July 2025 – Page 10 – Americana UK

Live Review: Bonnie Dobson and The Hanging Stars + Black Magick Caravan, Norwich Arts Centre – 10th July 2025

July 24, 2025 John Lee 2

Partnerships in music, like food, can be intriguing. Some combinations seem inseparable, like rhubarb and custard. Others are effortlessly natural, like strawberries and cream. Some create something unexpectedly wonderful, like strawberries and balsamic vinegar (try it […]

promo photo of Robin Ross & The TW Howlers by Tina Ross

AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – July 2025

July 24, 2025 Graeme Tait 0

Welcome to July’s ‘Monthly EPs Round-Up’ article, where we run the rule over this month’s new releases covering all corners of the americana music genre. As I scan across the fields of my home county of […]

The Riflebirds Of Portland “Windmills On The Moon”

July 24, 2025 Peter Churchill 0

36 years on, a belated second album from a band clearly with unfinished business. “Windmills On The Moon” is not the first album that The Riflebirds of Portland have put out. Their debut, “April,” garnered some decent […]

Freightliner “Up All Night” – we can certainly relate

July 24, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

There’s certainly something in the lyrics of the new single from Canadian band Freightliner that rings painfully true here at Americana UK Towers: “I’m up all night playing these songs/…/ ’til the dawn then I’m back […]

Video: BC Camplight “Bubbles in the Gasoline”

July 24, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0

Filmed in Camogli, Italy, the video for ‘Bubbles in the Gasoline’ takes us on holiday with BC Camplight. Songwriter and pianist Brian Christinzio, who performs as BC Camplight, delivers another sonic adventure, driven on by rhythmic […]

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Justin Hinds & the Dominos - Early Recordings
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Kasey Chambers - The Captain
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Ratboys - Singin’ to an Empty Chair
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Third World - Journey to Addis
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Rosanne Cash - The River & the Thread (vinyl) Jes...
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Drive-By Truckers - Pizza Deliverance
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Guy Clark - Keepers
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Jerry Jeff Walker - Cowboy Boots and Bathin’ Suits
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Jimmy Buffett - A1A
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Essentials: The Top 10 Songs from Season Three of “The Bear”

March 26, 2026 0

As we await the outcome of our search for the Best Americana Song Of All Time, Dean Nardi kicks off the return of our popular Essentials series with a light-hearted look at the songs that pepper […]

Brown Horse “Total Dive”

March 26, 2026 0

Another stellar offering from a band with a burgeoning reputation. Norfolk’s Brown Horse is a band that is nothing if not prolific. Total Dive is the band’s third album in as many years. That productivity probably […]

Brudi Brothers to release new EP and KEXP session

March 26, 2026 0

Mom and Pop Music artists The Brudi Brothers have announced the release of a new EP titled Dark & Stormy on April 17th. In celebration of the release, vaunted Seattle radio station KEXP has aired The […]

Interviews

Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

March 25, 2026 0

A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]

Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0

Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 2

While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

Album Reviews

Dolly Parton “Pure & Simply” (RCA, 2016)

November 7, 2016 0

The undisputed Queen of ‘Big Hat’ country music, now deemed cool having worked with Jack White has 42 studio albums to her name, and with this record her first No.1 in 25 years. She is so […]

Videos

Video: Phill Reynolds “This Isn’t Me”

December 20, 2022 0

Phill Reynolds rides the rails to redemption in the music video for ‘This Isn’t Me’, the lead track from his concept album ‘A Ride’. The Italian songsmith gathered together his impressions of the United States during […]

Album Reviews

Lilybandits “Shifty’s Tavern”

March 14, 2023 0

Twenty-fifth anniversary vinyl reissue of critically acclaimed but not widely known debut from a great Columbus band. Lilybandits were a hugely talented five-piece Americana band from Columbus, Ohio who formed in 1993 and broke up in […]

Month: July 2025

Live Review: Bonnie Dobson and The Hanging Stars + Black Magick Caravan, Norwich Arts Centre – 10th July 2025

AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – July 2025

The Riflebirds Of Portland “Windmills On The Moon”

Freightliner “Up All Night” – we can certainly relate

Video: BC Camplight “Bubbles in the Gasoline”

Essentials: The Top 10 Songs from Season Three of “The Bear”

Brown Horse “Total Dive”

Brudi Brothers to release new EP and KEXP session

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Satellite Inn

Revitalised Hanging Stars return with their sixth album and an extensive UK tour