Americana UK

  • News
  • Reviews
    • Album Reviews
    • Live Reviews
    • Book Reviews
  • Features
    • Archive
      • Americana Bedrock
      • Americana Roots
      • AmericanA to Z
      • A Night to Remember
      • Dirty Dozens
      • Home Life
      • I Write the Songs
      • Lost Albums
      • Political Pops
      • Shuffle
      • Small Venue Heroes
      • Studio Life
      • The Other Side of Me
      • The Twang Factor
      • Top 10 Americana Albums Ever
      • Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century
      • Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists
      • Unsung Heroes
      • Van Life
      • Whatever Happened To…
      • What Should I Do…
      • WITATA
    • Anniversary Cheers
    • AUK Mini-Gigs
    • Can’t Live with it, Can’t Live without it
    • Classic Americana Albums
    • Classic Clips
    • Essentials
    • For The Sake Of The Song
    • More People Really Should Know About
    • Obituaries
    • Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time
    • VERSIONS
  • Interviews
  • Videos
  • Tracks
  • Columns
    • Sounds from the Shed
    • Vox Continental
  • Podcast
  • Forum
  • Info
    • Contact Us!
    • Review submission FAQ
    • Support Americana UK
    • Want to write for Americana UK?
    • Daily Digest Sign-Up
    • Advertise on Americana UK
    • Privacy Policy
Our latest posts
  • [ February 18, 2026 ] Interview: Mean Mary answers six of one and half a dozen of the other Interviews
  • [ February 18, 2026 ] Joshua Josué “Broadcast to the Surf Ballroom” Album Reviews
  • [ February 18, 2026 ] Jerry Leger returns to the UK for April dates Previews
  • [ February 18, 2026 ] 7 Hills heads to the Old Town Great Hall, Trowbridge this March for one day festival News
  • [ February 18, 2026 ] Jay Buchanan “Weapons Of Beauty” Album Reviews
Home2019

Year: 2019

Videos

Video: Eilen Jewell “Crawl”

July 2, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

Eilen Jewell has a new album, ‘Gypsy’, out on August 16th, and this excellent slinky Americana groove, all about the joys of a rambling lifestyle, is taken from it.

Album Reviews

Kris Kelly “Runaways” (Independent, 2019)

July 1, 2019 Linda Jameson 0

Kris Kelly’s self-released album ‘Runaways’ is packed full of evocative lyrics and otherworldly vocals set to a backdrop of chamber pop and folky guitars. Kelly wrote the album following a stint travelling in South America. It […]

Live Reviews

Ryan Bingham + Joana Serrat, The Garage, Islington, 21st June 2019

July 1, 2019 Martin Fisher 1

Having previously stirred the European waters with a handful of intimate spring acoustic appearances, tonight’s Ryan Bingham show was to be the full powered, full band, showcase of his new ‘American Love Song’ LP. Backed by […]

Album Reviews

Alias Patrick Kelly “An Unclaimed Inheritance” (Independent, 2019)

July 1, 2019 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

If your thing is grunge-flavoured, rock-powered  Americana with a steely-eyed take on modern US  working-class life, then Alias Patrick Kelly’s ‘An Unclaimed Inheritance’ EP is almost certainly going to be right up your street. On the […]

Live Reviews

William Crighton, Aces and Eights, London, 20th June 2019

July 1, 2019 David Chalfen 0

Aces and Eights is a new patch in the North London demesne of Green Note, just a little north of its Camden Town HQ. There’s space for 50 people and tonight is a sell out – […]

Posts pagination

« 1 … 174 175 176 … 337 »

Donate to Americana UK

If you enjoy what you're reading and don't want to support us on a monthly basis, you can help us keep this site free from looking like one of those awful REACH sites by making a one off donation towards our running costs. We all do this in our spare time! THANK YOU.

Recent Forum Posts

  • Joe Nathan

    RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    R.E.M. - Document

    By Joe Nathan , 31 minutes ago

  • Joe Nathan

    RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    U2 - War

    By Joe Nathan , 2 hours ago

  • Joe Nathan

    RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    U2 - Days of Ash EP

    By Joe Nathan , 5 hours ago

  • Ethersings

    RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Leif Vollebekk - Revelation. And it is!

    By Ethersings , 7 hours ago

  • Ethersings

    RE: What are you watching at the moment?

    Listening to Leif Vollebekk's latest... his music featu...

    By Ethersings , 7 hours ago

  • Ethersings

    RE: We have a problem

      file under "you couldn't make this shit up!"? ...

    By Ethersings , 7 hours ago

  • RE: We have a problem

    Thanks Paul. Not that I'm suggesting you do but don't f...

    By Mark Whitfield , 8 hours ago

  • Paul Villers

    RE: We have a problem

    Hadn't realised but thought that the Independent link m...

    By Paul Villers , 11 hours ago

  • RE: We have a problem

    I hope you're right Martin. The depressing thing is tha...

    By Mark Whitfield , 12 hours ago

our latest posts

Interview: Mean Mary answers six of one and half a dozen of the other

Interviews
February 18, 2026 0

Joshua Josué “Broadcast to the Surf Ballroom”

Album Reviews
February 18, 2026 0

Jerry Leger returns to the UK for April dates

Previews
February 18, 2026 0

7 Hills heads to the Old Town Great Hall, Trowbridge this March for one day festival

News
February 18, 2026 0
Cover art for Jay Buchanan album "Weapons Of Beauty"

Jay Buchanan “Weapons Of Beauty”

Album Reviews
February 18, 2026 2

  • Interview: Mean Mary answers six of one and half a dozen of the other
  • Joshua Josué “Broadcast to the Surf Ballroom”
  • Jerry Leger returns to the UK for April dates
  • 7 Hills heads to the Old Town Great Hall, Trowbridge this March for one day festival
  • Jay Buchanan “Weapons Of Beauty”
  • Icarus Phoenix “On My Belly” – living life, despite it all
  • Video: Adam Donen “What Doesn’t End” – reality in all its beauty
  • Live Review: Transatlantic Sessions, Royal Festival Hall, London – 6th February 2026
  • En Kernaghan Band “Energetik”
  • Josiah brings his Bonnevilles with him for his latest album
Billy Bragg Bob Dylan Bruce Springsteen Chuck Prophet Courtney Marie Andrews Dean Owens Drive By Truckers Emmylou Harris Jason Isbell Johnny Cash John Prine Lucinda Williams Margo Price Neil Young Peter Bruntnell Robert Vincent Ryan Adams Steve Earle Sturgill Simpson The Band The Byrds The Delines Tom Petty Wilco Willie Nelson
  • Graeme Tait: Hi Alan. Yes, I feel Mr Buchanan's album Weapons of Beauty will divide opinion. To add substance to my argument,…
  • Ethersings: Saw them when they were touring together last year. Intense, fragile and lovely is how I would describe the experience.
  • Alan Peatfield: Glad to read you are back in the saddle again Graeme.... even if we may not be entirely aligned over…

Latest interviews

Interviews

Interview: Mean Mary answers six of one and half a dozen of the other

February 18, 2026 0

The banjo is a glorious instrument that can do a lot of ill in the wrong hands. It’s not easy to proudly, confidently pluck out some hot licks and really hard to play it with the […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”

February 17, 2026 0

Alan Gregg is a native Kiwi transplanted to North London with a spotty resumé to his credit. Not intending to be impolite, but prospective employers might be taken aback, curious as to what he has been […]

Interviews

Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

February 12, 2026 2

If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

You may have missed…

Interviews

Interview: Jarrod Dickenson

November 8, 2018 2

The honey-voiced Jarrod Dickenson has toured extensively across the USA, Europe, the UK and Ireland. If you have been lucky enough to catch one of his performances, alongside his wife, Claire, then you will have been drawn […]

The Rye Sisters, Live at St Mary's Guildhall, Lincoln (Album Launch Party). - 15th December, 2023
Live Reviews

Live Review: The Rye Sisters, Album Launch Party, St Mary’s Guildhall, Lincoln – 15th December 2023

January 8, 2024 0

Just a mere six years after the release of their debut album ‘Brave Unbeaten Paths’  The Rye Sisters finally deliver the perfect Christmas present for their ever increasing fan base with the news of the imminent […]

Tracks

The Nickajack Men “Can’t take it anymore” – Listen

October 16, 2017 0

Can’t take it anymore is the latest single from Glaswegian quintet The Nickajack Men. In case you’re wondering, Nickajack is an area of the rugged Appalachian foothills in eastern Tennessee and northeastern Alabama, which in Civil […]

© Americana UK 2025, a website based in the People's Republic of Liverpool