2024 – Page 244 – Americana UK

Sean McLaughlin and The Wind Up Crows “Goodnight, Lad”

May 20, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

Impressive debut from Shetlander with serious songwriting chops. Opening with a traditional sounding folk instrumental, the brief but endearing ‘Unburnt Viola’, the casual listener could be wrong-footed and move on thinking this is genre bound to […]

Gileah Taylor “Slow Parade”

May 20, 2024 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

A slow-evolving delight of an album. It might be a simple thing to say that modern Americana music has more to do with that not-easy-to-define ‘feel’ rather than any specifically defined genre. That ‘feel’ is either […]

Appalachian Smoke “Growing Lonely” – No good emotions this year

May 20, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Well, we’re starting the week with a bluegrass heartbreak story from Appalachian Smoke, who are finding moving on from the woman who doesn’t want them rather tricky: “She’s pretty as a picture, sweet as Momma’s tea […]

Greensky Bluegrass “Born Again” featuring Holly Bowling – Michigan meets Iceland on their new EP

May 20, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0

Warm sounds laid down in Iceland, Greensky Bluegrass featuring Holly Bowling release ‘Born Again’ from their new E.P. ‘The Iceland Sessions’. Recorded at the remote Flóki Studios in northern Iceland, the Michigan based band found magic […]

Video Premiere: Mia Kelly “Bonefish Boys”

May 20, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

Check out the new single from Canadian singer-songwriter Mia Kelly. Blending elements of rock, folk and blues, Kelly produces distinctive music that is attracting lots of interest, having just picked up Young Performer of the Year […]

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

Sean McLaughlin and The Wind Up Crows “Goodnight, Lad”

Gileah Taylor “Slow Parade”

Appalachian Smoke “Growing Lonely” – No good emotions this year

Greensky Bluegrass “Born Again” featuring Holly Bowling – Michigan meets Iceland on their new EP

Video Premiere: Mia Kelly “Bonefish Boys”

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