2025 – Page 356 – Americana UK

Muireann Bradley to reissue debut album with bonus track

February 18, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

Teenage Irish musician Muireann Bradley has recently signed to Decca / Verve Label Group and will be re-releasing her album “I Kept These Old Blues” together with a bonus track on 28th February 2025. Now remixed […]

Fionn Regan “Two Sides” – Up and Down and still somehow…

February 18, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

As we reported a while back Fionn Regan has a new album ‘O Avalanche‘ and an extensive tour in 2025. Today’s song might make the latter but it didn’t make the former – and so is […]

Video: Hattie Whitehead “The Last to Come Along”

February 18, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0

Check out this artfully-shot live performance from UK singer-songwriter Hattie Whitehead. Performed at The Grace in London, “The Last to Come Along” is a beautifully written, arranged and performed song. Warm sonic layers create an absorbing […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Stateside “You Were Made For Me”

February 17, 2025 Paul Russell 0

The hope for a band trying to establish themselves is to get that elusive big record deal. The ability to get your music heard by a wide audience and the financial and artistic rewards that go […]

Sidewalk Diamonds 'Dream of Dance Floors'

Sidewalk Diamonds “Dreams of Dance Floors”

February 17, 2025 Jonathan Smith 1

Raucous, heartfelt garage Americana. In 2020, Minneapolis-based singer-songwriter Tony Thomas invited Beth Pyper-Holz to sing on his solo ‘Dog and Tony Show’ release. With Thomas having returned the favour for Pyper-Holz’s EP ‘The Heartbreaker’ soon after, […]

Dean Owenswith John Convertino and Joey Burns

The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks

September 24, 2026 0

It’s week 2 of the search for our writers’ Top 10 UK americana albums, and Jonathan Hincks will doubt add to the debate with his choice, as follows: With the hands of the Doomsday Clock edging […]

Album artwork for The Fool by Embla and the Karldotters

Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

September 24, 2026 0

Norwegian queer-country assertively and affectionately delivering. Embla Karidotter was the drummer for Norwegian indie band Razika for 13 years, before she chose to change direction and build on her love of country music with new band […]

Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

September 24, 2026 0

On the 16th of October, Béla Fleck is to release the recording of a stellar Nashville night as a live album called Live Heart. On January 8, 2022, he and a multigenerational gang of musical heavy […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]

Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1

As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0

Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

News

Andy Shauf – UK Dates

January 10, 2017 0

Acclaimed Canadian singer-songwriter Andy Shauf has announced an extensive European tour in February 2017. Starting in London on February 8th, there will be dates in Manchester and Leeds before he heads to the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, […]

News

Folk icons Dervish’s Rounder debut features Steve Earle

January 31, 2019 0

As one of the most renowned and imaginative interpreters of Irish folk music (and one time Eurovision entry for Ireland), Dervish have devoted the last three decades to gently reinventing the traditional songs of their homeland. […]

Videos

Something for the weekend: Jenny Owen Youngs “Next Time Around” (Live)

May 10, 2024 0

That’s it from us for this week dear reader and we leave you with the long overdue and welcome return of New Jersey’s Jenny Owen Youngs. Ahead of her New England tour, Youngs today shares a […]

Year: 2025

Muireann Bradley to reissue debut album with bonus track

Fionn Regan “Two Sides” – Up and Down and still somehow…

Video: Hattie Whitehead “The Last to Come Along”

For The Sake Of The Song: Stateside “You Were Made For Me”

Sidewalk Diamonds “Dreams of Dance Floors”

The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks

Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

Izzie Walsh “Where Do We Go From Here?”

Americana Stories – Stephen Eyre “On the road”