2025 – Page 153 – Americana UK

Kathleen Edwards “Billionaire”

August 13, 2025 Guy Lincoln 1

Canadian Americana maven continues her impeccable ‘comeback’, with added Isbell. Listening to the powerful and joyous declaration that is “Billionaire” it is almost impossible to believe that Kathleen Edwards ever doubted her peerless station in the […]

New album from folk singer-songwriter Tim Grimm announced for autumn

August 13, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

“Bones of Trees”, the new album by folk singer-songwriter Tim Grimm, is scheduled for release on 12th September 2025 on Cavalier Recordings. During his 25-year career as a storytelling balladeer in the tradition of John Prine, […]

Live Review: Hardwicke Circus and special guest Joe “King” Carrasco, Karma Sanctum Hotel, Soho, London – 6th August 2025

August 13, 2025 Peter Feldon 0

After a ground-breaking tour of Ukraine, Carlisle band Hardwicke Circus shared their experiences and memories from the frontline with an invitation-only gig at the very chic Karma Sanctum Hotel in Soho. Not being familiar with Hardwicke […]

artwork for Marissa Nadler album "New Radiations"

Marissa Nadler “New Radiations”

August 13, 2025 Sebastian Reyes Turner 0

Floating over cosmic terrors and earthly woes. It has been said that truly great artists can’t help but capture the spirit of their times. In recent years, it seems that a greater number of artists are […]

Fruit Bats “Let You People Down” – wrestling with my angst

August 13, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

I think we can just waffle along a bit and then let you, favoured reader, hit the play button. Look – Eric D. Johnson is just one of our favourite Americana artists – an endless collaborator, […]

Danny O;Keefe at Cosumer Unity conference 1981

For the Sake of the Song: Danny O’Keefe “Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues”

July 6, 2026 0

Danny O’Keefe was one of the many folk-oriented singer-songwriters who flourished in the early ’70s, and while he didn’t break through to platinum success, his songs were covered by the likes of Jackson Browne, Elvis Presley, […]

Rodney Crowell “Then Again”

July 6, 2026 0

Forgotten recordings from 20 years ago, which will delight Crowell fans. Then Again was recorded in 2006 with the same band as on Rodney Crowell’s previous three albums, The Houston Kid (2001), Fate’s Right Hand (2003) […]

Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Roots Music Festival

July 6, 2026 0

Americana UK’s Rick Bayles’ monthly column, Vox Continental, shines a light on what is happening on the americana front in Europe. In his most recent column, Rick gave the nod to the Static Roots Festival, which […]

Year: 2025

Kathleen Edwards “Billionaire”

New album from folk singer-songwriter Tim Grimm announced for autumn

Live Review: Hardwicke Circus and special guest Joe “King” Carrasco, Karma Sanctum Hotel, Soho, London – 6th August 2025

Marissa Nadler “New Radiations”

Fruit Bats “Let You People Down” – wrestling with my angst

For the Sake of the Song: Danny O’Keefe “Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues”

Rodney Crowell “Then Again”

Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Roots Music Festival

Live Review: Sierra Ferrell + The Brudi Brothers, Docks, Hamburg – 1st July 2026

Sounds from beyond the Shed 243 “A game of two halves”