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 19, 2026 ] AUK’s EP Round-Up – February 2026 Reviews
  • [ February 19, 2026 ] Folk Tracks Roundup – February 2026 Tracks
  • [ February 19, 2026 ] Video Premiere: Sam Lewis “Chase The Moon” Videos
  • [ 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
Home2022

Year: 2022

AUK Mini-Gigs

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Joshua Hyslop

June 10, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

Since the start of the pandemic, we’ve been bringing you occasional ‘mini-gigs’ as a way of continuing to connect talented musicians with audiences of music lovers.  This time we have two gorgeous songs from Vancouver-based singer-songwriter […]

Classic Clips

Classic Clips: McGuinn Clark And Hillman – “I’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better”

June 10, 2022 Tim Martin 1

A few weeks ago Martin Johnson offered us the Desert Rose Band’s ‘Wheels’ in the Classic Clips slot. That set me thinking about Chris Hillman’s other band. The partial Byrd’s reunion McGuinn Clark And Hillman produced […]

Album Reviews

Rod Picott “Paper Hearts & Broken Arrows”

June 10, 2022 Paul Russell 0

Picott returns with a sometimes achingly sad album of fantastic songs. The arrival of a new Rod Picott is like having a welcoming hug from an old friend who you finally meet up with after a […]

Americana Roots

Americana Roots: Trout Steak Revival

June 10, 2022 Tim Newby 0

Americana Roots highlights the freshest and most original Americana and bluegrass from across the pond in the US.  It covers everything from brand-new, just out of the box bands, to cult favourites, to established acts who […]

Album Reviews

Michael & Michelle “The Watching Silence”

June 10, 2022 Alan Fitter 0

Downtown Abbey meets americana – or does it? When I received the notification from my editor asking me to review this record, he said “Bet you didn’t think you’d get to mention Downton Abbey in a […]

Posts pagination

« 1 … 219 220 221 … 393 »

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

  • RE: Why Is My Writing Flagged AI?

    That can definitely feel confusing, but it is possible ...

    By samui , 48 seconds ago

  • RE: Welcome!

    new member

    By samui , 2 minutes ago

  • RE: Welcome!

    hey there

    By samui , 2 minutes ago

  • RE: Cristina Vane

    sounds well

    By samui , 3 minutes ago

  • RE: Maddie Denton & Vickie Vaughn

    sounds nicee

    By samui , 3 minutes ago

  • RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Lady Gaga Bad Romance

    By samui , 4 minutes ago

  • Why Is My Writing Flagged AI?

    Okay, wait. I just ran my own intro—the part I wrote by...

    By Sonderdonder , 2 hours ago

  • Joe Nathan

    RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    R.E.M. - Document

    By Joe Nathan , 7 hours ago

  • Joe Nathan

    RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    U2 - War

    By Joe Nathan , 8 hours ago

our latest posts

Promo photo for Euan Blackman

AUK’s EP Round-Up – February 2026

Reviews
February 19, 2026 0

Folk Tracks Roundup – February 2026

Tracks
February 19, 2026 0

Video Premiere: Sam Lewis “Chase The Moon”

Videos
February 19, 2026 0

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

  • AUK’s EP Round-Up – February 2026
  • Folk Tracks Roundup – February 2026
  • Video Premiere: Sam Lewis “Chase The Moon”
  • 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 & May 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
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…

Videos

Video: The Swell Season “People We Used To Be”

April 9, 2025 0

Sometimes, a song will come along that affects and moves you on a deeper level.  The latest single from The Swell Season is one such song.  “People We Used To Be” is masterfully composed and arranged, […]

Videos

Video: Afterlight “Spotlight”

September 27, 2021 0

Afterlight is the artist known previously as Thea Gilmore.  With nineteen acclaimed albums released under that name, Afterlight is like Gilmore’s rebirth as a musician.  It is not so much that she is moving in a […]

Features

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums Of The 21st Century: Ljubinko Zivkovic

June 16, 2022 0

How do you compile any list? Or in this specific case, how do you compile a list of the top 10 americana albums of the 21st century – a century when americana started getting more and […]

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