Album Reviews
Linda Thompson “Proxy Music”
A celebration of one artist’s songs by family and friends who just happen to be music icons. You can easily make the case that Linda Thompson is one of the greatest British vocalists of the last […]
Articles by Martin Johnson
Interviews
Interview: Jared Deck keeps his “Head Above Water”
How politics and songwriting are all about storytelling and red dirt. Chatting with Jared Deck was probably a first for Americana UK as he is an elected Democratic State Representative in Oklahoma, he could also be […]
Features
The Song Remains: Kinky Friedman (1944 – 2024)
Mark Twain for the baby boomers and leader of The Texas Jewboys. Singer-songwriter, author, columnist, erstwhile politician, friend of American Presidents and cigar connoisseur Richard Samet “Kinky” Friedman died June 27th, 2024, at his family’s ranch […]
Interviews
Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on “My Favorite Place” with The Game Changers
Keeping traditions alive and making new ones. If you had to name one artist who best embodied what americana music is then you could do a lot worse than look to Jim Lauderdale. He is a […]
Album Reviews
Robert Vincent “Barriers”
Songs with emotionally mature lyrics and beautifully crafted arrangements. Those readers of a certain age will remember when any new half-decent songwriter came along the press of the day would more often than not tag them […]