June 2026 – Page 23 – Americana UK

Jackson Browne press conference September 1997

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Jackson Browne

June 10, 2026 Andrew Lefley 6

I can already hear the cries, “Jackson Browne, a bad album – what heresy is this.” After a moment, though, those same voices say more reflectively, “Well, there is his recent output,” or “Well, there was […]

Various Artists “Where The Willow And The Dogwood Grow – Words And Music Tom Waits And Kathleen Brennan”

June 10, 2026 Jonathan Hincks 2

Bang on target: 19 shells from the Waits and Brennan cannon. Since Tom Waits’ last studio album, Bad As Me (2011), apart from the odd reissue and a contribution to Marc Ribot’s Songs Of Resistance 1942 […]

Other Brother Darryl “Hey Yeah Hey”

June 10, 2026 Peter Churchill 0

Harmonies to the fore in Boston eight-piece’s swift sophomore album. You would have to be of a certain vintage to recognise where Boston-based Other Brother Darryl may have garnered their moniker. If it means nothing, it […]

Interview: Ma Polaine’s Great Decline is thriving

June 10, 2026 Dean Nardi 0

With influences in blues, jazz and country, Ma Polaine’s Great Decline is actually thriving on their fifth album, Monster Swan (2025). Based in Somerset, England, Beth Packer’s distinctive, emotive vocals, coupled with her evocative lyrics, create […]

CR & The White Lights head back to their roots on latest album “My Old Self”

June 10, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0

New Jersey outfit CR & The White Lights have announced that their latest album, My Old Self, will be released on July 17th. This is the follow-up to 2023’s The Ghosts Are Coming Home, which was […]

Mary Chapin Carpenter at The Bottom LIne, New York City 24th October 2006

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Mary Chapin Carpenter

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Mary Chapin Carpenter is one of those artists who sets the bar very high when it comes to recorded output. Not for her the experimental path of, say, Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music or Neil Young’s […]

Great Lakes “Fear of the Fear”

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A deeply personal album, Ben Crum’s Memphis Record hits the spot. The band Great Lakes was formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1996 with members Ben Crum, Dan Donahue, and Jamey Huggins, and from there, the numbers […]

Bruce Cockburn “The Blood of Others”

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An homage to the songs that shaped his long life, award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter and acoustic guitar maestro releases his 39th album. If you were asked to vote in a poll of the most activist artists in […]

Month: June 2026

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Jackson Browne

Various Artists “Where The Willow And The Dogwood Grow – Words And Music Tom Waits And Kathleen Brennan”

Other Brother Darryl “Hey Yeah Hey”

Interview: Ma Polaine’s Great Decline is thriving

CR & The White Lights head back to their roots on latest album “My Old Self”

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Mary Chapin Carpenter

Great Lakes “Fear of the Fear”

Bruce Cockburn “The Blood of Others”

Anniversary Cheers: Dave Alvin “Blackjack David” celebrates 28 years

Maddie Medley “Fawn’s Enemy”