Americana UK

  • News
  • Reviews
    • Album Reviews
    • Live Reviews
    • Book Reviews
  • Features
    • Archive
      • Americana Bedrock
      • Americana Roots
      • AmericanA to Z
      • A Night to Remember
      • Dirty Dozens
      • Home Life
      • I Write the Songs
      • Lost Albums
      • Political Pops
      • Shuffle
      • Small Venue Heroes
      • Studio Life
      • The Other Side of Me
      • The Twang Factor
      • Top 10 Americana Albums Ever
      • Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century
      • Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists
      • Unsung Heroes
      • Van Life
      • Whatever Happened To…
      • What Should I Do…
      • WITATA
    • Anniversary Cheers
    • AUK Mini-Gigs
    • Can’t Live with it, Can’t Live without it
    • Classic Americana Albums
    • Classic Clips
    • Essentials
    • For The Sake Of The Song
    • More People Really Should Know About
    • Obituaries
    • Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time
    • VERSIONS
  • Interviews
  • Videos
  • Tracks
  • Columns
    • Sounds from the Shed
    • Vox Continental
  • Podcast
  • Forum
  • Info
    • Contact Us!
    • Review submission FAQ
    • Support Americana UK
    • Want to write for Americana UK?
    • Daily Digest Sign-Up
    • Advertise on Americana UK
    • Privacy Policy
Our latest posts
  • [ April 7, 2026 ] Drivin N Cryin “Crushing Flowers” Album Reviews
  • [ April 7, 2026 ] The Top Ten Americana Songs Of All Time: 4th – The Band “The Weight” (1968) Features
  • [ April 7, 2026 ] Interview: The Breath’s Stuart McCallum and Rioghnach Connor on collaborating with the Paraorchestra Interviews
  • [ April 7, 2026 ] For The Sake Of The Song: Joy Williams “Until The Levee” Features
  • [ April 7, 2026 ] Grey DeLisle to release duo album with Les Greene and tour in May News
Home2025

Year: 2025

Album Reviews

Track Dogs “Tracks Laid, Tracks Covered”

April 29, 2025 Fiona Golden 0
An anthology of almost 20 years of Americana rock. For someone like this writer with very little in the way of an attention span, a 31-count tracklist on a single album is nothing short of daunting. […]
Tracks

Folk Tracks Roundup – April 2025

April 29, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
As ever, we’re more than well supplied with Track choices (it’s not a problem, and of course, we try and fit in as many as possible), and that goes as much for ones we tag with […]
Videos

Video: Ashley Monroe “The Touch” (feat. Marty Stuart)

April 29, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0
Here’s the new single from GRAMMY-nominated singer-songwriter Ashley Monroe. ‘The Touch’, featuring Marty Stuart, is a dreamy ballad that simmers with love and longing and showcases Monroe’s tuneful, intimate vocal.  The harmonies are particularly beautiful towards […]
Little Lore (aka Tricia Duffy)
Reviews

AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – April 2025

April 28, 2025 FredArnold 1
My colleague Graeme Tait is taking a well-earned break this month, so he has graciously allowed me to step back in to fill his shoes for April’s review of the latest EPs. And what a very […]
artwork for Red Shoes feature
Features

For the Sake of the Song: Elvis Costello “(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes”

April 28, 2025 Dean Nardi 0
Elvis Costello provides a taste of his cynical capacity in (The Angels Wanna Wear My) ‘Red Shoes’, which is somewhat of an anti-fairy tale with more than a little foresight due to Hans Christian Andersen’s gruesome, […]

Posts pagination

« 1 … 277 278 279 … 402 »

Recent Forum Posts

  • RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Maeve O'Boyle - All My Sins

    By Peter Thompson , 2 hours ago

  • RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Live - Throwing Copper

    By Peter Thompson , 2 hours ago

  • RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Hootie & The Blowfish - Cracked Rear View (25th Ann...

    By Peter Thompson , 2 hours ago

  • RE

    Gretchen Peters: The Songs of Mickey Newbury:

    By FredArnold , 4 hours ago

  • Joe Nathan

    RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Willie Nelson - Yesterday’s Wine

    By Joe Nathan , 4 hours ago

  • Joe Nathan

    RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Linda Martell - Color Me Country

    By Joe Nathan , 5 hours ago

  • Joe Nathan

    RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Grateful Dead - Dead Set

    By Joe Nathan , 7 hours ago

  • Joe Nathan

    RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Bo Diddley - Self-titled

    By Joe Nathan , 9 hours ago

  • RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Came across this guy John Rush . Know him Paul Kerr? ...

    By Keith Hargreaves , 1 day ago

our latest posts

Cover art for Drivin N Cryin album "Crushing Flowers"

Drivin N Cryin “Crushing Flowers”

Album Reviews
April 7, 2026 1
The Band in 1968

The Top Ten Americana Songs Of All Time: 4th – The Band “The Weight” (1968)

Features
April 7, 2026 0

Interview: The Breath’s Stuart McCallum and Rioghnach Connor on collaborating with the Paraorchestra

Interviews
April 7, 2026 0
Joy Williams live in Kansas City

For The Sake Of The Song: Joy Williams “Until The Levee”

Features
April 7, 2026 0
Grey DeLisle

Grey DeLisle to release duo album with Les Greene and tour in May

News
April 7, 2026 0
Cover art for Drivin N Cryin album "Crushing Flowers"
Album Reviews

Drivin N Cryin “Crushing Flowers”

April 7, 2026 1
Beloved Atlanta rockers return with a confident, back-to-basics album that restores the band’s core sound. Forty years on from the release of their debut album, Drivin N Cryin are back with their tenth studio release. Formed […]
The Band in 1968
Features

The Top Ten Americana Songs Of All Time: 4th – The Band “The Weight” (1968)

April 7, 2026 0
We’re getting there: no more equal placings. This week, we reach the Top 4, and the second entry from The Band is 4th. From their iconic sophomore album Music From Big Pink, The Weight is one […]
Interviews

Interview: The Breath’s Stuart McCallum and Rioghnach Connor on collaborating with the Paraorchestra

April 7, 2026 0
How to achieve true musical Symbiosis. The Breath are guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer Rioghnach Connolly, and they ensure that the song is always at the centre of their alt-folk sound. That sound is rich, reflecting […]

  • Drivin N Cryin “Crushing Flowers”
  • The Top Ten Americana Songs Of All Time: 4th – The Band “The Weight” (1968)
  • Interview: The Breath’s Stuart McCallum and Rioghnach Connor on collaborating with the Paraorchestra
  • For The Sake Of The Song: Joy Williams “Until The Levee”
  • Grey DeLisle to release duo album with Les Greene and tour in May
  • Interview: Cynthia Marchant on the Ozarks, fast cars and the passing of time
  • Son Little “Cityfolk”
  • More People Really Should Know About: The Green Pajamas
  • Sounds from beyond the Shed 225 “A Break”
  • Jesper Lindell doubles down on on his US pilgrimage with a second album out in June
Billy Bragg Bob Dylan Bruce Springsteen Chuck Prophet Courtney Marie Andrews Dean Owens Drive By Truckers Emmylou Harris Jason Isbell Johnny Cash John Prine Lucinda Williams Margo Price Neil Young Peter Bruntnell Robert Vincent Ryan Adams Steve Earle Sturgill Simpson The Band The Byrds The Delines Tom Petty Wilco Willie Nelson
  • Alan Peatfield: I've yet to hear the album, but the paragraph you devote to the showcased track "Mirror ..." hits the nail…
  • Tex: My cousin was roomates with Pat Reedy, said he used to write songs on pieces of cardboard to remember them.…
  • PHIL IN SHREWSBURY: What's it all about, Ralphie? If you don't think fascists are spreading their poison around the world - from the…

Latest interviews

Interviews

Interview: The Breath’s Stuart McCallum and Rioghnach Connor on collaborating with the Paraorchestra

April 7, 2026 0
How to achieve true musical Symbiosis. The Breath are guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer Rioghnach Connolly, and they ensure that the song is always at the centre of their alt-folk sound. That sound is rich, reflecting […]
Interviews

Interview: Cynthia Marchant on the Ozarks, fast cars and the passing of time

April 7, 2026 0
In 2022, with her second studio album, Flesh and Bone, Cynthia Marchant explored spiritual truth and depth, and the magic of connecting with self and others in the many stages of life. Three years later, she’s […]
Interviews

Interview: Michael Weston King on why “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

April 2, 2026 0
How the worst kind of family tragedy can lead to a career high British americana stalwart and music award winner Michael Weston King is releasing a new solo album, Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore. On the […]

You may have missed…

Videos

Video: Angel White “Down by the River”

August 2, 2024 0
Here’s the latest single by country singer-songwriter Angel White.  ‘Down by the River’, the follow up to the well-received ‘Ghost of the West: Volume 1’, is an upbeat, feel-good song for the summer.  White’s voice is […]
Tracks

Laura Zarougian “New used Car” – ain’t going to drive it

October 10, 2024 0
Laura Zarougian was one of our discoveries of last year, with some great songs and now here she is again with a couple of singles, what we might have called in the past a double A-sided […]
Features

Songs for the apocalypse: Grant McLennan “Keep My Word”

February 6, 2019 0
‘Horsebreaker Star’ came out as a double album back in 1994, the penultimate to be released by the late ex Go-Betweener Grant McLennan and it was a musical jump from his previous work, being recorded as […]

© Americana UK 2026, a website based in the People's Republic of Liverpool