May 2025 – Page 8 – Americana UK

Something for the long weekend: Wednesday “Elderberry Wine”

May 23, 2025 Mark Whitfield 1

Well, that’s it from us for another week, and we leave you dear reader with a track from a band we haven’t featured previously here on AUK but, you know, they never call, they never write. […]

Live Review: Katie Pruitt + Henry Grace, Hoxton Hall, London – 16th May 2025

May 23, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

In town to perform in the round at the Highways Festival at the Royal Albert Hall, Katie Pruitt played a show the previous night at Hoxton Hall in East London. The venue originally started life as […]

Classic Clips: Dawes “A Little Bit of Everything” – New York, 2019

May 23, 2025 Jonny Brick 1

In the most wretched way, Dawes became very visible earlier this year after drummer Griffin Goldsmith lost his home in the Pacific Palisades fires. He and brother Taylor are the only constant members of the band, […]

Paul Armfield “Between The Covers – 9 Songs For Bibliophiles”

May 23, 2025 Tim Martin 0

A reflection on the love of books through some great original songs and well chosen covers. When Paul Armfield sat down in early 2024 to start writing songs for what would be his 9th album release, […]

Ohio’s Caamp return after three years with their copper coloured fifth

May 23, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

Ohio band, Caamp, has announced that their fifth studio album “Copper Changes Color” will be released on Friday 6th of June. “Nothing stays the same forever,” says Caamp’s Taylor Meier, “and there’s something beautiful about that. […]

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. […]

Videos

Video: Beans on Toast “Humans”

November 30, 2021 0

When faced with adversity and the challenges of daily life, play some music by Beans on Toast to lift your spirits. ‘Humans’ is the final single to be released from Beans’ forthcoming album and it’s another […]

News

Fanny Lumsden brings her Traditions to the fore with her new album

August 11, 2026 0

Australian singer-songwriter Fanny Lumsden is set to release her fifth studio album Traditions on October 30th. The long-player features her previous single Difficult Woman and the new one Mother’s Eyes, a pensive gaze at the matriarchal […]

Album Reviews

Glorietta “Glorietta” (Nine Mile Records, 2018)

October 10, 2018 0

There is more than a hint of The Golden Smog about the debut album from Glorietta. This is a collection of diverse songs recorded over a week in a ‘ramshackle rental’ outside Santa Fe. Gathered together by […]

Month: May 2025

Something for the long weekend: Wednesday “Elderberry Wine”

Live Review: Katie Pruitt + Henry Grace, Hoxton Hall, London – 16th May 2025

Classic Clips: Dawes “A Little Bit of Everything” – New York, 2019

Paul Armfield “Between The Covers – 9 Songs For Bibliophiles”

Ohio’s Caamp return after three years with their copper coloured fifth

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”