May 2025 – Page 29 – Americana UK

The Swell Season move “Forward” in June

May 7, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

The Swell Season (Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová) have announced their first new album in 16 years, “Forward”, will be released on June 13th. An eight-song collection, it was produced by Sturla Mio Thorisson and recorded […]

Brown Horse “All the Right Weaknesses”

May 7, 2025 Guy Lincoln 0

Norwich’s finest blast back louder and harder than ever. Since their rapturously received debut “Reservoir“, Norwich band Brown Horse have been on a significant upward trajectory. One that shows no sign of fading with the release […]

Ella Spencer “Scotty’s Tyres” – not messing around…

May 7, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

‘Scotty’s Tyres‘ is the new single from up-and-coming British-American singer-songwriter Ella Spencer, co-produced by Jerry Joseph and Steve Drizos at The Panther studio in Portland, Oregon and released on Right Track Records. It’s a co-write with […]

Video: Vicki Peterson & John Cowsill “Is Anybody Here”

May 7, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0

Recent single from Americana duo Vicki Peterson and John Cowsill, ‘Is Anybody Here’, is an engaging, melodic song built around the interplay of the pair’s guitars and their voices, which work together beautifully. The single appears on […]

More People Really Should Know About: Rita Bliss

May 6, 2025 Andy Short 0

In the summer of 2024, AUK writer Paul Kerr reviewed an album that whetted his appetite from a talented banjo player based in Texas. The album “Peaches and Apple Pies” was highly recommended. This coincided with a […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Willie Nelson “Seven Spanish Angels”

August 10, 2026 0

Seven Spanish Angels is a song which encapsulates a full range of americana imagery – doomed love, defiance, outlaws, faith, mystery and death – all set in an undescribed location that calls up the settings for […]

Chris Pierce “Songs for the Heavy Hearted”

August 10, 2026 0

A moving, beautifully crafted collection of songs that refuses to surrender compassion in a fractured world. Chris Pierce has always possessed one of the finest voices in americana, capable of conveying tenderness, conviction and quiet resilience […]

Margo Cilker unveils her “Little White Cross” for October

August 10, 2026 0

Western folk singer-songwriter and AUK favourite Margo Cilker has announced her third album, Little White Cross, due out October 9 via Fossil Records, a label Cilker recently launched with fellow musician ISMAY. The upcoming 10-song set […]

Month: May 2025

The Swell Season move “Forward” in June

Brown Horse “All the Right Weaknesses”

Ella Spencer “Scotty’s Tyres” – not messing around…

Video: Vicki Peterson & John Cowsill “Is Anybody Here”

More People Really Should Know About: Rita Bliss

For The Sake Of The Song: Willie Nelson “Seven Spanish Angels”

Chris Pierce “Songs for the Heavy Hearted”

Margo Cilker unveils her “Little White Cross” for October

Kacy Lee Anderson to release debut solo album

Lance Cowan “The Air That You Breathe”