Keith Hargreaves

5 days ago | americana-uk.com | Keith Hargreaves

Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and accomplished author Mary Gauthier is to tour the UK and Ireland in October and November with Jaimee Harris as a special guest. Gauthier’s backstory is an extraordinary one, with many contradictions. One goes from a crib at St. Vincent’s Women and Infants Asylum in New Orleans to being walked onto the Grand Ole Opry stage by Marty Stuart.

5 days ago | americana-uk.com | Keith Hargreaves

Beth Nielsen Chapman and Judie Tzuke have announced that they are to join forces for a 15-date autumn 2025 UK tour. Fans are promised an evening of music featuring both solo and collaborative work from the pair as they appear together on stage for the first time. The set will include songs such as ‘Stay With Me Till Dawn’, ‘Sand and Water’, ‘Bring The Rain’, ‘This Kiss’ and their recent collaboration, ‘Safe‘, the video for whcuh you can watch below.

1 week ago | americana-uk.com | Keith Hargreaves

I’ve gone on record in this column before about my deep and abiding love for the work of Neil Young. He is far more important to me than Bob Dylan and Bob, to paraphrase Jimmy Webb, I need more than I want, and I want him (or at least his works) for all time. So Mr Young is a big deal. For years, his lyrics were my passwords (no longer, I hasten to add); I commissioned a jacket comprising of all the album covers that I wanted on it, and I have paid to see him live many, many times.

1 week ago | americana-uk.com | Keith Hargreaves

And the fabulous Jack Browning too!AUK is giving readers a chance to win a pair of tickets to see the fabulous JP Harris at the fabled Lexington in London on Tuesday 3rd of June. That’s next week! Harris will be fully revved up after a weekend at the Red Rooster Festival and he will be ably supported by artist and rising star Jack Browning. To enter into the prize draw just complete your name and email in the form below before close of play tomorrow (Friday 30th May).

2 weeks ago | americana-uk.com | Keith Hargreaves

Ohio band, Caamp, has announced that their fifth studio album “Copper Changes Color” will be released on Friday 6th of June.  “Nothing stays the same forever,” says Caamp’s Taylor Meier, “and there’s something beautiful about that. Time passes, seasons turn, people grow. Change is what makes life special.” The suggestion is that this is the band’s most adventurous album to date, and is indeed, a reflection on growth and evolution, but also perhaps a celebration of the dreams and bonds that endure.