Emmylou Harris

Jim Lauderdale putting out album 38: “Country Super Hits Volume 2”, touring with Emmylou Harris

February 25, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0

Jim Lauderdale is not only one of the most celebrated songwriters in americana, but he may also be the most prolific. Since his major label debut in 1991, the recent Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Daniel Lanois “The Maker”

February 2, 2026 Richard Parkinson 1

Back in the mists of time (1989) and after waiting longer than most, I finally got around to buying a CD player and, having done so, went out and acquired a couple of albums I fancied […]

The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Darren Lumbroso

January 22, 2026 Darren Lumbroso 4

Lists of popular songs have been around for more than a century. The US music trade paper Billboard began publishing a rundown of the top ten best-selling pieces of sheet music in June 1913. By January […]

The Gordon Sharpe Americana UK Book Award 2025

January 16, 2026 Tim Martin 6

We are now into year 3 of our celebration of the best books we reviewed in the previous year. To learn why we have named it for our still missed colleague you can read AUK editor […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Ryan Adams

January 7, 2026 Peter Thompson 6

Ryan Adams is one of the most talented and indeed prolific singer/songwriters of his generation, with a rich canon of work to support this assertion. Despite his undoubted talent Adams has had some well publicised issues […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Roger McGuinn “Car Phone”

July 13, 2026 3

Roger McGuinn has been a musical staple for as long as I can claim to have been making my own choices about what I listen to, through the Byrds and various attempts to put together three-letter […]

Ed Snodderly “ES Pearl Presents Baggage Flies Free”

July 13, 2026 1

No fuss, just an album of beautifully crafted songs straight from the heart. Five decades into a career that has seen Ed Snodderly as a songwriter, performer, actor, and owner of the legendary Down Home club […]

Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0

Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]