Americana

Make Americana Great Again: “Americana” – the movie

June 4, 2026 Dean Nardi 0

Well, she was an American girl / Raised on promises / She couldn’t help thinkin’ that there / Was a little more to life ~ Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers There is a movie called “Americana,” […]

Book Review: Ralph Brookfield “On the Trail of Americana Music”

September 15, 2021 Gordon Sharpe 1

A laudable stab at the difficult task of grasping the many-headed beast that is Americana Music. Author Ralph Brookfield trained as a molecular physicist worked as a copy editor, software engineer, freelance writer, ran a software […]

Artwork for Windmills and Giants album "Are We There Yet?"

Windmills and Giants “Are We There Yet?”

June 29, 2021 Jonathan Smith 0

New Scandinavian Americana with a slice of melodic jangle-pop. ‘Are We There Yet?‘ is the third collection from Norwegian duo Windmills and Giants. They cite influences such as Jason Isbell and Iron and Wine, and claim […]

Andrew Combs “Canyons Of My Mind” (Loose Records 2017)

March 24, 2017 Tim Merricks 0

Sometimes Americana is a fickle genre; it spins off down blind alleys and one way streets in all kinds of maverick directions. Other times it shoots straight from the hip. You may have read that compelling […]

Preview: James Taylor returns to the UK

July 15, 2026 3

Correction: The original version of this story described James Taylor as arriving in the UK next week, when as one of our readers has pointed out in the comments, he’s already played Scotland and is in […]

Whiskey Treaty Roadshow “Kept Rising”

July 15, 2026 0

Whiskey Treaty Roadshow proves that Democracy is strongest when it is diverse. It’s hard to pin down Whiskey Treaty Roadshow. They are all over the map, stylistically, and as a collective. Over the course of more […]

Live Review: Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, British Airways ARC, London – 8th July 2026