Something for the long weekend: Briscoe “Wild Thing”
That’s it from us for this week dear reader, a rare 4 day break for us as we head into the Easter weekend. Good luck to you if you’re battling British bank holiday traffic or weather […]
That’s it from us for this week dear reader, a rare 4 day break for us as we head into the Easter weekend. Good luck to you if you’re battling British bank holiday traffic or weather […]
There were a few surprise absences from our recent readers’ and writers’ polls to find the top 10 greatest ever americana artists. While, as with any vote, if we ran it again tomorrow the results would […]
Cara Dillon releases ‘Giving’, the first single from her forthcoming album ‘Coming Home’. The Irish folk singer paints poignant pictures by melding spoken word poetry with sung songs. This is Dillon’s first album of all original […]
The Assembly Rooms in Bath were the heart of fashionable society in 18th Century Bath. The Octagon Room, home to the main event today, gets a mention in Jane Austen and Charles Dickens and is one […]
Well, folks, here’s the thing – we at Americana UK like to acknowledge the roots of the music we love, and to that end we have specialist round ups of genre adjacent albums like Bluegrass and […]
The UK’s Maverick Festival has announced that the 2024 event will take place in the barns and fields of Easton Farm Park, Suffolk from Friday 5th July to Sunday 7th July. The festival which is in […]
The Assembly Rooms in Bath were the heart of fashionable society in 18th Century Bath. The Octagon Room, home to the main event today, gets a mention in Jane Austen and Charles Dickens and is one […]
When a tortured artist sat in a bedroom recording demos on a cassette tape… and came out with a lo-fi masterpiece. The epilogue to this book has Warren Zanes being contacted by Bruce Springsteen to ask […]
The Green Note is a purveyor of fine music from many of the genres with their origins in the 20th century – and Christina Martin’s songs weave through several of them. Some of the songs on […]
Although it’s been available on streaming platforms for a while, tonight was the official launch of John Alexander’s new album, ‘Face The Wind’, a disc which finds this Scottish artist knee deep in the big muddy […]
Mary Gauthier’s ‘Saved By A Song‘ is subtitled ‘The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting‘ and consists of, it should surprise no-one, powerful stories associated with particular songs of hers – stories about what the songs […]
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