Features
VERSIONS: “Ol’ 55”
Welcome back to our popular VERSIONS feature. For those of you not familiar with it, the idea is that our writers pick a great song and then as well as presenting readers with the original version, […]
Iain Matthews
Live Reviews
Live Review: Folk In The Park, Sutton, London – 19th August 2023
Folk In The Park is a relatively new and small festival held in Manor Park in Sutton, South London, with 13 artists playing across two stages. It’s organised by Hannah White and Keiron Marshall, together with […]
Album Reviews
Matthews Southern Comfort “The Woodstock Album”
A nostalgic blast from Iain Matthews who sings 15 songs of peace, love and understanding which were performed at Woodstock. It’s fitting that Iain Matthews’ latest version of Matthews Southern Comfort revisits the legendary Woodstock Festival […]
Interviews
Interview – Iain Matthews talks about a long career of interpreting American roots music
Even coming from Scunthorpe, listening to Hank Williams and Curtis Mayfield you were going to follow the US path. I’ve long been a fan of Iain Matthews and his interpretation of American Folk and Country music. […]
Interviews
Interview: Talking Elephant Record’s Malcolm Holmes on his love of folk and ‘70s rock
From Fairport’s Ashley Hutchins and Iain Matthews to echoes of the ‘60s Canterbury Scene. Regular readers of Americana UK interviews will be aware that from time to time we speak to non-musicians who none the less […]