Graeme Tait

Jim Page “The Time Is Now”

April 20, 2022 Graeme Tait 4

Songwriting master craftsman’s delivers 24th, and career defining album. Seattle based singer songwriter Jim Page has been recording albums now for close on fifty years, and in that time has had songs covered by such as […]

artwork for Massy Ferguson album "Joe's Meat & Grocery"

Massy Ferguson “Joe’s Meat & Grocery”

April 13, 2022 Graeme Tait 0

Seattle based blue collared rockers still firing on album six. Over fifteen years since they played their first show, Massy Ferguson, the amplified Americana rock band based from Seattle arrive with album number six, ‘Joe’s Meat […]

Live Review: Lynne Hanson, Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 2nd April 2022

April 13, 2022 Graeme Tait 0

Learning to appreciate that which has been taken away from us is a lesson we’ve all had to learn in one way or another over the last couple of years, but the taste is all the […]

artwork for Jesse Winchester "Jesse Winchester"

Classic Americana Albums: Jesse Winchester “Jesse Winchester”

April 6, 2022 Graeme Tait 2

“You can’t talk about the best songwriters and not include him.” That headline above might seem like a bold statement, but when you realise those words came from none other than the Nobel Prize winner for Literature, […]

artwork for Good Looks album "Bummer Year".

Good Looks “Bummer Year”

April 6, 2022 Graeme Tait 0

Promising debut suggests future looks good for Austin based quartet. Back when the world seemed a simpler place, a debut album was seen as the first opportunity for a new artist or band to start finding […]

Vox Continental: September 2026

September 24, 2026 0

With the long, hot summer finally fading, it seems like a lot of European artists are keen to get out on tour. Oakland Rain are a Norwegian folk and Americana duo, made up of twin sisters, […]

Family Stereo “Remedy” – heartbreak beckons

September 24, 2026 0

Family Stereo, most recently seen out supporting the Felice Brothers, is the project of Blake Watt, and Remedy is the opening song on his latest album The Thread, which has been released via Bella Union. It’s […]

Video Premiere: Elli de Mon “Strange Fruit”

September 24, 2026 0

Here is the latest single from Italian singer-songwriter, one-woman band, and writer Elli de Mon. Timeless and cinematic, Strange Fruit is deeply haunting and beautifully unsettling. The focus is entirely on de Mon’s impressive, resonant voice, […]

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

Billy Bragg, The Albert Hall, Manchester, 20th November 2021

November 29, 2021 1

Billy Bragg tours and plays gigs, a lot. We’ve missed him this last couple of years and evidently he’s missed us too. He tells us about his lockdown, how he’s missed gigging and his ongoing anxieties […]

Live Reviews

Ethan Johns and The Black Eyed Dogs, Servant Jazz Quarters, London, 30th July 2018

August 6, 2018 0

“I hate name droppers,” Ethan Johns announces early in his set before recounting a session in which he got to record with some of the most famous names in rock music. It’s a conceit for which […]

Album Reviews

Josh Gray “Walk Alone”

January 12, 2024 0

Road songs of the discontented… Self-aware and self-sufficient, Josh Gray, in his third self-produced album, ‘Walk Alone’, addresses concerns stemming from carving his own unique musical furrow with all the trials and tribulations that accompany it. Opening […]

Articles by Graeme Tait

Jim Page “The Time Is Now”

Massy Ferguson “Joe’s Meat & Grocery”

Live Review: Lynne Hanson, Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 2nd April 2022

Classic Americana Albums: Jesse Winchester “Jesse Winchester”

Good Looks “Bummer Year”

Vox Continental: September 2026

Family Stereo “Remedy” – heartbreak beckons

Video Premiere: Elli de Mon “Strange Fruit”

AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – September 2026

Lisa Bouchelle “Vandals, Thieves and Lovers”