2025 – Page 257 – Americana UK

Video: The Swell Season “Stuck in Reverse”

May 19, 2025 Andrew Frolish 1

Here’s the latest single from Oscar-winning duo Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová, also known as The Swell Season. With gently insistent percussion, Irglová’s atmospheric keys and sweeping strings from Marja Gaynor on violin and viola Bertrand […]

Something(s) for the weekend: Jason McNiff, Tobias Panwitz and The Milk Carton Kids

May 16, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Well, that’s it from us for another week, and we leave you dear reader with not one but two new songs from artists very dear to our hearts here in AUK Towers. Firstly, longtime AUK friend […]

Album artwork for Matt Andersen album "The Hammer & The Rose"

Matt Andersen “The Hammer & The Rose”

May 16, 2025 Peter Thompson 0

Canadian bluesman Matt Andersen finds his softer side, which shows off his tremendous voice in this tender, at times intimate release. “The Hammer & The Rose” is the 11th solo studio album by Canadian guitar player […]

Interview: The Barlow is a band with Workingman’s Cred and High Spirits

May 16, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

The Barlow is a band in high spirits these days with a brand-new album, their fourth, that’s worth some serious fist-bumping. The band calls their brand of music Colorado Country, and it’s as rugged as the […]

Book Review: Paul Metsa and Rick Shefchik “Blood In The Tracks”

May 16, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

It is, arguably, Dylan’s greatest album – but the story behind the recording of ‘Blood On The Tracks‘ shows that it didn’t have an easy time in coming together. It was originally recorded in September 1974 […]

Book Review: Amy Speace “To The Performer, The Singer–Songwriter’s Handbook”

July 2, 2026 0

Amy Speace is a long-standing favourite of Americana UK, her most recent album, The Blue Rock Session, appearing late in 2025, a stripped-back collection on acoustic guitar and piano, recorded at a writing retreat in Wimberley, […]

Juana Everett “Past Lives in California”

July 2, 2026 0

The Madrid-born singer-songwriter sounds every bit like a Nashville native on a highly listenable second album. 10 years ago, Madrid native Juana Everett decided it was time for her to make a big change, and so, […]

Billy Strings to release latest album “So Much For Goodbyes” on 28th August

July 2, 2026 0

Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Billy Strings will release his new album, So Much For Goodbyes, on 28th August 2026 via Reprise Records. Produced by Strings and T Bone Burnett, the new 16-track project finds […]

Year: 2025

Video: The Swell Season “Stuck in Reverse”

Something(s) for the weekend: Jason McNiff, Tobias Panwitz and The Milk Carton Kids

Matt Andersen “The Hammer & The Rose”

Interview: The Barlow is a band with Workingman’s Cred and High Spirits

Book Review: Paul Metsa and Rick Shefchik “Blood In The Tracks”

Book Review: Amy Speace “To The Performer, The Singer–Songwriter’s Handbook”

Juana Everett “Past Lives in California”

Billy Strings to release latest album “So Much For Goodbyes” on 28th August

Beth Lee “Life Keeps Moving On” – we’re on the move again

Video: Charles Wesley Godwin “Hey There Son” (feat. Wyatt Flores)