Eric Devries

Vox Continental: November 2025

November 27, 2025 Rick Bayles 0

First time mentions in the column for artists from Iceland and Denmark, plus new recordings from Sweden, Norway, Germany and the Netherlands! As ever, with this column, Nordicana is well to the fore, and we start […]

Continental Shift 6. Netherlands

January 23, 2025 Rick Bayles 4

This is our sixth and final article in this series about European americana and we’ve arrived in the Netherlands, probably the most established americana market in continental Europe. Looking back over the other articles, there are […]

Interview: Eric Devries on “Traveler’s Heart”

December 10, 2024 Martin Johnson 0

Dutch americana is alive and well with the help of the Song and Dance Band. The Dutch music scene has always been heavily influenced by the music of the UK and America and has produced artists […]

Interview: Dutch americana artist and member of Matthews Southern Comfort Eric Devries

May 3, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

How the Beatles and punk rock lead to Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, and Steve Earle. Every now and again Americana UK takes a look at americana in one of our European neighbours to make sure […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Bob Dylan “Señor (Tales of Yankee Power)”

September 14, 2026 1

This surreal cut from Bob Dylan’s 1978 album Street-Legal can be interpreted in many ways. Dylan himself has offered many different explanations of the song’s intricate lyrics, often contradicting his earlier descriptions. Whatever the story, or […]

Track Premiere: Louise Bichan “The Standing Stones”

September 14, 2026 0

Standing Stones – enigmatic traces of the long past dwellers in these lands. People with their own culture, their own way of looking at the world – and even though they are long gone these remaining […]

Margo Cilker “Little White Cross”