Woody Guthrie

Interview: Jared Deck keeps his “Head Above Water”

July 2, 2024 Martin Johnson 2

How politics and songwriting are all about storytelling and red dirt. Chatting with Jared Deck was probably a first for Americana UK as he is an elected Democratic State Representative in Oklahoma, he could also be […]

Boston’s Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame museum honours its inaugural class of inductees

May 9, 2024 Liz Thomson 6

In 2019, the Boch Center in Boston launched the Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame (FARHOF), Boston’s newest cultural and educational initiative. It celebrates the lifeblood of America’s musical and cultural heritage. Led by legendary musicians […]

Interview: Doug Levitt gets to the “Edge Of Everywhere” by Greyhound

July 18, 2023 Martin Johnson 0

Echoes of Jack Kerouac and Guthrie for the 21st Century with a Muscle Shoals vibe. It has taken twelve years and something like 120,000 miles riding a Greyhound before Doug Levitt released his debut album, ‘Edge […]

Carter Sampson “Gold”

April 12, 2023 Martin Johnson 0

Gold americana from the Queen of Oklahoma. The self-styled Queen of Oklahoma Carter Sampson planned to have a month or so off at the end of 2019 which became three years thanks to the pandemic. In […]

Artwork for Billy Bragg and Wilco album “Mermaid Avenue"

Classic Americana Albums: Billy Bragg and Wilco “Mermaid Avenue”

January 4, 2023 Darren Lumbroso 2

Prior to the release of ‘Mermaid Avenue’ in 1998, for many people, the name of Woody Guthrie invoked images of a free-spirited, freight train hopping, American troubadour armed only with an acoustic guitar, who wrote political […]