April 2021 – Page 22 – Americana UK

Video: The Wandering Hearts “Gold”

April 14, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

With a typically excellent vocal performance and soaring chorus, The Wandering Hearts bring you their latest single, ‘Gold’. The song explores the idea that when you’re wounded and broken after challenging times, the scars will fade […]

The Wallflowers announce first new album in a decade

April 14, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

The Wallflowers, the band longtime fronted by Jakob Dylan, have announced the release of ‘Exit Wounds’ on July 9th via New West Records. The 10-song set is their first album in nearly a decade – it […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – week 14

April 14, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 3

The festivals are all jostling for space at the end of August and beginning of September. Your correspondent filled with optimism and a sense of possibilities finds himself attending two festivals in consecutive weeks if all […]

Artwork for Emily Moment album The Party's Over

Emily Moment “The Party’s Over”

April 14, 2021 Sean Hannam 0

So-so country, folk and blues-rock debut from this transatlantic troubadour – choose your Moment carefully. London-based, American singer-songwriter Emily Moment says her debut full-length solo album, ‘The Party’s Over’, is about hitting a wall and coping […]

Eliza Shaddad “Blossom” – Listen

April 14, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

‘Blossom‘ was recently released by Sudanese-Scottish artist Eliza Shaddad, and it’s a timely song that captures the rapture of the awakening of new growth that is the annual miracle of Spring. There’s an echo, perhaps, of […]

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 […]

Features

10 songs showing how the human spirit deals with illness

April 3, 2020 0

Before free and easy access to doctors and medical care, many people struggled to understand disease. This is where folk and popular songs of the day played an important role in public awareness. The birth of […]

Album Reviews

Fox Apts. “Omen”

March 29, 2023 0

Creative, interesting and original, for those who like their music dark, emotional and melancholy. ‘Omen’ is the debut album from Fox Apts., a new alternative rock band from California comprising of lead singer Dave Kajganich, guitarist and […]

Album Reviews

Mol Sullivan “Goose”

February 20, 2024 0

Assured and dynamic debut emerges after long gestation. Hailing from Cincinnatti, Mol Sullivan has created a compelling debut in “Goose”. It’s at times measured and hymnal and at others eccentric both in arrangement and delivery. This […]

Month: April 2021

Video: The Wandering Hearts “Gold”

The Wallflowers announce first new album in a decade

Sounds from beyond the Shed – week 14

Emily Moment “The Party’s Over”

Eliza Shaddad “Blossom” – Listen

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”