Essentials – Americana UK

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Essentials: The Top 10 Samantha Crain Songs

August 6, 2026 Andy Short 0

March, 2026, walking down Islington High Street in the rain, heading for the hallowed Union Chapel, the anticipation of seeing Samantha Crain live was palpable. Too many years had gone by since a summer night at […]

Flying Burrito Brothers, Amsterdam 1970, L-R: Sneaky Pete Kleinow, Rick Roberts, Chris Hillman, Michael Clarke, Bernie Leadon

Essentials: The Top 10 country-soul songs

July 30, 2026 Andrew Raw 2

As a teenager, I would have been very sniffy about both country and soul music. However, years have made me wiser, and I now fully appreciate them both. Country-soul is a great hybrid, with soul lending […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Americana Tracks by the least likely suspects

July 23, 2026 Andrew Lefley 4

Before you shout at me remember this is supposed to be fun…. I have opened up and bared my soul on a couple of occasions about my past as a teenage rocker in the 1970s, with […]

Essentials: Americana Podcasts and Internet Radio updated for 2026

July 9, 2026 Tim Martin 1

It’s been two years since we updated our list of the essential podcasts in our part of the musical forest, and as podcasts do come and go on occasion, it seemed like a good time before […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Lucinda Williams Ballads

July 2, 2026 Hugo Simoes 6

It would be strange to start things off by actually introducing Lucinda Williams, so let’s begin with a justification instead: Williams has been at it since her 1979 debut Ramblin’ Woman, though she only truly broke […]

Unearthed 1968 recording of Buck Owen and the Buckaroos to be released next month

September 3, 2026 0

More than half a century after Buck Owens and the Buckaroos took the stage at Las Vegas’ Mint Hotel and Casino, a remarkable document of the band at the height of its powers is finally seeing […]

My Girl The River “Manifest Good Things”

September 3, 2026 0

Melody and heartfelt ruminations on family, life and love combine to winning effect on a timeless album. My Girl The River sees Kris Wilkinson Hughes collaborating with husband Joe and daughter Rue, and this wonderfully honest […]

Pieta Brown and Bo Ramsey Temecula March 2010

Classic Clip: Pieta Brown with Bo Ramsey “Bad News” – venue unknown, 2010

September 3, 2026 0

Pieta Brown (53) is the daughter of beloved folk singer-songwriter Greg Brown with whom she reunited after a rather bohemian lifestyle following her parents’ separation when she was 2 years old. At the time she was […]