2025 – Page 376 – Americana UK

Craig Finn “People Of Substance” – good to hang around with

January 31, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Taking a break from his regular day job as frontman of the Hold Steady, Craig Finn is preparing his latest solo album for release on April 4th. On ‘Always Been‘ Finn has been working with Adam […]

Video: Tommy Emmanuel “Gdansk/Tall Fiddler” (Live at The Sydney Opera House)

January 31, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0

It is such a joy to see Tommy Emmanuel work his way around the fret board in “Gdansk/Tall Fiddler”. From around halfway through, his fingers really fly and it’s utterly spellbinding. Emmanuel’s strumming pattern is delightfully […]

Interview: Dean Owens and Don Antonio on “Spirit Ridge” an album forged via friendship, family and shared connections

January 30, 2025 Paul Kerr 0

AUK award-winning Scots songwriter Dean Owens teams up with Italy’s Don Antonio and finds they actually have a lot in common as they record in a 400 hundred-year-old farmhouse and enjoy some wine along the way. […]

Jim White and Trey Blake “Precious Bane”

January 30, 2025 Jonny Brick 0

Elegant folk songs sung with heart and arranged with sensitivity. Before we begin: no, this is not the Jim White who is famous for having worn a yellow tie on Sky Sports News coverage of transfer […]

Paul Brady to release box set “The Archive”

January 30, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

Release to launch with Ireland and London dates. After many years of trying to figure out what to do with his vast archive, Paul Brady finally dusted off the crates and personally assembled a selection from […]

Americana Stories – Stephen Eyre “On the road”

September 24, 2026 0

Stephen Eyre is singer and guitarist with South Oxfordshire band Only The Brave. Our Graeme Tait reviewed their debut EP and described them as a band with a bright future in his February EP roundup. Stephen […]

Vox Continental: September 2026

September 24, 2026 0

With the long, hot summer finally fading, it seems like a lot of European artists are keen to get out on tour. Oakland Rain are a Norwegian folk and Americana duo, made up of twin sisters, […]

Family Stereo “Remedy” – heartbreak beckons

September 24, 2026 0

Family Stereo, most recently seen out supporting the Felice Brothers, is the project of Blake Watt, and Remedy is the opening song on his latest album The Thread, which has been released via Bella Union. It’s […]

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. […]

Features

More People Really Should Know About: Rosali

August 20, 2024 2

Rosali are a band: singer, songwriter and guitarist Rosali Middleman likes to stress this in her interviews. But it’s a band that very definitely revolves around Middleman, her brilliant songwriting and strong but still ethereal voice. […]

Videos

Video: Kara Cole “IM a Mess”

August 30, 2024 0

Check out the latest single from Indianapolis-based country singer-songwriter Kara Cole. “IM a Mess” is a song about toxic relationships – the sort you keep returning to, caught in its gravity, even when it’s doing you […]

Classic Americana Albums

Classic Americana Albums: Steve Forbert “Streets of This Town” (Geffen, 1988)

January 8, 2021 1

Forbert’s melancholy, introspective, lyrically intriguing songs are delivered with a passionate honesty that has won him many loyal fans over the years. BBC Radio 2’s Bob Harris has described Forbert as having, “One of the most […]

Year: 2025

Craig Finn “People Of Substance” – good to hang around with

Video: Tommy Emmanuel “Gdansk/Tall Fiddler” (Live at The Sydney Opera House)

Interview: Dean Owens and Don Antonio on “Spirit Ridge” an album forged via friendship, family and shared connections

Jim White and Trey Blake “Precious Bane”

Paul Brady to release box set “The Archive”

Americana Stories – Stephen Eyre “On the road”

Vox Continental: September 2026

Family Stereo “Remedy” – heartbreak beckons

Video Premiere: Elli de Mon “Strange Fruit”

AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – September 2026