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 ...

Z, in his other bands or as a solo artist, aren’t technically Americana, but everything in their construction and recording ...

All I Ever Wanted is the catchy new single from Charlie Sherbourne & The Nightbirds. Over a steady beat and warm, sustained notes on the bass, Sherbourne delivers tuneful guitar and a clean, ...

Wynonna Judd has just released her latest album; it came out last Friday, and it is, she says, the most personal album of her ...

The Nashville-based duo Rosine featuring GRAMMY Award winner Forrest O’Connor and rising vocalist Meredith Lane O’Connor have ...

We’re sorry to end this week with some sad news for regular readers which some of you will know already via social media.

Powerful confessional lyrics drive Lawrence Rothman’s journey to the dark side of Americana. For their fifth album, Here Lies ...

An Essentials occasional one-off feature, this one responding to our readers’ input. We ran a previous Essentials list which ...

Songs of hope and resilience, both of which were needed to see this earnest album completed. Hope is Restless is Nicole ...

As I proceeded to pull into a convenient parking space, a stone’s throw from the doors of the Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey, ...

Deeply human songs with indie sensibilities and shades of bluegrass. This is Lorelei is the moniker used by singer-songwriter Nate Amos. He’s also in the experimental, indie pop band Water ...

In another part of the AUK jungle, I’ve been reading Chris Hillman’s autobiography, Time Between: My Life as a Byrd, Burrito ...