Graeme Tait

Cover art for Drivin N Cryin album "Crushing Flowers"

Drivin N Cryin “Crushing Flowers”

April 7, 2026 Graeme Tait 2

Beloved Atlanta rockers return with a confident, back-to-basics album that restores the band’s core sound. Forty years on from the release of their debut album, Drivin N Cryin are back with their tenth studio release. Formed […]

AUK’s EP Round-Up – March 2026

March 25, 2026 Graeme Tait 0

Here we are in March, and spring has well and truly sprung in this part of the northern hemisphere, after what had felt like endless weeks of grey days and continuous precipitation. So, what better way […]

Cover art for Mr Wolf album "NurseryRhymesForTheEndOfTimes"

Mr Wolf “NurseryRhymesForTheEndOfTimes”

March 18, 2026 Graeme Tait 0

New group project from singer-songwriter Matthew Neel offers up a broad musical palette that reveals distinct artistic growth. Mr Wolf is a new group project from North London singer-songwriter Matthew Neel, who many will remember from […]

Cover art to The Third Mind EP, "Spellbinder"

The Third Mind “Spellbinder”

March 17, 2026 Graeme Tait 0

Psychedelic rock supergroup continues to impress with a four-song EP companion piece to last year’s critically acclaimed album. There are very few musical collaborations doing the rounds these days as talented as The Third Mind. Formed […]

Holly Carter live at Newbald Village Hall, North Newbald, Yorkshire - 1st March 2026

Live Review: Holly Carter, Newbald Village Hall, North Newbald, Yorkshire – 1st March 2026

March 10, 2026 Graeme Tait 4

There is a sense of civility about teatime concerts on a Sunday. They fit in perfectly with the presumed ambience and relaxed pace. Sunday papers lazily perused, Sunday lunch heartily devoured, and still time for an […]

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. […]

Live Reviews

Joe Purdy, The Portland Arms, Cambridge, 9th June 2017

June 13, 2017 0

Perhaps the events of the previous night gave this Joe Purdy gig an additional frisson – who couldn’t be even more than usually moved by songs asking for – nay, demanding – equality, tolerance and understanding […]

Videos

Video Premiere: Nichols & Phillips “Three Fools”

March 20, 2023 0

The new single from Nichols & Phillips features gorgeously warm guitar over which there’s a genuinely characterful vocal from Jeb Loy Nichols. Multi-instrumentalist Clovis Phillips supplies guitars, bass, mandolin and Wurlitzer. His fine musicianship and layered, […]

News

Ryan Adams on ‘Summer of 69’: “as fine a bridge as I have ever crossed”

February 10, 2017 0

Ryan Adams has written an op-ed for the New York Times recounting the “heckler” incident which happened back in 2002 at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium when he was in the middle of performing Bartering Lines with Gillian Welch and […]

Articles by Graeme Tait

Drivin N Cryin “Crushing Flowers”

AUK’s EP Round-Up – March 2026

Mr Wolf “NurseryRhymesForTheEndOfTimes”

The Third Mind “Spellbinder”

Live Review: Holly Carter, Newbald Village Hall, North Newbald, Yorkshire – 1st March 2026

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”