Americana UK

Alex Izenberg announces release of fourth album “Alex Izenberg & The Exiles”

May 10, 2024 0

Alex Izenberg has released three albums under his own name but for his fourth has produced a band album. ‘Alex Izenberg & The Exiles’ is due for release on 26th July 2024 via Weird World / […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Ry Cooder Albums

May 10, 2024 2

Ry Cooder occupies a very special place in the canon of Americana, as an instrumentalist, songwriter, collaborator across many genres and interpreter of American traditional music. A highly rated guitarist, especially on slide where he is […]

Classic Clips: John Hartford with Glen Campbell “Gentle On My Mind”

May 10, 2024 0

The late John Hartford seems, to this writer, to be criminally overlooked these days, 23 years after his passing. For those who remember him well it’s his fiddle and banjo-infused songs along with his love of […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 141 – Travel broadens the mind …and the record collection

May 10, 2024 2

Last week saw me undertaking a tour of the Somme battlefield. It’s always a humbling and often upsetting trip but I get a good deal of satisfaction taking people round these sites and helping them understand […]

Bonny Light Horseman “Old Dutch” – it’s a masterpiece

May 10, 2024 1

Bonny Light Horseman – three words that say “the finest in modern folk influenced Americana sounds for the cool kids“. We feel, though, that we should put out a warning with this song – when Anaïs […]

Essentials

Essentials: The Top 10 Ry Cooder Albums

Ry Cooder occupies a very special place in the canon of Americana, as an instrumentalist, songwriter, collaborator across many genres and interpreter of American traditional music. A highly rated guitarist, especially on slide where he [...]
Classic Clips

Classic Clips: John Hartford with Glen Campbell “Gentle On My Mind”

The late John Hartford seems, to this writer, to be criminally overlooked these days, 23 years after his passing. For those who remember him well it’s his fiddle and banjo-infused songs along with his love [...]
Features

For The Sake Of The Song: Ronnie Lane & The Band Slim Chance “The Poacher”

I was inspired to choose ‘The Poacher’ on hearing Slim Chance perform it at a recent show to raise funds for their seriously ill guitarist Steve Simpson. This band, originally formed by Ronnie Lane, took [...]
Interviews

Interview: Phillip Lammonds on “Cowboy Things”

Finding a voice to sing his own songs with a little help from his friends and supporters. Unless you read track and album credits carefully you may not have heard of Phillip Lammonds, but those [...]
Features

More People Really Should Know About: Katie Powderly

Hailing from Madison, Wisconsin, Katie Powderly is an award winning songwriter whose recording career began well over a decade ago and who has shared bills with such luminaries of the Americana Music genre as Tony [...]

Video: Palomino Kings “Never Wanted to End Up This Way”

May 10, 2024 0

UK band Palomino Kings are known for producing Americana with a gritty edge. ‘Never Wanted to End Up This Way’ is a perfect example of their forceful roots sound. Performed live to capture the feel of […]

Americana Music Association announces nominees for 23rd Annual Honours and Awards

May 9, 2024 0

The AMAUK awards take place here in January each year but over in the US, the (not UK) Americana Music Association (AMA) has announced the nominees for their 23rd Annual Americana Honours & Awards. The awards […]

Book Review: The Blind Boys of Alabama with Preston Lauterbach “Spirit of the Century”

May 9, 2024 0

Calling itself, “an insider history of the Blind Boys of Alabama, the longest running group in American music, and the untold story of their world, written with band members and key musical colleagues, drawing from the […]

Video: Jenny Don’t and The Spurs “Pain in My Heart”

May 9, 2024 0

Jenny Don’t and the Spurs give watchers a glimpse of life in the tour van in the video for ‘Pain In My Heart’. The video sees the band behind the scenes as they load in from […]

Boston’s Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame museum honours its inaugural class of inductees

May 9, 2024 2

In 2019, the Boch Center in Boston launched the Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame (FARHOF), Boston’s newest cultural and educational initiative. It celebrates the lifeblood of America’s musical and cultural heritage. Led by legendary musicians […]

Something for the weekend: Jenny Owen Youngs “Next Time Around” (Live)

May 10, 2024 0

That’s it from us for this week dear reader and we leave you with the long overdue and welcome return of New Jersey’s Jenny Owen Youngs. Ahead of her New England tour, Youngs today shares [...]
Bonny Light Horseman “Old Dutch” – it’s a masterpiece

May 10, 2024 1

Bonny Light Horseman – three words that say “the finest in modern folk influenced Americana sounds for the cool kids“. We feel, though, that we should put out a warning with this song – when [...]
Video: Palomino Kings “Never Wanted to End Up This Way”

May 10, 2024 0

UK band Palomino Kings are known for producing Americana with a gritty edge. ‘Never Wanted to End Up This Way’ is a perfect example of their forceful roots sound. Performed live to capture the feel [...]
Video: Jenny Don’t and The Spurs “Pain in My Heart”

May 9, 2024 0

Jenny Don’t and the Spurs give watchers a glimpse of life in the tour van in the video for ‘Pain In My Heart’. The video sees the band behind the scenes as they load in [...]
Ellorie McKnight “Trivial” – Somber sounds from the Yukon

May 9, 2024 0

There are somber sounds from the Yukon on Ellorie McKnight’s new single ‘Trivial’. Recorded in front of a live audience on a warm night last March, this is the first single from her new EP [...]

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