Michael Weston King

Preview: Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival 2024

July 22, 2024 Cam Fraser 0

If you fancy some Americana in the heart of the Scottish Highlands, Belladrum Festival takes place this coming weekend (25th to 27th July). With a mix of local and international talent across two stages, it promises […]

Live Review: My Darling Clementine, The Stoller Hall, Manchester – 23rd November 2023

November 30, 2023 NickBarber 0

The Stoller Hall isn’t the sort of venue where you’d normally expect to see the likes of My Darling Clementine. Part of the famed Chetham’s Music School, it’s a custom-built room that’s spare and somewhat brutal […]

Essentials: The Top 10 My Darling Clementine songs

May 25, 2023 Andrew Raw 1

This week’s Essentials considers some homegrown americana talent. My Darling Clementine, who are husband and wife Michael Weston King and Lou Dalgleish, are from Southport and Birmingham respectively. They started recording together after 10 years of […]

Video Review of the Year 2022

December 23, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

It’s that time of year again, folks, when we look forward to some festive fun and reflect on another year that has flown by (they do seem to be getting quicker). Throughout another turbulent year, our […]

Video: Michael Weston King “The Hardest Thing of All”

November 11, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

We are delighted to share the brand new video from one of the UK’s finest singer-songwriters, Michael Weston King. On ‘The Hardest Thing of All’, King is ably supported by terrific musicians, including Clovis Phillips, who […]

Jawdropped have a “Secret To Spare” and October dates

July 17, 2026 0

Jawdropped, a four-piece from Los Angeles, have announced their debut album, Secret To Spare, due 18th September via Transgressive Records / Canvasback. The band has also released the first single, Split Lip, along with a video […]

Classic Clips: Anna Tivel “Rodeo Queens” – She’s Speaking

July 17, 2026 0

We’ve been lucky enough here at Americana UK to have been aware of Anna Tivel and her astonishing songwriting pretty much from her emergence into the folk/singer-songwriter/americana combined genres. We haven’t been shy with our praise […]

Paperback Riders: Dennis McNally “A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead”

July 17, 2026 0

When Dennis McNally published A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead in 2002, he had an almost impossible task. It needed to document a band whose history was already wrapped in layers […]

Preview: Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival 2024

Live Review: My Darling Clementine, The Stoller Hall, Manchester – 23rd November 2023

Essentials: The Top 10 My Darling Clementine songs

Video Review of the Year 2022

Video: Michael Weston King “The Hardest Thing of All”

Jawdropped have a “Secret To Spare” and October dates

Classic Clips: Anna Tivel “Rodeo Queens” – She’s Speaking

Paperback Riders: Dennis McNally “A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead”

Bob Dylan announces 2026 UK tour

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