Michael Cleveland

Video Interview: Blackberry Smoke’s Charlie Starr on “Be Right Here”

February 22, 2024 Martin Johnson 2

25 years as a band and still going strong. Americana UK interviews have proved popular with our readers and after long discussions at AIK Towers, we have decided to publish some future interviews on video to […]

Bluegrass Briefs – March 2023

March 10, 2023 Tim Martin 1

For our second look at the world of Bluegrass we are stretching the definition a little, with a couple of albums that sit as close to contemporary country as to traditional Bluegrass. The first album however […]

Americana UK’s Shades Of Love

February 14, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Aah…Valentines’ day. A sanctioned day for an outpouring of loving sentiment, a day to make any self respecting flower judder at the thought of being cut. Commercialism! And, anyway, there are 364 other days each year […]

Interview: Michael Cleveland on spreading his musical wings beyond traditional bluegrass

January 24, 2023 Martin Johnson 4

If you want to be one of the best bluegrass fiddle players you need to start playing at age four. Michael Cleveland is a 12-time IBMA Fiddle Player Of The Year and a Grammy Award-winner who […]