ramblin’ roots

Live Review: Ramblin’ Roots Revue, University of Bucks, 4th–6th April 2025

April 15, 2025 Oliver Gray 5

Established 2017 says the logo, and the Ramblin’ Roots Revue, despite rather oddly sharing a name with an entirely unconnected festival in the Netherlands, offers a convivial opportunity for a mass gathering of the UK Americana […]

Live Review: Ramblin’ Roots Revue, Bucks University, 5th-7th April 2024

April 22, 2024 Ken Beveridge 5

The Ramblin’ Roots Revue is a small boutique festival held annually at Bucks University in High Wycombe. Its origins dwell in the history of Clubhouse Records and Tristin Tipping and ex Borderline man Noel Crompton. Their […]

Live Review: Saturday at Ramblin’ Roots Revue, Bucks Students’ Union, High Wycombe – 15th April 2023

April 28, 2023 Andrew Frolish 3

Saturday’s headliner at Ramblin’ Roots, Robert Vincent, told AUK: “It’s good to be back around everyone, seeing all these musicians together again.” Indeed, there’s still a particular and renewed sense of the communal joy to be […]

New release from Neal Casal archives due in November

October 6, 2026 0

Book Of Stories (Home Recordings 1998–2003) is a new 12-track collection of previously unreleased songs by Neal Casal, which will be released on 6th November 2026 via the Neal Casal Music Foundation/Blackwing Music/Royal Potato Family. The […]

“A lovely, thoughtful and humorous man” – Americana UK remembers Martin Johnson

October 6, 2026 0

Back in September 2019, I received an email after one of our semi-regular call-outs for new writers to join our team which said: “After 40 years in IT and process outsourcing I am current kicking my […]

Bap Kennedy “Above All, Love”

October 6, 2026 1

Timely release of demos from the late, great Bap Kennedy. In the history of all things Americana, one of the most tragic and sad pieces of news was when one of Ireland’s finest songwriters, Bap Kennedy, […]