The Blue Highways

The Black Feathers, live, (THL) Festival, 16/7/23

Live Review: The (THL) Festival, Kirton in Lindsey, North Lincolnshire – 16th July 2023

July 24, 2023 Graeme Tait 2

The lyrics, “Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun, if the sun don’t come you get a tan from standing in the English rain,” by some small band from Liverpool with an uncanny understanding […]

Live Preview: The (THL) Festival, Klassic Park, Kirton – 16th July 2023

July 6, 2023 Graeme Tait 2

Sunday 16th July sees the return of The (THL) Festival, a one-day music event held at The Klassic Park at Kirton in Lindsey in North Lincolnshire which last year saw such Americana luminaries as Hannah Aldridge […]

Interview: The Blue Highways’ Callum Lury on meeting the difficult second album challenge

July 4, 2023 Martin Johnson 0

Springsteen may cast his shadow, but girl pop singers also provide inspiration. Regular readers of Americana UK, and most fans of americana, will be aware of the sometimes debates about what does and doesn’t constitute americana, […]

The Blue Highways “Out On The Line”

February 24, 2023 Peter Churchill 0

Second album continues The Blue Highways’ upward trajectory. A delve back through the Americana UK archives reveals a common theme when it comes to The Blue Highways. From their 2020 debut through a subsequent EP release, […]

Track Premiere: The Blue Highways “Out On The Line”

January 26, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

The Blue Highways are North London’s latest purveyors of alt-rock – it’s a family band based around the musical partnership of singer Callum Lury with his brothers lead guitarist Jack and drummer Theo. ‘Out On The Line‘ is […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 1

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers