2025 – Page 186 – Americana UK

Mackenzie Roark and the Hotpants “Ghost of Rock and Roll”

July 16, 2025 Tim Martin 0

Retro country wrapped up in a shiny modern coating. Good time music for summer listening. The press release which came with Mackenzie Roark’s second album tells us, “after years of working her way into prominence in […]

Live Review: Warren Haynes, The Assembly Halls, Islington – 1st July 2025

July 16, 2025 FredArnold 0

When you think of serious guitar heroes, you might think, according to your taste in music, of Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Mark Knopfler, Eddie Van Halen, Neil Young, or perhaps Carlos Santana. In the field of […]

Tami Neilson “Neon Cowgirl”

July 16, 2025 Daisy Innes 0

Neon Cowgirl sees Tami Neilson chase every dream, embrace every moment, and find her way back to where it all started. Following up her previous album, “Kingmaker”, Tami Neilson is taking her country-soaked talent one step […]

After the wreckage: Amanda Shires comes back with “Nobody’s Girl”

July 16, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

Amanda Shires will release her new album “Nobody’s Girl” on 26th September 2025 via ATO Records. The award-winning singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist makes a welcome and overdue return following up her widely acclaimed 2022 album “Take It Like A Man”. Produced […]

Hudson Palace “Holding Hands With Strangers” – let’s stay this way

July 16, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Hudson Palace is instrumentalist/music scribe Tony Fletcher (you may have come across his books on The Smiths, REM, The Clash) and vocalist/teacher Paula Lucas, based in the Hudson Valley of New York. They have been making […]

Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”

July 3, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. If you’re an AUK supporter your new playlist will be with you at 5pm tonight. Don’t forget about our 25 year anniversary event in November which takes place […]

Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026

July 3, 2026 0

Performances don’t get much more intimate when less than 50 people are in the front space of a record shop and the artist is playing unamplified, less than five feet away. In the autumn of 2025, […]

Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”

July 3, 2026 0

Americana royalty teams up with a cracking Texas band to produce a varied and highly enjoyable mix of country, soul and stomp. Ryan Bingham is a comparatively rare example of an americana artist who has broken […]

Year: 2025

Mackenzie Roark and the Hotpants “Ghost of Rock and Roll”

Live Review: Warren Haynes, The Assembly Halls, Islington – 1st July 2025

Tami Neilson “Neon Cowgirl”

After the wreckage: Amanda Shires comes back with “Nobody’s Girl”

Hudson Palace “Holding Hands With Strangers” – let’s stay this way

Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”

Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026

Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”

Americana Stories – Simon Lamont “Americana”

Our new supporters playlist is out later today – win a vinyl copy of Ashley McBryde’s new album