Neil Young

Neil Young “Archives II: 1972 – 1976” (Reprise, 2020)

December 16, 2020 Keith Hargreaves 1

Opening with Letter from ‘Nam – all solo acoustic and plaintive musing and closing with Cortez the Killer – a live incendiary explosion from the ‘Hammy Odeon’, the 10 discs in Archives II mine a Klondike […]

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Diccon Johnston

December 10, 2020 Clint West 2

As has become our custom on a Thursday, we bring you the latest (the 28th in fact) of our writers’ personal selections in our attempt to seek out the top 10 americana albums ever. Now this […]

Pick of the Political Pops: Neil Young “The Needle and the Damage Done”

December 4, 2020 Paul Villers 0

This week we discovered that the UK’s MHRA – the medicine regulator – has passed the Pfizer vaccine as safe and that it can be rolled out to the public. Now we here at Americana-UK are […]

Interview: Nils Lofgren on his new live album and working with Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young and Ringo Starr

November 6, 2020 Andrew Frolish 4

Nils Lofgren has spent more than fifty years on the road as a touring musician. The experience of a Lofgren concert is mesmerising; it’s on the stage when his energy, dynamism and true talent are on […]

The Unsung Heroes of Americana – Martin D28

November 3, 2020 Rick Bayles 3

It’s another article in our Unsung Heroes of Americana series and, following on from his article on the Gibson J-45, Richard Phillips is back with another piece on an instrument that is at the very heart of […]