Rainbow Girls – Americana UK

Rainbow Girls “Road Must Roll” – Nightfall’s a coming baby

December 16, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Press picture roars attitude, the new release is the ‘Rolling Dumpster Fire EP‘, and one could be forgiven for thinking that Rainbow Girls are going to be gutsy rockers who take no prisoners. Not so. Think […]

‘Hardly Strictly Bluegrass’ to livestream over 27 artists in 3 days

September 30, 2021 Emily Dongray 0

Strictly Bluegrass is a long-established San Fransisco free festival of Bluegrass that began over two decades ago. The last two years have seen it move online, and now it is one of the most significant live […]

VERSIONS: “Satisfied Mind”

Features

December 4, 2023 0

Written by Joe Hayes and Jack Rhodes “Satisfied Mind” takes hold of the age-old assertion that “money can’t buy you happiness” and expresses it in a simple song. Hayes claimed that the idea came from his [...]

The Bacon Brothers “Ballad Of The Brothers (The Willie Door)” –

Tracks

December 4, 2023 0

The Bacon Brothers are, of course, Michael and Kevin Bacon – the one an A-list Hollywood actor and the other an Emmy-winning composer. Their musical collaboration as The Bacon Brothers is not a new thing [...]

Album Reviews

Steven Adams “DROPS”

December 4, 2023 0

Adams returns to form with best album since halcyon days of The Broken Family Band. It is now closing in on fifteen years since the much-loved indie rockers the Broken Family Band finally called it [...]

Features

For the Sake of the Song: Rosanne Cash “The Sunken Lands”

December 4, 2023 2

Rosanne Cash, daughter of Johnny, has had to spend her professional life living up to her history. For the 2014 LP ‘The River & The Thread‘, she used that history and heritage to her advantage. [...]

News

Preview: Teddy Thompson hits the UK next month

December 4, 2023 0

Teddy Thompson has announced seven shows in the UK this January – ie: next month. The acclaimed New York City-based singer/songwriter will be touring in support of his eighth studio album, ‘My Love Of Country’, [...]

Interviews

Interview: Louis Michot on why it has taken over 20 years to release a solo album

November 28, 2023 0

Louis Michot reveals himself to be more than simply a purveyor of Louisiana music. As a member of the Grammy award-winning Lost Bayou Ramblers and Michot’s Melody Makers singer-songwriter and fiddle player Louis Michot has released […]

Interviews

Interview: Danny O’Keefe on making circular turns and having a good time

November 21, 2023 2

Still writing new songs in his ninth decade and celebrating his catalogue. Singer-songwriters write songs, and that is exactly what Danny O’Keefe has been doing all his working life, and he is still doing it in […]

Interviews

Interview: Corey Ledet on helping preserve the Louisiana dialect Kouri-Vini through songwriting

November 14, 2023 0

Why language and culture enhance the authenticity of music. Corey Ledet is one of the leading Creole and zydeco musicians of his generation, with a Grammy nomination to prove it, and an Americana UK favourite. With […]

Features

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

July 13, 2023 46

As always in these prescriptive articles there must be a drawing of boundaries and Clint’s first article in the series seemed to have dealt with the idea that you should define americana in a narrow sense […]

Obituaries

The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

March 12, 2020 4

I heard from a colleague, who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

Features

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Martin Johnson

August 31, 2023 27

How does anyone go about determining the top ten americana artists ever, and once you’ve worked that one out, how do you rank them in a meaningful way? These are the legitimate questions facing Americana UK […]

Essentials

Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

July 8, 2021 25

Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]