2024 – Page 165 – Americana UK

Video: Karen Jonas “Gold in the Sand”

July 30, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

Check out this recent single from Virginia based singer-songwriter Karen Jonas. Fluttering guitar and gorgeous piano rise from layers of vintage instrumentation, including flourishes of pedal steel by Ahren Buchheister and fiddle from Bobby Hawk, in […]

For the Sake of the Song: Mindy Smith “Raggedy Ann”

July 29, 2024 David Jarman 6

My introduction to Mindy Smith’s music came at the Cambridge Folk Festival in 2004, when I was entranced by the pure clarity and beauty of her voice. Performing with acoustic guitar, when she broke a string, […]

Bill Callahan “Resuscitate”

July 29, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

Extraordinary live document that takes the listener into the room. Magisterial! The date is March 22nd, 2022. Bill Callahan is on the stage at Chicago’s Thalia Hall, flanked by Matt Kinsey on guitar, Dustin Laurenzi on […]

Live Review: Wes Collins Band + Jeff Reid & John Fonvielle, Live at Ted’s, Wilmington, North Carolina – 12th July 2024

July 29, 2024 Dean Nardi 0

Pop-up thunderstorms were in the forecast on July 12th all around Live at Ted’s in downtown Wilmington, North Carolina. Some storms had already been popping as Wes Collins and his band members navigated their way down […]

Video: Joanne Shaw Taylor “Wishing Well”

July 29, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0

Joanne Shaw Taylor rocks Nashville in the new video for ‘Wishing Well’. A cover of Free’s last single before disbanding, Shaw and her band bring heat to this classic track. Filmed on-site in The Low Volume […]

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: 2024

Video: Karen Jonas “Gold in the Sand”

For the Sake of the Song: Mindy Smith “Raggedy Ann”

Bill Callahan “Resuscitate”

Live Review: Wes Collins Band + Jeff Reid & John Fonvielle, Live at Ted’s, Wilmington, North Carolina – 12th July 2024

Video: Joanne Shaw Taylor “Wishing Well”

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