May 2018 – Page 4 – Americana UK

The Hanging Stars “For You (My Blue Eyed Son)” – Listen

May 29, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Rising new stars of jangly country rock The Hanging Stars released this, their new single, as they geared up for a tour supporting GospelbeacH. The first date was yesterday but they’re playing Manchester tonight then up […]

Video: Gospelbeach “California Fantasy”

May 29, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

Great Californian jangle-pop from Gospelbeach, who are on tour in the UK now and Europe in early June. Not to be missed.

Suburban Dirts “I Want Blood” (Old Jank Records, 2018)

May 28, 2018 Rick Bayles 0

This is an album that asks a big question. That question is, how does a band from Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire, UK manage to get such an authentic Americana sound?! Listening to this album you would swear […]

Passenger leans into americana for new album, due August

May 25, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

We leave you this week with news that Passenger aka Brighton’s Mike Rosenberg has announced details of his new album ‘Runaway’, which will be released on August 31st on Black Crow Records via Cooking Vinyl and is available to pre-order now. ‘Runaway’ will […]

Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore “Downey to Lubbock” (Yep Roc, 2018)

May 25, 2018 Mark Johnson 0

Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore have been scene buddies for 30 years, but never recorded together until now. Whilst joint headlining recently they realised the chemistry, and decided they had to get something down, resulting […]

Josh Ritter is coming this way in January – Happy New Year!

September 25, 2026 0

One of AUK’s favourite singer-songwriters, who is also an artist and best-selling author, Josh Ritter, will tour the UK and Ireland early next year, following his last album, I Believe In You, My Honeydew. The tour […]

The latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Israel Nash and Sid Griffin

September 25, 2026 0

We’ve reached the half-century and celebrate with a deluxe double issue featuring some scintillating chat with two icons of the genre. Israel Nash talks about his reimagining of Sweetheart of the Rodeo and his songwriting process, […]

Leon III “Invisible Ink” – heating the lemon juice

September 25, 2026 0

Ah, the sweet delights of Candy Cigarettes, those thin white sticks of some sweet concoction with the realistic glow of red at the tip; all packaged away in what was rather like a matchbox and came […]

Month: May 2018

The Hanging Stars “For You (My Blue Eyed Son)” – Listen

Video: Gospelbeach “California Fantasy”

Suburban Dirts “I Want Blood” (Old Jank Records, 2018)

Passenger leans into americana for new album, due August

Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore “Downey to Lubbock” (Yep Roc, 2018)

Josh Ritter is coming this way in January – Happy New Year!

The latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Israel Nash and Sid Griffin

Leon III “Invisible Ink” – heating the lemon juice

Video Premiere: The Cashville Trash Pandas “Worker’s Song (Handful of Earth)”

The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks