2024 – Page 216 – Americana UK

Live Review: Asleep at the Wheel + Jack Browning, Cadogan Hall, London – 4th June 2024

June 13, 2024 Brian Hancill 2

If you play an Asleep at the Wheel song on Spotify via your smart TV the picture that fills the screen shows bandleader Ray Benson at the centre of a collage of nearly 50 musicians. These […]

James Vincent McMorrow “Wide Open, Horses”

June 13, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

Seventh album sees McMorrow reconnecting with himself with great results. Having had his tracks streamed over a billion times in the last fourteen years as well as having his cover of Isaac’s ‘Wicked Game’ open season […]

Track Premiere: R.R. Williams “Tulsa”

June 13, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

And once again we find ourselves striking an accidental core of coincidence, because whilst R.R. Williams is definitely and solidly within a “Heartland rock” sub-genre of Americana on today’s track ‘Tulsa‘ he has – wouldn’t you […]

Video: Aoife O’Donovan “All My Friends”

June 13, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

We continue our video-celebration of our summer of festivals with a recent single from the great Aoife O’Donovan, who is performing at Cambridge Folk Festival on Saturday 27th July 2024. Get your tickets here and you’ll be […]

Live Review: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa, Oklahoma – 2nd June 2024

June 12, 2024 Paul Dominy 5

Let’s face it, in whichever creative direction he travels, Robert Plant will always be recognized as the strutting, bare-torsoed, former front man of Led Zeppelin. If one had wanted to move on from that phase of […]

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

Live Review: Asleep at the Wheel + Jack Browning, Cadogan Hall, London – 4th June 2024

James Vincent McMorrow “Wide Open, Horses”

Track Premiere: R.R. Williams “Tulsa”

Video: Aoife O’Donovan “All My Friends”

Live Review: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa, Oklahoma – 2nd June 2024

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