2025 – Page 369 – Americana UK

Jeffrey Lewis is back and this time he’s even more freewheelin’ and sweary

February 6, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

The celebrated, idiosyncratic indie-rock/folk songwriter and comic book artist Jeffrey Lewis has announced his new album, “The EVEN MORE Freewheelin’ Jeffrey Lewis,” which is due for release on 21st March on Blang Records. The announcement also […]

Kassi Valazza “Weight Of The Wheel” – pressing down…

February 6, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

You’ll recall that 2023 was, pretty much, the year of Kassi Valazza, whose album ‘Knows Nothing‘ provided a slew of our favourite songs that year and whose live performances were amongst the very best of the […]

Video: Gary Louris “Getting Older”

February 6, 2025 Andrew Frolish 1

Check out “Getting Older”, the recent single by Gary Louris, frontman of Americana legends The Jayhawks. The song is driven by Louris’s acoustic strum and the rhythmic piano, enhanced by flourishes of electric guitar and harmonica. […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without it – The Grateful Dead

February 5, 2025 Graeme Tait 25

With the first few weeks of the new year comfortably under our belts, we now return for a second series of what was one of our most popular features of 2024, ‘Cant Live With It, Can’t […]

Crys Matthews “Reclamation”

February 5, 2025 Rick Thorn 0

A harsh bright light shone into America’s darkest corners. ‘Reclamation’ has the potential to become an exceptionally powerful album coming as it has in the current political environment. Matthews identifies as a black, butch lesbian who […]

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. […]

Album Reviews

Rachel Sermanni “Swallow Me”

June 17, 2021 0

An intimate, meditative EP of thought-provoking songs. Rachel Sermanni follows a path worn by other Scottish singers like Karine Polwart and Kim Edgar in taking a basic Joni Mitchell template and giving it a Celtic spin. […]

Features

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

June 23, 2025 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 […]

Album Reviews

Carly King “Loving You Is Easy”

June 2, 2026 0

Promising intimate debut from Nashville-based Northeasterner. Carly King was born in New Jersey, came of age around New York City and spent her young adult years in the West, teaching snowboarding in Wyoming and Colorado. She […]

Year: 2025

Jeffrey Lewis is back and this time he’s even more freewheelin’ and sweary

Kassi Valazza “Weight Of The Wheel” – pressing down…

Video: Gary Louris “Getting Older”

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without it – The Grateful Dead

Crys Matthews “Reclamation”

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”