Friday 10th April
Lucky Lips
https://luckylips.bandcamp.com
Long before there was talk about a wave of new Norwegian americana, before Beyoncé made country cool, and long before “nordicana” became a thing, there was Lucky Lips. They strutted the streets of Oslo in their boots, playing wherever people would have them. They performed at country festivals and bluegrass jams. They made it to the finals of Melodi Grand Prix, which is Norway's national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. They won the European Championship in Bluegrass and played at Americanafest in Nashville, USA. They kept going, did their own thing and never stopped, even when country music was among the least trendy genres out there.
Fronted by Pettersen, who needs no further introduction, Lucky Lips has been a staple of Oslo’s country scene for over 15 years. They initially started as a bluegrass band but quickly blended elements of other genres such as old time, honkytonk, outlaw country and americana into their sound. Their music is defined by Pettersens powerful voice, tight and groovy rythms, playful banjo, and virtuose guitar playing.
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Hollow Hand
Max Kinghorn-Mills is the Brighton-based artist behind the psych-folk project Hollow Hand, and the latest signing to Loose Music Their 2023 album Your Own Adventure received widespread acclaim from Mojo, Uncut, Shindig! and more. Since then, Hollow Hand have toured extensively - serving as house band for Caitlin Rose, collaborating and performing with Aoife Nessa Frances, supporting MJ Lenderman across Europe, and joining Willie J Healey on his recent UK tour.
“Hollow Hand’s support slot to MJ Lenderman at London’s Garage totally blew our socks off - we are now well and truly hooked!” - Tom Bridgewater, Loose Music
“Enchanting and melodic third from folk-rock voyager… Max Kinghorn-Mills casts quite a spell on his third Hollow Hand album” - UNCUT
“Evoking everyone from Stealers Wheel to Jeff Lynne to Tom Petty, Hollow Hand is a shape-shifting beast.” - MOJO 4*
“Everything you ever thought you needed from '60s pop, and a little bit more.” - The Line Of Best Fit
“Beatles-esque… jangly country-rock and psychedelic pop epiphanies” - Shindig! 4*
Luke Tuchscherer
& the Penny Dreadfuls
https://www.luketuchscherer.co.uk
Luke Tuchscherer (pronounced Tuck-Shearer) is an acclaimed singer/songwriter from Bedford, England.
He released his sixth record, Living Through History, through Clubhouse Records on 13 June 2025. It received critical acclaim, according a five-star review in the Morning Star, which called it an “anti-capitalist classic”.
Previous releases include Widows & Orphans (2023), Carousel (2019), Pieces (2018), Shadows (EP, 2018), Always Be True (2017) and You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense (2014).
Always Be True entered the UK’s Official Country Chart at #17, rising to #15 the next week. It entered the Americana Chart at #25.
Suzie Ungerleider
After 23 years away chasing dreams in Toronto, three-time JUNO nominee Suzie Ungerleider (formerly Oh Susanna) returned home to Vancouver, drawn by its salt air and towering trees. Her new album, Among the Evergreens, is a deeply personal journey through time, tracing her path from youthful dreams to the wisdom of experience. “It’s about being like a tree with all those rings around you, the layers of your life telling you who you are and where you've been,” she says. Imagery of the outdoors, of green valleys and trees shedding their leaves, infuses this new collection and it is garnering high praise as one of her best.
Uncut Magazine describes Among the Evergreens as “thoughtful, luminous, expressive” and featured it as
Americana Album of the Month for June 2025. Mojo Magazine’s four-star review glowed that these 10
new songs “are about as sweet as folk-Americana comes.”
Suzie brings her stories to life with her captivating voice and raw honesty. Inviting you into her world
through poetic lyricism and mesmerising melodies.
Tara MacLean
https://www.taramacleanmusic.com
Tara MacLean is one of Canada’s most accomplished and compelling singer-songwriters, with a 25-year career built on world-class songwriting, fearless honesty, and deep emotional connection. Praised by Dido as “inspiring, painfully honest… funny and heartbreaking,” Tara has released seven acclaimed solo recordings and two with her band Shaye, following early signings with Nettwerk, Sony Music Publishing Canada, Capitol Records, and EMI Canada.
Her album Deeper earned SOCAN Songwriter of the Year, Solo Recording of the Year at the PEI Music Awards, and a Pop Album of the Year nomination at the ECMAs, with her duet This Storm named Song of the Year. She was nominated for Innovator of the Year at the East Coast Music Awards. Her most recent full length album, Sparrow, released as an accompaniment to her best selling memoir, won Single of the Year. Her live EP Live in my Hometown won Contemporary Roots Recording of the Year in 2025.
Saturday 11th April
William the Conqueror
https://www.williamtheconqueror.net
William The Conqueror, the critically acclaimed, shape-shifting trio from Cornwall, have quietly established themselves as one of the UK’s most vital underground bands.
Rooted in groove driven alt-rock and steeped in the storytelling traditions of folk and Americana, their sound is equal parts fuzz and finesse and has seen them tour with everyone from Bright Eyes to Nathaniel Ratliffe and Wilco, making records with Ethan Johns (Kings of Leon, Laura Marling) and Joseph Lorge (Phoebe Bridgers, Perfume Genius) along the way.
Now several albums deep, and never content to stand still, William The Conqueror continues to evolve – a band shaped by the road, sharpened in the studio, and sustained by a stubborn belief in the redemptive power of a great song, well played.
Malin Peterssen
https://malinpettersenofficial.com
Malin Pettersen's creative drive is an inexhaustible source. In recent years, it’s been overflowing with frequent musical releases – without the quantity compromising the quality. On the contrary: Pettersen demonstrates how durable her music is, and that her songs fit multiple formats and expressions.
Wildflower serves as both a spiritual successor to her acclaimed 2020 release Wildhorse and a culmination of her artistic journey. "This album is about creating something intuitively, in the moment, in the room," Pettersen explains. "It's about channeling everything I've learned, from my earliest solo studio sessions to today, into something authentic and immediate."
Wildflower represents Pettersen's most confident work to date. As Norway's leading voice in Americana, she continues to push boundaries while staying true to her roots, creating music that resonates with authenticity and emotional depth.
In the past couple of years, Pettersen has released a pop/R&B album, a fully acoustic, stripped-down album, and a new album with her band Lucky Lips. The new album showcases Pettersen's signature songwriting – a powerful combination of memorable melodies and profound lyricism that tackles both personal narratives and broader social issues with equal grace.
David Ford
David Ford is one of Britain’s most compelling singer-songwriters. First breaking through with acclaimed indie band Easyworld before striking out solo, Ford has built a formidable reputation for emotionally charged songwriting, virtuosic guitar work, and unforgettable live performances. Across six solo albums, he has toured internationally, sharing stages with KT Tunstall, Elvis Costello, Ray LaMontagne, and Gomez, and appearing at major festivals including Latitude, Bonnaroo, and Austin City Limits. Hailed by The Guardian as “unmissable… one of Britain’s best,” David Ford delivers songs of rare honesty, power, and depth.
“Unmissable” ★★★★★ The Guardian
"One of Britain's best." ★★★★★ The Times
“Puts everything into every word.” The LA Times
“David Ford is the eternal thrill of a young man going way too far and pulling it off.” Word Magazine
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Pete Gow & Jim Maving
with friends
From 2007 until 2019 Case Hardin were one of the UK’s best loved Americana/ Alt. Country bands, .. with four albums on Clubhouse Records and a reputation as a fearsome live act .. including an incendiary set here at Ramblin Roots Review in 2017. When songwriter Pete Gow called time on the band, guitarist Jim Maving became one of the most sought after guitarists on the circuit, and right hand man to Mott the Hoople/ Bad Company founder Mick Ralphs, before returning to his own song writer roots. Gow launched his solo career releasing three genre defying albums, that earned him a UK Americana album of the year nomination in 2019. But the songs of Case Hardin couldn't keep them apart forever and 'Pete Gow & Jim Maving with Friends' is a reunion long overdue, with a band of the scene's finest in support (Fin Kenny (drums), Joe Bennett (piano/ keys), Tristan Tipping (bass) and Danny Tipping (guitars).
Pete & Jim will showcase their solo work and roll back the years with that peerless back catalogue
The Roebucks
The Roebucks are a double-female-fronted four piece from Brighton whose idiosyncratic take on blues rock is at times woozy and tender, at other times earthy and visceral. While the band have been around since 2022, the addition of drumming / vocalist powerhouse Sophie Moloney in early 2024 has seen the band truly hit their stride in terms of elevating both their songwriting and their live performances to a whole new level.
Lush three-part harmonies interlace with Dwayne Allman-esque riffs and the tightest of rhythm sections to conjure up their own uniquely warm take on a familiar genre.
Signed to Goo Records in October 2024, they released their first single ‘Great British Pig’ with the label in February 2025, followed up by ‘Mona’ in June 2025, receiving excellent press and radio support, including plays from Cerys Matthews for BBC 6 Music and John Kennedy for Radio X and features in Clunk, Hard of Hearing and Far Out.
Domino Lewis
https://dominolewis.bandcamp.com
"Domino Lewis is a singer-songwriter hailing from Paris. Born in France but raised on Joni Mitchell and Johnny Cash, she soon discovered that folk and country were her thing - a thing that could take her places. Starting out in the local Chicago scene in 2016, she began playing in earnest in Paris, alone and with her band. Since, she has played across Europe (Germany, the UK, Switzerland) and the US (Texas, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, Washington, D.C), and opened for artists like Hayden Pedigo, Niamh Regan, Esther Rose and Kelsey Waldon, showcasing her songwriting and strong sense of storytelling. Her catalogue takes inspiration from John Prine, Kate Wolf, as well as more recent acts such as Dori Freeman and the Secret Sisters. A believer at heart in the three-chords-and-the-truth motto, Domino revels both in the funny and the tragic in equal and copious amounts. Her single "Do It All" did the rounds on WesternAF and her debut EP, "Live at Kerwax", cut on tape in Brittanny last year, was a celebration of pedal steel, murder ballads and broken-hearted vistas. She hopes to make you laugh and cry and enjoy the whole lot. She is currently working on a couple more projects and sewing herself a couple more stage outfits."
Joana Serrat
https://www.facebook.com/JoanaSerrat/?locale=en_GB
Everything felt different,” says Joana Serrat. Big Wave, the sixth full-length release from the Catalan singer-songwriter, strides boldly in a new direction, its songs charged with a fresh power — precipitated by changes in her personal life.
On her previous albums, particularly Hardcore From The Heart and Dripping Springs, Joana’s music engages in a tug-of-war between fragility and intensity, a dynamic that has caught the attention of major publications such as Mojo, Uncut, and The Guardian, as well as Lauren Laverne, Guy Garvey and Gideon Coe on their BBC 6 Music show. Her songs have been described as “torrents of familiar heartache made startling and luminous”.
Big Wave retains her characteristic use of reverb and pop melody, but is tighter, fiercer, shrouded in distortion. An emotional and sonic ferocity because “I wanted to be more aggressive,” Joana explains. “Because I was going through a period where I was feeling very uncomfortable.”
Lucy Kitt
https://lucykitt.bandcamp.com/music
British singer-songwriter Lucy Kitt has been songwriting and performing for over 20 years, starting in a riot grrrl band in her teens in her hometown of Romford, Essex, before evolving into the thoughtful folk storyteller she is today. A semi-finalist at the BBC Young Folk Awards in the early 2000s, she has performed at major festivals including Glastonbury and Cambridge Folk Festival, building a reputation for intimate, lyrically-focused performances. Kitt unveiled her highly anticipated second album, Telling Me in November 2025, a deeply personal collection that shifts focus from introspection to storytelling, capturing the lives and struggles of those closest to her. Drawing from her love of 70’s Laurel Canyon folk, 90’s indie rock, and country music, Kitt crafts narratives that blend her own experiences with compassionate observations of loved ones. Based on a raw acoustic “three chords and the truth” style of songwriting that ripples throughout, the album expands with full-band arrangements that give a huge range and richness to the sound. Though influenced by American musical traditions, the Essex-native maintains her distinctive voice and authenticity, ensuring the music remains unmistakably her own. Following her 2018 debut Stand By, this new record represents a more mature approach to songwriting, written during her early 30s and completed in the 2021 lockdown – a storybook of songs capturing that moment in time.
David Banks & The Loose Change
https://www.davidbanksmusic.co.uk
Rock N Reel 4/5
Songs that remind me why I liked rock music when I first heard it. In Banks’s hands rock still sounds passionate and fresh.
Penny Black Music
A stunning collection of songs deeply rooted in Americana.
Americana UK 7/10
Big, honest Americana in the mould of Petty and Springsteen.
Rob's Raw Music
Americana at its finest. An amazing piece of work.
Rootstime
We can’t find a weak song on the album.
Toria Wooff
Finding splendour in shadows, Toria Wooff sings tales of the beautifully strange. Her beguiling self-titled debut album featuring ghostly folk ballad ‘The Waltz of Winter Hey’ and pained Americana ‘Lefty’s Motel Room’ landed in The Official Folk Album Charts last year and has already been championed by the likes of Clash, Uncut, Record Collector, Shindig, RnR, KLOF, Under The Radar, BBC Radio 6
and Radio X.
Paul McClure
https://paulmcclure.bandcamp.com
UK Folk/Roots singer songwriter, Clubhouse Records recording artist, full-time touring Troubadour, storyteller, road-warrior, raconteur and serial house concert performer Paul McClure from Rutland, England
His association with Clubhouse Records stretches all the way back to the beginning with a track of his being used on their debut release - ‘Divided By A Common Language’ in 2010 followed by a live performance at their inaugural concert at The Lexington, London. Later he was involved in ‘Nebraska Sessions – A Tribute’ to mark the 30 year anniversary of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska’
Whether it's an intimate house concert or a full-on festival set, interspersing his trademark dry humour between some excellent and thoughtful songs his shows are a delight, making him one of the most in-demand performers in the country and a significant player on the UK roots scene
“ ...he makes great music and that’s what matters” Americana UK
He last played Ramblin Roots in 2019 with his band The Local Heroes promoting his last release Market Town (Clubhouse Records)
McClure now returns to Ramblin Roots with a brand-new album recorded by Trevor Moss (Trevor Moss & Hannah Lou) in Bexhill on Sea.
Danni Nicholls
British-born, Nashville-based singer-songwriter Danni Nicholls has become one of the most compelling voices on today’s Americana scene; one that can hush a crowded room with songs that cut straight to the heart, she delivers performances full of warmth, soul, and magnetic storytelling.
A three-time Americana Music Association UK Award nominee, with several critically acclaimed album releases under her belt, Danni has toured internationally and shared stages with icons including Lucinda Williams, Sturgill Simpson, The Secret Sisters, and Yola. Her music has been featured on hit shows like Sons of Anarchy and has won many hearts over on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond.
Praised for her ability to create intimacy on any stage, Danni invites audiences into a world where vulnerability meets strength, and timeless melodies meet raw emotion. From candlelit listening rooms to festival fields, her performances leave a lasting impression.
Forthcoming album, Making Moves (summer 2026), co-produced in Nashville with Sarah Peacock, marks a bold new chapter—blending her British storytelling roots with the creative fire of her adopted home. A collection of heartfelt, nostalgia-charged songs, brought vividly to life with steel guitar, synths, and strings.
With her unforgettable voice, powerful songwriting, and commanding stage presence Danni continues to captivate audiences wherever she goes.
Skyscrapers
Spotify: Skyscrapers
'Skyscrapers hail from Lewes, East Sussex, their spacious, melodic roots-infused sound draws from a myriad of aural resources, - Sun Kil Moon, Low, Wilco, amongst others. Born from the ashes of Mt. Caburn, who played RRR in 2024, the band have shifted from a straightforward 'rock' foundation to follow a gentler, more reflective path. Made up of Del Day (guitar/vocals), Matthew Hook (keys/vocals), James Williams (bass/vocals) and Fin Kenny (drums/vocals) the band released their 'A Quiet Murmur EP' earlier this year on Soundcloud/Spotify, a mostly live recording produced by Hamish Benjamin (Danny George Wilson).
The Clubhouse All-Stars
Clubhouse Records, including friends and performers from the weekends acts, gather for the annual late night tribute.
to...
Neil Young
Sunday 6th April
Hannah White
https://www.hannahwhitemusic.com
Having swept the 2025 UK Americana Awards with wins for both UK Artist of the Year and UK Album of the Year for Sweet Revolution, Hannah White has solidified her place as one of the most vital voices in the genre. Born in Sidcup and raised on a council estate—an upbringing that informs her defiant "working-class swagger"—White’s music is a masterclass in autobiographical honesty and social conscience.
Her sound, often described as "Americana noir," seamlessly weaves together country, soul, and folk. It is anchored by a voice that Acoustic Magazine calls "arresting and wholly believable." White’s most recent album; Fine Day was released in late 2025 to critical acclaim, hitting #14 on the UK Official Album Charts.
White has shared stages with Paul Carrack, Ricky Ross of Deacon Blue and most recently with Jools Holland at The Royal Albert Hall, earning a reputation for performances that are as gritty and poetic as the life she’s lived. Authentic, soul-stirring, and undeniably British, Hannah White is Americana’s most compelling new storyteller.
Slim Chance
When Ronnie Lane left the Faces and formed Slim Chance, little did he dream the band would still be touring the country, delighting fans and enjoying playing together in the spirit that Ronnie championed so magnificently.
Fifty years on two original members - Steve Bingham (bass) and Charlie Hart (accordion and fiddle), joined by Geraint Watkins (keys), Frank Mead (saxes, harp and whistle) and Brendan O’Neill (drums), showcase Ronnie’s classic songs and a few originals with humour and energy.
Between them they have worked with Paul McCartney, Rory Gallagher, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, BBKing, Geno Washington, Bill Wyman, Ian Dury, Nick Lowe and many more.
The band’s set consists of many of Ronnie’s classic and much loved songs: Ooh La La, Debris, How Come, One for the Road, The Poacher and more.
The rebirth of Slim Chance is a phenomenon in itself. The band features top quality musicianship and has received many great reviews as they ‘convincingly recreate Ronnie's uniquely ruralised, soul-and-groove brand of folk-rock’ (Uncut); and ‘with a rough-shod, rollicking sound of their own, the party is already in full swing" (Record Collector).
Sid Griffin
Sid Griffin is a leading light of the Americana music scene. The Kentucky native was a founder of the Long Ryders, a band which performed Americana and alt-country long before they were established musical genres. Currently Griffin and the Long Ryders are on display in the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee as part of their Western Edge exhibit.
Griffin also plays mandolin and clawhammer banjo, having led the Coal Porters band through seventeen long years, six well-regarded albums, numerous North American and European tours, and many headaches. He has written chart singles both in the USA and in Europe but has never, alas, written a smash hit.
Don Gallardo and How Far West UK
Don Gallardo is an American singer-songwriter known for his warm storytelling style and a musical identity rooted in Americana, folk, and alt country. Rolling Stone has described him as one of the true journeymen of the Americana scene, a title that reflects his dedication to performing, touring, and preserving the honest spirit of roots based music. His sound blends the emotional depth of singer songwriters from the 1970s with the modern character of the East Nashville Americana movement.
Although Don Gallardo has long been associated with Nashville, he was born and raised in Northern California. His West Coast upbringing plays a major role in shaping his musical identity. Growing up around classic folk, country, and rock records, he absorbed the warmth and introspective nature of the Laurel Canyon era. These early influences created the foundation of his songwriting style, which carries emotional clarity, nostalgic atmosphere, and a strong focus on storytelling
The Poachers
https://thepoachers1.bandcamp.com/music
The Poachers started life primarily as the studio based project of songwriting duo Neil Donaldson and Seb Jonsen, working with producer Marco Rea and releasing 3 EPs of bona fide country folk pop classics in 2020 and 2021. With no way of promoting these works in the traditional sense due to the lockdown, they took a hiatus for much of 2022 before emerging rejuvenated in 2023 with support from independent label Sunstone Records, as well as the addition of Toby Virgo on bass and Dave Johnston on drums. Now a fully fledged live band, they released the single 'Annabelle' with a sold out show at the Glad Cafe in May to much acclaim and radio plays including BBC Scotland and Amazing Radio with appearances at Celtic Connections, Eden Festival and Foodies Fest.
Holly Carter
https://www.hollycartermusic.com/
AMAUK Instrumentalist of the Year 2023 & 2024
Holly Carter is an award-winning songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Bristol, UK. Two-time recipient of ‘Instrumentalist of the Year’ at the Americana UK awards (2023 &
2024) she is widely recognised as an exceptional fingerstyle guitarist and one of the UK’s only professional female pedal steel players.
Drawing deeply from the well of the folk tradition, she harnesses an approach to songs as a powerful tool for education and the preservation of legacy. Along with a showstopping approach to guitar that follows hot on the heels of the likes of Chet Atkins
and John Fahey, her music weaves joyously catchy melodies with thought-prov
https://www.louisbrennanmusic.com/
London-based Dubliner Louis Brennan is a singer-songwriter in the folk tradition. His folk however aren’t the field hands and travelling minstrels of yore but the repressed middle managers and ennui-ridden urbanites of late-stage capitalism. They populate tales of bad sex, half-drunk commutes and interpersonal claustrophobia delivered in Brennan’s cracked baritone, at times embarrassingly intimate, at times spuriously broad, peppered with pitch-black humour.
Brennan’s debut album 'Dead capital' was released in 2018 and awarded 9/10 by Americana Uk who called it "an outstanding album; deep, dark and demanding of attention" It garnered favourable comparisons to Kris Kristofferson, Guy Clark and Leonard Cohen.
Birds Flying Backwards
https://birdsflyingbackwards.bandcamp.com/
Birds Flying Backwards are a London-based six-piece formed by friends and family of principal songwriter JR Sanders. Their sound is eclectic, shifting fluidly from alt-folk (as heard on One Heartbreak to Another) to droning psychedelia (Who Are We?) and left-field jazz (2024’s Surrender to The Void II). The common thread that connects their sound is Sanders’ heartfelt lyricism and he and India’s radiant, intertwining vocals.
The band gained attention in 2024 while touring with The Hanging Stars for their ‘genre defying live show’ and with the release of their ambitious debut EP Surrender to The Void, which earned them praise as ‘one of the best new psych bands in London’ (Still Listening Magazine).
Following the release of Surrender to The Void, 2025 saw them explore a more folk-oriented direction, all while further solidifying their reputation as the ‘purveyors of nostalgic, yet timeless rock reverie’ (Atwood Magazine). Their first full-length album, Lovebirds, is slated for release on March 11th 2026.
James Hodder
https://jameshodder.bandcamp.com/
Kent-based songwriter James Hodder returns with ‘Lucky’, a new EP building on the
success of his acclaimed album Wilderness Road. Drawing from Folk and Americana
traditions, Lucky finds Hodder moving into more personal territory, offering songs
rooted in reflection gratitude and lived experience.
Where Wilderness Road often leaned into character-led narratives, Lucky turns
inward. The songs explore being present in the moment and the quiet realisation that life
isn’t something waiting to begin – it is already unfolding. The EP captures a songwriter
taking stock, finding meaning in both the everyday and the unexpected.
Elly Hopkins
Elly Hopkins delivers a gutsy, song-led take on alt-country and Americana. Her debut EP Animal, released to critical acclaim in 2025, was praised for its rawness and authenticity, marking Hopkins as a compelling new presence on the UK circuit. Fronted by her expressive, soul-baring vocal and backed by the firepower of her Bristol band, her sound is “full of raw, emotional energy, attitude and snarling guitars' and 'the future for Elly Hopkins is very bright indeed.” — (Americana UK)
Splash the Cash
"Splash the Cash take a deep dive into the Johnny Cash songbook, from the early hits to the stark, late-era covers he recorded with Rick Rubin. They’re not a tribute band – these songs are reworked in their own style, staying true to Cash’s spirit while making them feel raw, alive, and very much their own. It can get dark, it can get loud, but it’s always great fun. Played with skill, heart, and a healthy appreciation for a few cold beers, Splash the Cash bring the Man in Black’s legacy to life in all its shadowy glory."