2024 – Page 339 – Americana UK

Video: Angus & Julia Stone “The Wedding Song”

February 26, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

Here is the beautiful new single from Australian singer-songwriters Angus and Julia Stone. It’s unashamedly, unselfconsciously romantic, focusing on the joy to be found in loving relationships. It’s rare to find a song that is heart-warming […]

Something for the weekend: Britti “Keep Running”

February 23, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0

That’s it from us for another week dear reader. If you haven’t voted yet in our readers’ top americana artists of all time you still have time to vote – entries close this Sunday, and you […]

Nigel Wearne “The Reckoning”

February 23, 2024 Tom Harding 1

Blue rhythms and after-dark declarations. On ‘The Reckoning‘, Nigel Wearne wears his influences proudly; part Nick Cave, Tom Waits, C.W. Stoneking. Each signifies; a card laid up on the green baize stage; death, the magician, and […]

Adam Harpaz “Those Words You Don’t Mean” – A self-reflective anthem

February 23, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0

Independent singer-songwriter Adam Harpaz returns with a self-reflective anthem, ‘Those Words You Don’t Mean’. The new single is available now on all streaming services. This song kicks off a year of new releases and touring for […]

Artwork for Casper McWade album "Something for the Pain"

Casper McWade “Something for the Pain”

February 23, 2024 Andy Short 0

Feeling no pain at all. Recorded at Sonic Ranch in Tornilo, Texas, Casper McWade brings us “Something for the Pain” a ten song collection of outlaw country produced by his good friend Cody Jinks (Josh Thompson). […]

Dean Owenswith John Convertino and Joey Burns

The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks

September 24, 2026 0

It’s week 2 of the search for our writers’ Top 10 UK americana albums, and Jonathan Hincks will doubt add to the debate with his choice, as follows: With the hands of the Doomsday Clock edging […]

Album artwork for The Fool by Embla and the Karldotters

Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

September 24, 2026 0

Norwegian queer-country assertively and affectionately delivering. Embla Karidotter was the drummer for Norwegian indie band Razika for 13 years, before she chose to change direction and build on her love of country music with new band […]

Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

September 24, 2026 0

On the 16th of October, Béla Fleck is to release the recording of a stellar Nashville night as a live album called Live Heart. On January 8, 2022, he and a multigenerational gang of musical heavy […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]

Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1

As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0

Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

News

The Ocelots announce release of second album “Everything, When Said Slowly”

October 10, 2024 0

The boys of Wexford are back. The Ocelots have announced the release of their second album, “Everything, When Said Slowly”, due February 2025. The duo are twin brothers Ashley and Brandon Watson who hail from Wexford, […]

News

Van Life: The High Divers

February 23, 2018 0

Now, some would say it’s a tad ironic to be doing a Van Life feature with a band whose very existence was threatened by their own van flipping over and causing somewhat of an unscheduled hiatus […]

News

Ron Sexsmith announces 2023 tour

December 21, 2022 0

Three-time Juno award-winning singer-songwriter from Ontario, Ron Sexsmith has announced a 2023 tour which includes seven dates starting in Belfast in May. The tour promotes his upcoming seventeenth record ‘The Vivian Line‘, which comes out on […]

Year: 2024

Video: Angus & Julia Stone “The Wedding Song”

Something for the weekend: Britti “Keep Running”

Nigel Wearne “The Reckoning”

Adam Harpaz “Those Words You Don’t Mean” – A self-reflective anthem

Casper McWade “Something for the Pain”

The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks

Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

Izzie Walsh “Where Do We Go From Here?”

Americana Stories – Stephen Eyre “On the road”