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Book Review: Graeme Thomson “Small Hours: The Long Night of John Martyn” (Omnibus Press, 2020)

October 2, 2020 Rick Bayles 0

There is a passage in the prologue to this book where author Graeme Thomson writes about the sound of a John Martyn song – “He loved water and used it again and again as a lyrical […]

Wood & Wire “No Matter Where It Goes From Here” (Blue Corn Music, 2020)

October 2, 2020 Tim Newby 0

‘No Matter Where It Goes From Here’ validates the rocket-ship rise of Wood & Wire in the bluegrass world, who in their short time together have already garnered a Grammy nomination for Bluegrass Album of the […]

St. Ove “County Show” (Half A Cow, 2020)

October 2, 2020 Guy Lincoln 1

When is a band not a band? We might all agree that Bon Iver, Palace Music, Smog, Car Seat Headrest and the like are/were really just individuals masquerading as bands. Sure they might have a musical […]

Zephaniah OHora “Listening To The Music” ( Last Roundup Records, 2020)

October 1, 2020 Mark Johnson 0

Authentic but new? Old-fashioned whilst fresh? Easy listening and boosting? This album is somehow so antique that it sounds crisp, music circling decades around itself so it comes back to kick its own butt. People love […]

Our Man in The Field “In the Company of Strangers” (Rocksnob, 2020)

October 1, 2020 Tim Martin 0

Our Man in the Field, otherwise singer-songwriter Alexander Ellis, reports back from the London small gig scene (in the old world at least) with a set of songs created and evolved by being performed live “wherever […]

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Sorcha Richardson set to release her third album in September

June 22, 2026 0

Dublin-born singer-songwriter Sorcha Richardson has returned with the announcement of her new album Draw The Outline, out 11th September via Faction Records. Alongside the album, Richardson has also shared the single Illinois Again. With just two […]

Cover art for Rod MacDonald album "No Commercial Traffic"

For The Sake Of The Song: Rod MacDonald “American Jerusalem”

June 22, 2026 1

When I first started subscribing to Americana UK back in 2016, it was like having all my birthdays and Christmas come at once, as it supplied me with a daily diet of everything happening in the […]

artwork for The Cousins Project album Child of the Hills

The Cousins Project “Child of the Hills”

June 22, 2026 0

Artisanal roots music from Vermont’s Green Mountains. Kristina Stykos is a songwriter, musician, recording engineer and producer who has been a torchbearer for the music of the Green Mountain State since the 1980s. Her Pepperbox Studio […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

June 18, 2026 0

Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]

Interviews

Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

June 17, 2026 0

In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]

Interviews

Interview: Dirk Powell on “Wake” and bridging modern and age-old roots music

June 11, 2026 2

Dirk Powell is a special kind of musician, someone who, through family connections, knows and understands both Appalachia and Cajun music, and is at the same time comfortable with modern music technology. He has won four […]

Album Reviews

Parker Millsap “Be Here Instead”

May 21, 2021 0

After five albums and lockdown, Parker Millsap reinvents his sound with excellent results. Like many, Millsap has moved to Nashville, but this Oklahoma-born artist has travelled further musically than on land. Starting with a traditional gritty […]

Album Reviews

Neal Sawyer “Ballads of the Mortal”

May 24, 2021 0

A promising debut from home-grown multi-instrumentalist Sawyer, with southern Gothic flavours. ‘Ballads of the Mortal’ is the debut solo release on CD from Neal Sawyer, hailing from Staffordshire. Previously the founder and songwriter in quartet Guile, […]

Videos

Video Premiere: Jefferson Berry & The UAC “We’ll Soon Be Together”

April 20, 2021 0

Check out the video premiere of the very timely ‘We’ll Soon Be Together’ from Jefferson Berry & The UAC. It’s cleverly and beautifully animated by Ciro Ayala, who really captures something of the pain of the […]