April 2018 – Americana UK

The Sheepdogs change colours across the UK – June

April 30, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

Down boy! Quadruple Juno Award-winning Canadian quintet The Sheepdogs were described by Uncut as sounding like “Badfinger picking up The Flying Burrito Brothers’ bar tab” and they have today announced a string of UK shows throughout June and July, including […]

Sunny Ozell “The Garden” – Listen

April 30, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Sunny Ozell was last in the UK to present Jason Isbell with a UK Americana Award for International Album of the Year. She hails from Reno Nevada, which is a pretty sunny place, and hopefully she’ll be […]

The Good Morning Nags “The Good Morning Nags EP” (Independent 2018)

April 30, 2018 Paul Kerr 0

A six piece “country folk” band from New York City, The Good Morning Nags have honed their skills over the past couple of years busking in the Big Apple with Central Park, Greenwich village and various […]

Lucky Bones “Matchstick Men” (Lucky Bones Promotions, 2018)

April 30, 2018 Steven Howlett 0

It is puzzling why one band can ‘make it’ while others continually fly below the radar. And so it is with Lucky Bones. They are the kind of band that take to a festival stage late […]

David Celia and Marla, The Bell Inn, Bath, 17th April 2018

April 30, 2018 Tim Merricks 0

Toronto’s David Celia has seen it all touring extensively across Europe and North America in promotion of his latest album ‘Double Mind‘, so he’s picked up a trick or two along the way. Tonight’s turnout on […]

Something not really americana for the weekend: This is Lorelei “Oh No Now My”

August 7, 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. We leave you dear reader with a new song from Nate Amos aka This […]

Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

August 7, 2026 0

At once nostalgic travelogue, introspective head-trip, and rootsy showcase, Madrid-born Juana Everett’s second album should be her breakthrough record. Past Lives in California swims headfirst through the murky waters of transit, both literal and metaphysical. Bring […]

Margo Price “Days of Unrest”

August 7, 2026 0

A powerful message that’s relayed with the kind of vigour and skill needed to make people sit up and listen. “In his oval room, in his rockin’ chair / He’s the president, but I don’t care […]

Interviews

Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

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Interviews

Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider

August 4, 2026 0

Nashville East resident Aaron Lee Tasjan has long been a favourite of Americana UK, and with 12 albums to his name, including his latest Get Over It, Underdog, and approaching 40, he is no longer the […]

Interviews

Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

July 29, 2026 0

American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]

Album Reviews

Iron And Wine “Light Verse”

April 26, 2024 0

An album containing many wonderful and heartfelt moments. It’s hard to believe that this is Iron And Wine’s first album for seven years, after the Grammy-nominated ‘Beast Epic‘. So has it been worth the wait? It […]

Classic Americana Albums

Classic Americana Albums: Hayes Carll “Trouble In Mind”

May 5, 2021 3

When his third album, ‘Trouble In Mind’ was released in 2008, Hayes Carll was an up and coming yet still relatively unknown alt-country singer-songwriter, who had built up a small, but dedicated, group of fans through […]

Album Reviews

Devlin & The Harm “Devlin & The Harm”

June 2, 2026 0

Balancing towering indie-rock dynamics with noir-ish americana touches, Devlin & The Harm’s debut explores what remains after faith, relationships and certainty begin to fracture. Devlin & The Harm sits in an intriguing place somewhere between widescreen […]

Month: April 2018

The Sheepdogs change colours across the UK – June

Sunny Ozell “The Garden” – Listen

The Good Morning Nags “The Good Morning Nags EP” (Independent 2018)

Lucky Bones “Matchstick Men” (Lucky Bones Promotions, 2018)

David Celia and Marla, The Bell Inn, Bath, 17th April 2018

Something not really americana for the weekend: This is Lorelei “Oh No Now My”

Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

Margo Price “Days of Unrest”

Classic Clips: The Mavericks “Born To Be Blue” – Live at American Songwriter Studios, 2012

The Wild High “Listen to The Wild High”