April 2026 – Americana UK

Essentials: The Top 10 Thea Gilmore Songs

April 30, 2026 John Lee 2

Thea Gilmore is one of the most remarkable voices in contemporary British songwriting. Her work is often experimental, thrillingly so at times, and she moves effortlessly between genres without ever being defined by them. Elements of […]

Preview: Georgia’s Clover County plays first ever UK and Ireland tour dates in May

April 30, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0

Emerging Georgia singer/songwriter Clover County, whose debut album, Finer Things, was released in September 2025 via her own label Undercover Lover Records in partnership with Thirty Tigers, has announced a short series of tour dates in […]

Paperback Riders: John Perry Barlow “Mother American Night: My Life in Crazy Times” and The Principles Of Adult Behavior

April 30, 2026 Tim Martin 0

John Perry Barlow’s memoir Mother American Night: My Life in Crazy Times reads like an acid trip from the American counterculture, yet also carries an idealistic turn that comes from living through multiple revolutions. The book […]

Live Review: Eric Bibb + Janileigh Cohen, St. Leonard’s Church, Bridgnorth – 25th March 2026

April 30, 2026 Sophie Wenban 0

You probably wouldn’t immediately think of St. Leonard’s Church in Bridgnorth as a likely venue if someone were to mention a roof-raising indie-folk and blues double bill. Yet on a storm-lashed March evening, the old sandstone […]

Maisie Owen Dark on a Sunny Day cover art

Maisy Owen “Dark on a Sunny Day”

April 30, 2026 Jonathan Smith 0

Moody and magnificent debut from major new songwriter. A new name to the Americana UK shores, Maisy Owen is a Nashville native still residing in the city. This is her first full-length offering, although at eight […]

The Texas Headhunters “Rise and Shine”

October 9, 2026 0

A heads-down, no-nonsense, sprightly mess of blues. The Texas Headhunters are a three-headed guitar Methuselah consisting of Jesse Dayton, Ian Moore, and Johnny Moeller; coming from road-hardened backgrounds playing in clubs and bars, the outcome is […]

Nanci Griffith at Cambridge Folk Festival - 29th July 2007

Classic Clips: Nanci Griffith “The Flyer” – Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, 2002

October 9, 2026 0

In the long and storied career of the late, great Nanci Griffith, a musical legacy has been left behind that will, in years to come, surely stand the test of time just as much as it […]

Freddy Trujillo “Ave Trujillo”

October 9, 2026 0

The Delines’ bass player watches his fifth solo album fledge and take flight. Freddy Trujillo is, of course, the bassist for Richmond Fontaine and The Delines, but he has his own solo career that sees this, […]

Month: April 2026

Essentials: The Top 10 Thea Gilmore Songs

Preview: Georgia’s Clover County plays first ever UK and Ireland tour dates in May

Paperback Riders: John Perry Barlow “Mother American Night: My Life in Crazy Times” and The Principles Of Adult Behavior

Live Review: Eric Bibb + Janileigh Cohen, St. Leonard’s Church, Bridgnorth – 25th March 2026

Maisy Owen “Dark on a Sunny Day”

The Texas Headhunters “Rise and Shine”

Classic Clips: Nanci Griffith “The Flyer” – Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, 2002

Freddy Trujillo “Ave Trujillo”

Live Review: Martin Simpson, Kings Place, London – 25th September 2026

Teenage Fanclub “Do Not Dare To Dream”