May 2024 – Page 26 – Americana UK

artwork for Isobel Campbell album "Bow to Love"

Isobel Campbell “Bow to Love”

May 10, 2024 Andy Short 0

Psychedelic folk for a new age. It’s wonderful to hear Isobel Campbell’s voice again. Her last album, ‘There Is No Other’ was released back in 2020. The Glasgow-born singer-songwriter and cellist delivers a new album of […]

Bonny Light Horseman “Old Dutch” – it’s a masterpiece

May 10, 2024 Jonathan Aird 2

Bonny Light Horseman – three words that say “the finest in modern folk influenced Americana sounds for the cool kids“. We feel, though, that we should put out a warning with this song – when Anaïs […]

Video: Palomino Kings “Never Wanted to End Up This Way”

May 10, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

UK band Palomino Kings are known for producing Americana with a gritty edge. ‘Never Wanted to End Up This Way’ is a perfect example of their forceful roots sound. Performed live to capture the feel of […]

Americana Music Association announces nominees for 23rd Annual Honours and Awards

May 9, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

The AMAUK awards take place here in January each year but over in the US, the (not UK) Americana Music Association (AMA) has announced the nominees for their 23rd Annual Americana Honours & Awards. The awards […]

Book Review: The Blind Boys of Alabama with Preston Lauterbach “Spirit of the Century”

May 9, 2024 Tim Martin 0

Calling itself, “an insider history of the Blind Boys of Alabama, the longest running group in American music, and the untold story of their world, written with band members and key musical colleagues, drawing from the […]

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Radio Paradise's Mellow Mix whilst on a bit of a drive
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For The Sake Of The Song: Joni Mitchell “Woodstock”

May 11, 2026 0

The Woodstock festival held in 1969 at Yasgur’s farm, Bethel, New York, is one of those truly emblematic moments in the history of contemporary music, and indeed in the birth of americana. And of course it’s […]

I’m Kingfisher “Give Up Together”

May 11, 2026 0

Nordic americana with a slightly heavier tinge. I’m Kingfisher is the alter ego of Swedish singer-songwriter Thomas Jonsson. Give Up Together is his sixth album under that guise and comes three years after his last release, […]

AUK Mini-Gigs

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Igloo Hearts

May 11, 2026 0

Igloo Hearts are James and Katie MacGregor, a married folk-pop duo from North Wales. For our next AUK mini-gig, they kindly agreed to share some of their latest songs with our readers and viewers. Since appearing […]

Month: May 2024

Isobel Campbell “Bow to Love”

Bonny Light Horseman “Old Dutch” – it’s a masterpiece

Video: Palomino Kings “Never Wanted to End Up This Way”

Americana Music Association announces nominees for 23rd Annual Honours and Awards

Book Review: The Blind Boys of Alabama with Preston Lauterbach “Spirit of the Century”

For The Sake Of The Song: Joni Mitchell “Woodstock”

I’m Kingfisher “Give Up Together”

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Igloo Hearts

The Krickets “If You Only Knew”

Sounds from beyond the Shed 230 “Travel – a necessary luxury”