Graeme Tait

Steve Tilston live at The Festival Hall, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire - 12th September 2025

Live Review: Steve Tilston, + Tetherer, The Festival Hall, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire – 12th September 2025

September 19, 2025 Graeme Tait 0

Tonight’s venue was a first for me, even though it is situated within a town that I have known for most of my life. Market Rasen lies approximately 13 miles north-east of the city of Lincoln, […]

cover art for Mike Reid & Joe Henry album "Life & Time"

Mike Reid & Joe Henry “Life & Time”

September 11, 2025 Graeme Tait 0

Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriters combine for an album rooted in piano ballads and sagacious narratives. Collectively, singer-songwriters Mike Reid and Joe Henry have, throughout their respective careers, amassed a collection of Grammy awards along with numerous other […]

cover art for Margo Pfice album "Hard Headed Woman"

Margo Price “Hard Headed Woman”

September 2, 2025 Graeme Tait 4

Price reconnects with her roots to deliver a classic outlaw country album for the new millennium. It is now almost ten years since Margo Price released her breakthrough debut album “Midwest Farmer’s Daughter”. The album, inspired […]

Live Review: Lachlan Bryan and the Wildes + Emily Lawler, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 22nd August 2025

September 2, 2025 Graeme Tait 2

The Town Hall at Kirton in Lindsey is Lincolnshire’s premier Americana music venue, continuously punching above its weight with the quality acts that regularly tread its now hallowed boards. Over the last fifteen years, local promoter […]

Sarah Jane Scouten live at Peggy's Skyline, Nottingham - 17th August 2025

Live Review: Sarah Jane Scouten + Emily Ashberry, Peggy’s Skylight, Nottingham – 17th August 2025

August 27, 2025 Graeme Tait 0

Founded by an Iranian pianist and a singing chef, Peggy’s Skylight nestles in the heart of Nottingham’s Creative Quarter. Over the last few years, it has fast become one of the city’s premier go-to places for […]

Dean Owenswith John Convertino and Joey Burns

The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks

September 24, 2026 0

It’s week 2 of the search for our writers’ Top 10 UK americana albums, and Jonathan Hincks will doubt add to the debate with his choice, as follows: With the hands of the Doomsday Clock edging […]

Album artwork for The Fool by Embla and the Karldotters

Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

September 24, 2026 0

Norwegian queer-country assertively and affectionately delivering. Embla Karidotter was the drummer for Norwegian indie band Razika for 13 years, before she chose to change direction and build on her love of country music with new band […]

Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

September 24, 2026 0

On the 16th of October, Béla Fleck is to release the recording of a stellar Nashville night as a live album called Live Heart. On January 8, 2022, he and a multigenerational gang of musical heavy […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]

Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1

As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0

Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

Album Reviews

Cormac O Caoimh “Swim, Crawl, Walk, Run” (Independent, 2020)

May 18, 2020 0

It’s the fifth time back to the well for Cork’s O Caoimh and his folk-based pop. His previous release built upon a growing reputation and this one should continue the upward trajectory containing as it does […]

Videos

Video: Ghost Hounds “Before You Leave” (feat. Lainey Wilson)

April 3, 2025 0

This recent single from Ghost Hounds is an aching song of heartbreak. Featuring the voice of Lainey Wilson alongside SAVNT’s smooth, melodic vocals, “Before You Leave” is an emotive song that reflects on letting go when […]

Americana Roots

Americana Roots: Satsang

June 4, 2021 0

Americana Roots highlights the freshest and most original Americana and bluegrass from across the pond in the US. It covers everything from brand-new, just out of the box bands, to cult favourites, to established acts who […]

Articles by Graeme Tait

Live Review: Steve Tilston, + Tetherer, The Festival Hall, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire – 12th September 2025

Mike Reid & Joe Henry “Life & Time”

Margo Price “Hard Headed Woman”

Live Review: Lachlan Bryan and the Wildes + Emily Lawler, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 22nd August 2025

Live Review: Sarah Jane Scouten + Emily Ashberry, Peggy’s Skylight, Nottingham – 17th August 2025

The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks

Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

Izzie Walsh “Where Do We Go From Here?”

Americana Stories – Stephen Eyre “On the road”