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Laura Veirs to release an August album before touring the UK in September

May 21, 2026 0

Esteemed Portland, Oregon-based artist Laura Veirs has announced that her new album, Temple Songs, will come out on 14th August via her label Raven Marching Band Records. Veirs has also shared her lead single Flying Into […]

Rob Burger “Valley People” – with Iron & Wine

May 21, 2026 0

Well, this is that rare thing, a doubly old new song: Valley People originally started life as an instrumental piece that Rob Burger wrote during a break from a demanding touring stretch. The piece began as […]

Video: The Hanging Stars “All Your Yesterdays” – the now we always take for granted

May 21, 2026 0

The Hanging Stars’ new single, All Your Yesterdays, is a perfect example of the band’s gorgeous, timeless sound and songcraft. Bursting with harmonies, lush twelve-string guitar and bright sun-shining jangle, All Your Yesterdays positively shimmers with […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Little Feat after Lowell George

May 20, 2026 4

I’ve gone on record as proclaiming Waiting For Columbus one of the best live albums in the universe, so I took a long time to reconcile myself to the fact that the band had a life […]

Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

May 20, 2026 0

There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]

Essentials
Essentials: The Top 10 James McMurtry Songs
It was the legendary American author Stephen King who said, “James McMurtry may be the truest, fiercest songwriter of his generation”. At the same time, much closer to home, BBC Radio 2’s Bob Harris called him [...]
Can't Live with it, Can't Live without it
Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Little Feat after Lowell George
I’ve gone on record as proclaiming Waiting For Columbus one of the best live albums in the universe, so I took a long time to reconcile myself to the fact that the band had a [...]
Interviews
Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same
There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; [...]
Interviews
Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music
Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred [...]
Features
More People Really Should Know About: Todd Day Wait
Americana music has such a wide range. That is one of the most appealing things about the genre. The definition is so difficult, and even as writers, we have had long discussions, mainly in a [...]

Montana duo Buffalo Traffic Jam to release full-length debut in July

May 20, 2026 0

Rising Montana folk duo Buffalo Traffic Jam have announced their debut full-length album, Pictures of You, to be released on 31st July 2026, both digitally and on vinyl. Pictures of You comprises 14 tracks, including the […]

Father John Misty “The Payoff” – read the small print, sucker

May 20, 2026 0

Here’s a song that doesn’t offer much in the way of optimism, talking as it does of deals, probably of the shady kind, and a world that ought to get you, and, hey, get this, you […]

Video: Hugo S. Simões “My Thoughts Know No Bounds”

May 20, 2026 0

My Thoughts Know No Bounds is the second single from Portuguese singer-songwriter Hugo S. Simões. This is Simões’ captivating version of the old German folk song Die Gedanken Sind Frei, which translates literally as “Thoughts are free.” […]

Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

May 19, 2026 2

Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]

Old Crow Medicine Show will release latest record Union Made in early June

May 19, 2026 0

Old Crow Medicine Show will release their new record Union Made on 5th June 2026 with Hartland Records via Firebird Music. The album finds the two-time Grammy-winning string band reflecting upon the people, places, and stories […]

Rob Burger “Valley People” – with Iron & Wine
May 21, 2026 0
Well, this is that rare thing, a doubly old new song: Valley People originally started life as an instrumental piece that Rob Burger wrote during a break from a demanding touring stretch. The piece began [...]
Video: The Hanging Stars “All Your Yesterdays” – the now we always take for granted
May 21, 2026 0
The Hanging Stars’ new single, All Your Yesterdays, is a perfect example of the band’s gorgeous, timeless sound and songcraft. Bursting with harmonies, lush twelve-string guitar and bright sun-shining jangle, All Your Yesterdays positively shimmers [...]
Father John Misty “The Payoff” – read the small print, sucker
May 20, 2026 0
Here’s a song that doesn’t offer much in the way of optimism, talking as it does of deals, probably of the shady kind, and a world that ought to get you, and, hey, get this, [...]
Video: Hugo S. Simões “My Thoughts Know No Bounds”
May 20, 2026 0
My Thoughts Know No Bounds is the second single from Portuguese singer-songwriter Hugo S. Simões. This is Simões’ captivating version of the old German folk song Die Gedanken Sind Frei, which translates literally as “Thoughts are [...]
Lisa Bouchelle “Make This World Stand Still” – featuring Amanda Shires
May 19, 2026 0
Now, we’re dipping into the postbag, and thank you, Americana UK readers, for being so loyal to the analogue world. We appreciate every handwritten letter, even more so when it has clearly been produced with [...]

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