2024 – Page 190 – Americana UK

Essentials: The Top 10 Elvis Costello Americana Songs

July 4, 2024 Andy Short 2

Many of you will be used to seeing Elvis Costello watching the detectives, refusing to go to Chelsea or joining Oliver’s Army but in 1981 Costello released the album ‘Almost Blue’, an album of country music, […]

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Al Carr

July 4, 2024 Dean Nardi 1

This latest entry for Americana UK’s exclusive series of mini-gig videos comes to our readers from Australia, recorded by Al Carr, who has been playing his brand of fine Antipodean Australicana music for 20 years. He […]

Ernst Aines and Camille Trail announce UK and Ireland summer tour dates

July 4, 2024 Richard Parkinson 1

Australian acts, Ernest Aines and Camille Trail have announced a series of dates in the UK and Ireland over the summer Aines is an award-winning Australian singer-songwriter and Australian Folk Artist of the Year Award 2023 […]

The UK general election 2024: A plague on both your houses

July 4, 2024 Mark Whitfield 25

There’s an account I follow on Twitter by a guy called Michael Walsh who every time Keir Starmer goes back on one of his promises posts a clip of Cilla Black doing her “surprise surprise” routine. […]

Mercury Rev “Born Horses”

July 4, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Once more The Rev evolve. I am here, this time, to persuade you – and let’s start by acknowledging that rumour is correct, this new album from Mercury Rev is quite unlike their previous releases. Not […]

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

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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

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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”

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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

Essentials: The Top 10 Elvis Costello Americana Songs

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Al Carr

Ernst Aines and Camille Trail announce UK and Ireland summer tour dates

The UK general election 2024: A plague on both your houses

Mercury Rev “Born Horses”

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