Mavis Staples

Americana UK’s Top 20 albums of 2025: 10-2

December 22, 2025 Mark Whitfield 4

On Friday we began our countdown of our favourite albums of the year as collectively chosen by AUK’s writing team. We continue our countdown today from 10-2, and at 2pm we’ll be announcing our album of […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 215 “Christmas Vinyl”

December 22, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

The only thing I ever used to ask for as Christmas presents were albums. I can still remember the albums I got between the ages of 14- 19, so important to me they were in ensuring […]

A year down the Tracks

December 22, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

What does a year in the Tracks really mean? On the one hand running the Tracks feature (and we’re sweeping up all other new music Tracks under that banner) means that there will be a lot […]

Lucinda Williams “So Much Trouble In The World” – features Mavis Staples

December 15, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Sometimes these introductions write themselves – we know you know who Lucinda Williams, we know you know who Mavis Staples is, and we’d expect a good proportion of you to recognise ‘So Much Trouble In The […]

Mavis Staples “Sad and Beautiful World”

November 17, 2025 FredArnold 3

Octogenarian soul superstar releases as good an album as any in her career. What is there left to say about Mavis Staples? A member of her family’s close harmony gospel group since the late 40s, she […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Samantha Crain Songs

August 6, 2026 0

March, 2026, walking down Islington High Street in the rain, heading for the hallowed Union Chapel, the anticipation of seeing Samantha Crain live was palpable. Too many years had gone by since a summer night at […]

Bird “Held Here Together”

August 6, 2026 0

Atmospheric strings build a soundscape from folk and psych to support excellent songs. Singer-Songwriter Bird, otherwise known as Janie Price, has released a new full-length album. Held Here Together is made up of her two recent […]

Live Review: Joshua Ray Walker + Malin Pettersen, The Lower Third, London – 28th July 2026

August 6, 2026 0

It was a hot night in the West End, but thankfully the air conditioning was cool at Denmark Street’s Lower Third. This was Joshua Ray Walker’s first show in London since recovering from stage 3 bowel […]

Americana UK’s Top 20 albums of 2025: 10-2

Sounds from beyond the Shed 215 “Christmas Vinyl”

A year down the Tracks

Lucinda Williams “So Much Trouble In The World” – features Mavis Staples

Mavis Staples “Sad and Beautiful World”

Essentials: The Top 10 Samantha Crain Songs

Bird “Held Here Together”

Live Review: Joshua Ray Walker + Malin Pettersen, The Lower Third, London – 28th July 2026

Phil Odgers & John Kettle “The War is Over – The Songs of Phil Ochs Vol 2”

Freddy Trujillo takes flight with his fifth solo album