Interviews
How I Write A Song: Ray Wylie Hubbard
Did you know a songwriter is like a shark that never sleeps? When asked to describe the process of creating a song, some writers, as we’ve already seen in this series, talk about their music first […]
Articles by Alasdair Fotheringham
Album Reviews
Chris Pierce “American Silence”
Passionate, well-constructed, generously-spirited protest music that can’t be ignored. There’s a quote attributed to Americana/folk musician Todd Snider out there where he says ‘I didn’t write this song to change people’s minds, I wrote it to […]
Album Reviews
Willow Springs “Night-time Radio”
An album which fully deserves more than just a few spins of the dial Let’s be honest here: listening to ‘Night-time Radio’, the second album in three years by Belfast americana band Willow Springs and its […]
Interviews
How I Write A Song: Karen Pittelman of Karen And The Sorrows
In the second part of this new series for Americana UK, artists from across the genre discuss their approach to song-writing. As part of his between-song patter in his concerts, the late, great Americana singer-songwriter Guy […]
Album Reviews
StevieRay Latham “The Nomads of Industrial Suburbia” (SR24, 2020)
According to the bumpf for ‘The Nomads of Industrial Suburbia’, Devonian StevieRay Latham’s second EP in a year “merges his passions for fine art and songwriting.” And the end result is certainly something more of a […]