May 2025 – Page 22 – Americana UK

Artwork Charlie Musselwhite album "Look Out Highway"

Charlie Musselwhite “Look Out Highway”

May 13, 2025 Peter Thompson 0

Celebrated and decorated blues singer and harmonica player marks a six-decade career milestone with a fine album. Celebrated blues musician Charlie Musselwhite’s career has so far spanned approximately 60 years; his recorded output during this time […]

Black Deer heads for the city in October

May 13, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

Two Day Festival announced for Tobacco Dock in October. The people who brought fans the Black Deer Festival in Eridge Park have turned their attention to London with the announcement of “Black Deer In the City“. […]

More People Should Really Know About: Andy Fairweather Low

May 13, 2025 Martin Johnson 0

This may appear to be a contradiction because Andy Fairweather Low has managed to have a music career that lasted nearly 60 years, and in different ways at different times, he has enjoyed significant success. However, […]

Will Varley “Machines Will Never Learn To Make Mistakes Like Me”

May 13, 2025 Peter Churchill 0

High-class new studio album from singer-songwriter at the peak of his craft. Will Varley seems to be building quite a reputation. The English singer-songwriter splits his time between his native Kent, where this, his seventh studio […]

The Song Remains: David Johansen (1950-2025)

May 13, 2025 Dean Nardi 1

David Johansen was a man of many guises: lead singer for the glam-rockers The New York Dolls, lounge lizard in his Buster Poindexter act, the wisecracking Ghost of Christmas Past in the movie “Scrooged” and simply […]

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

Morgan Wade to revisit and reimagine her past with “The Party Is Over (recovered)”

June 16, 2025 0

Morgan Wade has announced her new album, “The Party Is Over (recovered)”, will be released on 1st August 2025 via Sony Music. “The Party Is Over (recovered)” follows Wade’s recent album, “Obsessed”, which was released in […]

Tracks

Track Premiere: Firewoodisland “Looking For Love”

April 20, 2023 0

Bristol based folktronica duo Firewoodisland are Stian Vedøy, who hails from Norway, and Abi Eleri who is Welsh. Together the duo make a modern folk sound – leaning towards the poppier end of that genre. It’s […]

Tracks

Union Duke “Left Behind” – Listen

January 22, 2020 0

The awesome Union Duke return with a new single, with an EP to follow on soon. It’s a banjo rich close-harmonied gem of that indy-folk-rock sub-genre of Americana – uplifting, memorable, melodic, kick-drumming. It’s perfect for […]

Month: May 2025

Charlie Musselwhite “Look Out Highway”

Black Deer heads for the city in October

More People Should Really Know About: Andy Fairweather Low

Will Varley “Machines Will Never Learn To Make Mistakes Like Me”

The Song Remains: David Johansen (1950-2025)

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”