2022 – Page 226 – Americana UK

Steve Forbert “Moving Through America”

June 7, 2022 Jonathan Smith 0

New collection from one of America’s most distinctive voices. Steve Forbert is one of the great unsung troubadours of American music from the past forty years or so. His first album ‘Alive on Arrival’ was released […]

Ryan Law and the Shelter “Ryan Law and the Shelter”

June 7, 2022 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

Hard hitting, big hearted, dynamic Southern-esque rock of the kind that never dates. One thing that strikes you instantly about Ryan Law and the Shelter’s second, eponymous, album is that they certainly know how to write […]

Track Premiere: The Mattoid “Beautiful”

June 7, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

We get a lot of people who are described as troubadours, mostly these are people with a home and a tour schedule but Helsinki’s Ville Kiviniemi has a better fit to the restless wandering artist mythology […]

Video Premiere: James Kahn “No More a’ Whalin'”

June 7, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

James Kahn may be better known as a novelist and as the Emmy-nominated writer-producer of TV’s Star Trek and Xena: Warrior Princess, through which he’s provided much entertainment. His incredible and varied career in the entertainment […]

Interview: Heidi Talbot on recording virtually in Lafayette, Louisiana, with Dirk Powell

June 6, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

Discussing getting songs from ghosts despite Boo Hewerdine’s doubts. Heidi Talbot may have spent over half her life as a working musician, including her apprenticeship with the Irish-American group Cherish the Ladies, and it is twenty […]

Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”

July 3, 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 tonight. Don’t forget about our 25 year anniversary event in November which takes place […]

Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026

July 3, 2026 0

Performances don’t get much more intimate when less than 50 people are in the front space of a record shop and the artist is playing unamplified, less than five feet away. In the autumn of 2025, […]

Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”

July 3, 2026 0

Americana royalty teams up with a cracking Texas band to produce a varied and highly enjoyable mix of country, soul and stomp. Ryan Bingham is a comparatively rare example of an americana artist who has broken […]

Year: 2022

Steve Forbert “Moving Through America”

Ryan Law and the Shelter “Ryan Law and the Shelter”

Track Premiere: The Mattoid “Beautiful”

Video Premiere: James Kahn “No More a’ Whalin'”

Interview: Heidi Talbot on recording virtually in Lafayette, Louisiana, with Dirk Powell

Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”

Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026

Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”

Americana Stories – Simon Lamont “Americana”

Our new supporters playlist is out later today – win a vinyl copy of Ashley McBryde’s new album