May 2025 – Page 17 – Americana UK

I’m With Her “Wild and Clear and Blue”

May 16, 2025 Stephen Rostkoski 0

Folk supergroup trio expands upon their sound while keeping their specialness. Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan, and Sara Watkins make up the folk music supergroup I’m With Her. Their latest album, “Wild and Clear and Blue,” exemplifies […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 185 “Festivals!!”

May 16, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 2

Festival season is upon us, with the start being heralded proper by Wood Festival this weekend and in a couple of weeks, for me at least, Red Rooster, which has become an annual pilgrimage (although to […]

Joe Kelly & The Royal Pharmacy “Cast Me Down”

May 16, 2025 FredArnold 0

Newport’s finest deliver the ‘difficult’ sophomore album with tenacity and panache. You might have been inclined to think of Newport in Wales as something of a cultural backwater in the UK. Therefore, you might be surprised […]

The Minus 5 “Let The Rope Hold, Cassie Lee” – carry that thread forward

May 16, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

We recently told you about the new album from The Minus 5 – and here’s a track from that very upcoming release. It’s a song that shows Scott McCaughey’s influences – and if you don’t catch […]

Video: Hannah Rose Platt “Young Men Need Their Wives”

May 16, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0

Following the dark folk balladry of her previous album, “Deathbed Confessions”, Hannah Rose Platt moves in a new sonic direction with the single ‘Young Men Need Their Wives’. This is an uplifting anthem with a powerful […]

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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. […]

Album Reviews

Maurice Mattei “Jungalingle”

October 6, 2023 0

Mattei proves that more can in fact be less with his lockdown album delivering an over-indulgent twenty-five tracks. It came as something of a surprise to discover that ‘Jungalingle’ the new release from Cincinnati-based singer-songwriter Maurice […]

Album Reviews

Reb Fountain “IRIS”

December 20, 2021 0

Difficult to get a hold of, but well worth the effort. ‘IRIS‘ is Reb Fountain’s second release and it see’s the San Francisco born. transported to New Zealand singer-songwriter make a grab for that modern folk […]

Videos

Video Premiere: James Combs “Until This Old Wave Rolls By”

May 23, 2022 0

With foot-stomping percussion, rhythmic humming, powerful and melodic vocal meandering and a dose of twang, James Combs delivers an engaging new song, ‘Until This Old Wave Rolls By’. It’s a song of resistance and perseverance, an […]

Month: May 2025

I’m With Her “Wild and Clear and Blue”

Sounds from beyond the Shed 185 “Festivals!!”

Joe Kelly & The Royal Pharmacy “Cast Me Down”

The Minus 5 “Let The Rope Hold, Cassie Lee” – carry that thread forward

Video: Hannah Rose Platt “Young Men Need Their Wives”

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”