Kris Kristofferson

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Rick Bayles

July 20, 2023 Rick Bayles 9

Writing for Americana UK can sometimes be a bit like riding one of those extreme roller coasters. One minute you’re trundling along on a straight track and all seems well with the world, the next you’re […]

Classic Americana Album: Kris Kristofferson “Kristofferson”

January 25, 2023 Graeme Tait 3

As the swinging sixties with its mantra of peace and love disintegrated into the splintered seventies of disillusion, suspicion, and violence, an ex U.S. Army Captain would become the most unlikely of saviours with the songs […]

Classic Americana Albums: Mickey Newbury “Frisco Mabel Joy”

June 29, 2022 Graeme Tait 3

“He was my hero and still is. I learned more about songwriting from him than any other writer”. An eye catching quote and an accolade that any songwriter would be proud to be the recipient of, […]

Interview: Matt North on how drumming and screenwriting made him a songwriter

February 2, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

Get the best, how Matt North got Wilco’s producer, Lucinda Williams’ guitarist, Emmylou Harris’s bassist, and Chris Stapleton’s keyboardist to work with him. There aren’t many singer-songwriters who get to middle-age before starting their solo recording […]

Jason Isbell, Kris Kristofferson among the names releasing vinyl this Record Store Day

September 17, 2021 Emily Dongray 0

This November sees the return of the “Black Friday” Record Store Day and this year the list of releases has something to delight any Americana fan. Among the vinyl being released are some rare live recordings, […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 2

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers