2025 – Page 37 – Americana UK

The Twang Factor 4 Presents: Alice Wallace

November 24, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

Welcome to the fourth year of Twang Factor, where Americana UK sets out to find the best new and emerging americana acts. Got talent? This is the place to show us what you’ve got. Nashville-based singer-songwriter Alice […]

Rob Jones & The Restless Dream “Stars”

November 24, 2025 John Lee 0

Defiant, cinematic and full of heart, “Stars” shines with nostalgia, resilience and the hope of new beginnings. The songs on “Stars” form a literal journey from morning into night into morning again, and a metaphoric journey […]

The Waterboys with Steve Earle to play three big shows for late summer 2026

November 24, 2025 Richard Parkinson 1

The Waterboys will perform a series of big dates in Dublin, London and Glasgow in August and September 2026 under the banner The Fisherman’s Blues Revue. The shows will celebrate and explore the music of the […]

Lucinda Williams “We’ve Come Too Far to Turn Around” – with Norah Jones

November 24, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

To be totally honest – and this isn’t the first time – it always comes as a bit of a surprise that we’re featuring Norah Jones, who adds piano and additional vocals on this latest song […]

Video: Marcus Angeloni “Glimpse of Gold”

November 24, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0

Raw, authentic and intimate, ‘Glimpse of Gold’ by singer-songwriter Marcus Angeloni is immediately captivating. It holds our attention throughout, with just a hard acoustic strum and Angeloni’s gritty vocal performance, which is full of urgency and […]

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. […]

Videos

Video Premiere: Love Me in the Dark “Circle Up the Wagons”

April 14, 2020 0

It will be no surprise to anyone who knows Love Me in the Dark’s music that the couple’s vocal melodies and harmonies on ‘Circle Up the Wagons’ are beautiful. Five years ago, Steve McCormick and Heather […]

Album Reviews

Mike Etten “Love Wash”

October 21, 2021 0

A constantly interesting and surprising album of dark folk experimentalism that, ultimately, doesn’t quite satisfy. Don’t be thrown from the barrage of sounds that are multi-layered over opening track ‘Across the Flats’; Mike Etten has followed […]

News

The twelve days of the SXSW lineup: eleven truckers trucking

January 5, 2023 0

The first and second waves of the 37th annual Texan showcase of new music SXSW lineup have been released, and once again, it looks to be the sound of tomorrow. The festival runs a full six […]

Year: 2025

The Twang Factor 4 Presents: Alice Wallace

Rob Jones & The Restless Dream “Stars”

The Waterboys with Steve Earle to play three big shows for late summer 2026

Lucinda Williams “We’ve Come Too Far to Turn Around” – with Norah Jones

Video: Marcus Angeloni “Glimpse of Gold”

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”