Elvis Costello

Interview: Jack O’Hara on how Eggs Over Easy accidentally helped punk to develop

July 15, 2021 Martin Johnson 2

How a borrowed PA, off-brand guitars and a real piano created a new old sound. Normally, Americana UK interviews artists who are promoting an album, either of new material or a career retrospective, and in pre-COVID […]

VERSIONS: “Hot Burrito #1/ I’m Your Toy”

April 19, 2021 Tim Martin 1

In our VERSIONS series this week, which takes a look at different versions of the same song, we look back to a stone-cold classic from the Burritos which went on to be covered by… well, read […]

Classic Americana Albums: Elvis Costello and the Attractions “Almost Blue” (F-Beat, 1981)

December 16, 2020 Martin Johnson 2

Classic Americana Albums, by definition, have achieved a relevance that is timeless and are no longer dependent on the time and place that formed them. Elvis Costello’s ‘Almost Blue’, whilst timeless is also very topical now […]

AmericanaFest announces Award Show line-up: Steve Earle, Rawlings, Welch and more!

December 11, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

The Americana Music Association UK (AMA-UK) has announced the full line-up of performers and events for its first virtual AmericanaFest UK which takes place next month from January 26th – 28th 2021. The UK Americana Awards […]

Interview: My Darling Clementine’s Michael Weston King on Elvis Costello

December 3, 2020 Martin Johnson 0

If anyone wanted to celebrate the UK in Americana UK, you could do a lot worse than listen to My Darling Clementine’s new album ‘Country Darkness’, their album of Elvis Costello country and country soul style […]