Eden Prairie

Eden Prairie “Give Up The Ghost”

August 31, 2021 Alan Fitter 0

Second album from Finnish band Eden Prairie reflects the country’s long, dark winters. There can’t be many bands that have been formed by an ex-legal aid for death-row convicts turned musician and if there are any, […]

Izzie Walsh “Where Do We Go From Here?”

September 24, 2026 0

A collection of rootsier tunes ideal for shuffle or playlist. Anyone who has attended gigs of a rootsier persuasion around Manchester and the northwest in recent years will almost certainly have come across the hard-working and […]

Americana Stories – Stephen Eyre “On the road”

September 24, 2026 0

Stephen Eyre is singer and guitarist with South Oxfordshire band Only The Brave. Our Graeme Tait reviewed their debut EP and described them as a band with a bright future in his February EP roundup. Stephen […]

Vox Continental: September 2026

September 24, 2026 0

With the long, hot summer finally fading, it seems like a lot of European artists are keen to get out on tour. Oakland Rain are a Norwegian folk and Americana duo, made up of twin sisters, […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]

Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1

As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0

Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

Album Reviews

Big Jim Brown and the Speedkings “Devil On The Other Shoulder” (Independent, 2019)

May 16, 2019 0

The Speedkings are whomever Jim Brown is playing with, so this latest release doesn’t have much of a common line-up with 2016’s ‘After All, it’s Been Forever‘ and on any given night his live band is […]

Videos

Video Premiere: Katie Boeck “Dust”

August 15, 2025 0

Nashville singer/songwriter Katie Boeck sees love through the ‘Dust’ in her new video. Boeck, who gained fame as one of the leads of ‘Spring Awakening’ on Broadway, recorded the new song with producer Shane Leonard. The […]

Album Reviews

JP Ruggieri “Gradually Descend Into Chaos”

May 15, 2023 0

Songs of courage and hope arising from chaos. There is so much to like and admire in this album which is Nashville-based Ruggieri’s second full-length offering. On first listening it feels like a very breezy light […]

Eden Prairie “Give Up The Ghost”

Izzie Walsh “Where Do We Go From Here?”

Americana Stories – Stephen Eyre “On the road”

Vox Continental: September 2026

Family Stereo “Remedy” – heartbreak beckons

Video Premiere: Elli de Mon “Strange Fruit”