Josh Ritter

Something for the weekend: Josh Ritter records the Silo Sessions – Watch

March 27, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Well it’s been a funny old week of course and there may be many more funny old weeks to come but we do intend to keep our content overflowing with things for you to read, watch […]

The Milk Carton Kids with Josh Ritter “Losing Battles”

March 6, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

We leave you this week dear reader with a song that actually came out a few months ago but has been re-released today in an acoustic format on Spotify, and since Spotify is uber-irritating to embed […]

Classic Americana Compilations “UNCUT Presents: Americana 2004”

March 2, 2020 Jonathan Aird 6

Magazine cover discs come and cover discs go, sometimes there’s a track or two that sparks an interest – I first encountered The Decemberists via a disc from Word magazine, that was a good find. Just […]

Video: Josh Ritter “Empty Hearts”

January 3, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Continuing the New Year theme, here is ‘Empty Hearts’ by Josh Ritter from his fifth album, ‘The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter’. This song is a beautifully poetic prayer for the year to come. Amidst all […]

Happy Christmas to all our readers from Americana UK

December 20, 2019 Mark Whitfield 6

Well that’s a wrap from us for this year dear readers. Thanks so much for all your support for the site which we still manage to scrape along on a shoestring budget, but it happens firstly […]

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Dead Goat to release self titled debut amid talk of an Irish supergroup

March 23, 2026 0

Dead Goat has announced the release of their first album, which is self-titled and comes out this Friday (26th March) via AV8 Records. Who are they, you ask? Well, individually, they are each accomplished artists in […]

Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”

March 23, 2026 0

Superb fourth from Canadian song thrush. Mud Blood Bone is Cat Clyde’s fourth album and arrives just over four years since its predecessor, Down Rounder. In between times, Clyde released a live album, Live At Rare […]

For the Sake of the Song: Marah “Round Eye Blues”

March 23, 2026 0

Marah is at their best when singing about lonely urban streets where bums warm their hands around trash fires in rusty 50-gallon cans, transvestite prostitutes wrap their feather boas a little tighter against an unforgiving 4:00 […]

Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0

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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

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Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

March 4, 2026 2

At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

Album Reviews

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February 16, 2023 0

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Album Reviews

State Of The Union “Paper Tigers”

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Playful folk from a well-established duo. Paper Tigers is the fourth album from State Of The Union (Boo Hewerdine and Brooks Williams). With well-established solo careers to pursue and with them living at opposite ends of […]

Live Reviews

Live Review: Courtney Marie Andrews, Gorilla, Manchester – 26th October 2021

November 1, 2021 0

Award winning singer-songwriter reminds everyone just how uplifting a great performance can be. On the morning of this show I slipped on some wet brown leaves whilst out walking the dog. As well as causing me […]

Something for the weekend: Josh Ritter records the Silo Sessions – Watch

The Milk Carton Kids with Josh Ritter “Losing Battles”

Classic Americana Compilations “UNCUT Presents: Americana 2004”

Video: Josh Ritter “Empty Hearts”

Happy Christmas to all our readers from Americana UK

Dead Goat to release self titled debut amid talk of an Irish supergroup

Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”

For the Sake of the Song: Marah “Round Eye Blues”

Elgin and the Marbles “The Sun Never Sets”

Jack Studer “Falling Forward”