2025 – Page 214 – Americana UK

Interview: Counting Crows with Love from A(dam) to (durit)Z

June 23, 2025 Dean Nardi 2

It was thirty-two years ago when Adam Duritz of Counting Crows wrote a song about wanting to be famous, a rock ‘n’ roll star. He worried about being a one-hit wonder with ‘Mr. Jones’s, which of […]

For The Sake Of The Song: The Dillards “I’ve Just Seen A Face”

June 23, 2025 Martin Johnson 6

With Ringo’s new country album, “Look Up”, grabbing plaudits from all and sundry, it seems timely to look at a Beatles’ track that came to be a bluegrass standard and helped in the development of country […]

Meir Levine “Long and Lonesome Highway”

June 23, 2025 Guy Lincoln 0

A new cosmic Americana star arrives fully-fledged on striking debut. Brooklyn-based Meir Levine has similar concerns to many of us. He’s exercised by such fundamental questions as “What do I really care about?” and “Who do […]

Deep Dark Woods will release new album “The Circle Remains” in autumn 2025

June 23, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

Saskatchewan folk-rockers, Deep Dark Woods, will release their new album, “The Circle Remains”, on 3rd October 2025 via Victory Pool Records. Deep Dark Woods’ music exists in a continuum of songwriting, but this is a band […]

artwork for Roger Askew album "Somewhere South Of Here"

Roger Askew “Somewhere South Of Here”

June 23, 2025 Chas Lacey 0

Wistful reflections and impressive musicianship from UK producer and songwriter. A man of many talents, Roger Askew has devoted much of his career to engineering and producing records for the likes of Joe Strummer, Wilko Johnson […]

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

Interview: Counting Crows with Love from A(dam) to (durit)Z

For The Sake Of The Song: The Dillards “I’ve Just Seen A Face”

Meir Levine “Long and Lonesome Highway”

Deep Dark Woods will release new album “The Circle Remains” in autumn 2025

Roger Askew “Somewhere South Of Here”

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