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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Almost exactly 12 years after First Aid Kit first played the Royal Albert Hall, they’re back at the same venue, this time with the 65-piece Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in tow, conducted by Erik ...

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

Collaboration brings a beautiful folk album with words of love. This is Alela Diane’s seventh album, and the story behind it starts with the death at the age of eighty-three of her great friend ...

Warner Music UK/Rhino release a 35th-Anniversary version of the classic sophomore album from the Levellers. Originally released in 1991 with that iconic opening “There’s only one way of life / And ...