September 2025 – Page 2

artwork for Joe Nolan album "Luv in the New World"

Joe Nolan “Luv in the New World”

September 30, 2025 Sebastian Reyes Turner 0

A search for truth amidst modern-day turmoil. “Luv in the New World” is the title of Canadian artist Joe Nolan’s new album, produced by Grammy Award winner Tyler Chester. Mostly recorded on tape live off the […]

Tyler Ramsey and Carl Broemel “Nevermind” – shall we try apathy?

September 30, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Singer-songwriter-guitarists Tyler Ramsey and Carl Broemel (of My Morning Jacket) have unveiled “Celestun“, their collaborative debut album, which will arrive January 15, 2026, on their own Duo Quest Records. In advance of this, they’ve released a […]

Video: Josh Fortenbery “Nobody is Pleased”

September 30, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0

Josh Fortenbery’s latest song, a favourite in his live shows, explores how frustrating behaviours can become habitual or second nature. ‘Nobody is Pleased’ features gorgeous, swirling pedal steel from Erik Clampitt and dreamy harmony backing vocals […]

More Acoustic Junk on the way from the Cowboy Junkies

September 29, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

Cowboy Junkies have announced the release of “More Acoustic Junk” on October 24 via Cooking Vinyl. An expanded reissue of their stellar “Acoustic Junk” (2009) record, this album features five new acoustic recordings alongside five tracks […]

The Twang Factor 4 Presents: Dom Traetto

September 29, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

Welcome to the fourth year of Twang Factor, where Americana UK sets out to find the best new and emerging americana acts. Got talent? This is the place to show us what you’ve got. Our first […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Far From Saints - Far From Saints (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 3 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Ryan Adams - The Suicide Handbook (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 4 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Mudcrutch - Mudcrutch (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 1 week ago
RE: There's no future in nostalgia
Stonehenge was a fucking mess every time but it was a b...
By Keith Hargreaves , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Great shout John I’m new here -Gil Scott Heron wh...
By Keith Hargreaves , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Neil Young - Citizen Kane Jr
By John , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Clarence White would have been 82 today. A little remin...
By Martin Johnson , 2 weeks ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen - The Call Us The ...
By Peter Thompson , 2 weeks ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
The Highwomen - Live at The Gorge 2023 (streaming - Qob...
By Peter Thompson , 2 weeks ago

Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

June 18, 2026 0

Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]

Anniversary Cheers: Darren Hayman and the Long Parliament “The Violence”

June 18, 2026 0

English folk chronicler re-releases his finest achievement, remastered and with extra tracks and a bonus EP re-release. Darren Hayman is an Essex boy, born in Brentwood in 1970. Although he was influenced by the emergence of […]

AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – June 2026

June 18, 2026 0

Goodness me! June already. Where has the time gone? One minute it was winter, leaden skies delivering rain almost daily, and then suddenly it was summer, leaden skies delivering more rain daily. Ah, well, at least […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

June 18, 2026 0

Interviews

Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

June 17, 2026 0

In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]

Interviews

Interview: Dirk Powell on “Wake” and bridging modern and age-old roots music

June 11, 2026 2

Dirk Powell is a special kind of musician, someone who, through family connections, knows and understands both Appalachia and Cajun music, and is at the same time comfortable with modern music technology. He has won four […]

News

Top twenty Americana albums of 2020 revealed

January 28, 2021 0

It’s official – coming direct from the pop-tastic UK Official Charts who, along side the usual pop charts of yore also produce the happening Americana Charts that the kids demand these days. And it was a […]

Album Reviews

Cahalen Morrison “Wealth Of Sorrow”

September 12, 2022 0

Raw, emotional and haunting songs to match the high desert landscape and the abandoned chapel in which they were recorded. Opening with the stunning acapella ‘This Whole Broken World’, Cahalen Morrison immediately grabs your attention with […]

Album Reviews

Kiefer Sutherland “Grey”

June 12, 2026 0

Kiefer Sutherland delivers the latest in a sequence of high-quality album releases. Everyone knows Kiefer Sutherland, right? He’s that big-name actor, a member of Hollywood royalty and part of the Brat Pack in the 1980s; he […]

Month: September 2025

Joe Nolan “Luv in the New World”

Tyler Ramsey and Carl Broemel “Nevermind” – shall we try apathy?

Video: Josh Fortenbery “Nobody is Pleased”

More Acoustic Junk on the way from the Cowboy Junkies

The Twang Factor 4 Presents: Dom Traetto

Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

Anniversary Cheers: Darren Hayman and the Long Parliament “The Violence”

AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – June 2026

EELS set to release their 16th album “Cookie Happened” in October… on the 16th

Pillarstone “Mono Lit”