most folk I know), an evening with Chuck Prophet never fails to excite, there’s always an air of expectation which, on the […]

American Elm “Me And Ana Lee” – where have the good days gone?

February 28, 2025 Jonathan Aird 1

American Elm is Chris Bousquet, a singer-songwriter from Connecticut who has a remarkable list of renowned artists he’s performed with including, Roger McGuinn, Mercury Rev, Howe Gelb, Miracle Legion, Asleep at the Wheel, Rhett Miller, Mark Mulcahy, […]

Video Premiere: Lost Chimes “Something Different”

February 28, 2025 Andrew Frolish 1

Here is the brand new single from songwriting duo Gemma and Nicky Kirk, who perform as Lost Chimes, featured recently on BBC 6 Music. “Something Different” comes from the heart; with thoughtful lyricism, the duo capture […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Tom Russell Songs

February 27, 2025 Graeme Tait 25

Tom Russell requires little if any introduction to the readers of these pages, or for that fact, anyone who is instinctively drawn to the art of the singer-songwriter within the Americana genre. With a recording career […]

Live Review: Transatlantic Sessions 2025, Royal Festival Hall, London, Sunday 9th February 2025

February 27, 2025 Jonathan Aird 1

Over the last thirty years, growing out of BBC sessions and star spots at Celtic Connections, Transatlantic Sessions have become – to borrow from Chesterton – The Flying Folk Club. And not just as a travelling […]