2017 – Page 168 – Americana UK

Glen Campbell tops new UK americana chart

June 27, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Glen Campbell’s moving “Adios” album is number one in this week’s official UK americana chart which Paste describes as being delivered “with the kind of class and grace that characterized much of his career.” There’s a […]

RS Country look back at Old 97’s classic

June 27, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

A nice little piece up in RS Country this morning about an album which still sounds great twenty (!) years on. You can listen to the whole thing below. “We felt some kinship to the alt-rock […]

Flotation Toy Warning “The Machine That Made Us” (Talitres, 2017)

June 27, 2017 David Stevenson 0

Flotation Toy Warning have returned after a 13 year break with their second full-length album ‘The Machine That Made Us’ and pick up exactly where they left off. Formed in a warehouse in London way back […]

David Rawlings announces new album – due August

June 27, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Songwriter and guitarist David Rawlings, he of “and Gillian Welch” fame, has announced the release of his freshly pressed third album “Poor David’s Almanack” which will see the light of day on August 11th via Acony Records. […]

Video: Holly Spears “Farm Girl”

June 27, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

The autobiographical new single from Holly Spears, a nice piece of upfront contemporary country.

Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”

July 3, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. If you’re an AUK supporter your new playlist will be with you at 5pm tonight. Don’t forget about our 25 year anniversary event in November which takes place […]

Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026

July 3, 2026 0

Performances don’t get much more intimate when less than 50 people are in the front space of a record shop and the artist is playing unamplified, less than five feet away. In the autumn of 2025, […]

Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”

July 3, 2026 0

Americana royalty teams up with a cracking Texas band to produce a varied and highly enjoyable mix of country, soul and stomp. Ryan Bingham is a comparatively rare example of an americana artist who has broken […]

Year: 2017

Glen Campbell tops new UK americana chart

RS Country look back at Old 97’s classic

Flotation Toy Warning “The Machine That Made Us” (Talitres, 2017)

David Rawlings announces new album – due August

Video: Holly Spears “Farm Girl”

Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”

Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026

Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”

Americana Stories – Simon Lamont “Americana”

Our new supporters playlist is out later today – win a vinyl copy of Ashley McBryde’s new album