January 2026 – Page 16

Lucky Came To Town “The River Knows My Name”

January 16, 2026 Andy Short 0

Excellent debut from the Hageland Hills of Belgium. When you ponder Belgium, you wouldn’t immediately consider it a hotbed of americana music. You would most likely think of their excellent footballers, chocolates, and even a fictional […]

The latest Americana UK podcast is now live featuring Courtney Marie Andrews

January 16, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0

It’s an album release podcast this week as we celebrate the release of “Valentine” by Courtney Marie Andrews – it’s a cracker! Plus, we feature new tracks from Jesper Lindell, Only The Brave, Iron and Wine, […]

The Corner Laughers “Rainbow Cardigan” – contains plausible dance moves

January 16, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0

Here’s a joyous thing to brighten a January and a New Year which has gotten off to what could be described as a “mixed start” and not even with the advice “must try harder”, no, it’s […]

Video Premiere: KB Bayley “Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime”

January 16, 2026 Andrew Frolish 0

Here’s the video premiere of KB Bayley’s moody interpretation of The Korgis’ global 1980 hit ‘Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime’. The song is utterly transformed and made into something altogether new by Bayley, whose spellbinding performance […]

The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Graeme Tait

January 15, 2026 Graeme Tait 8

This new feature has now been running for approximately four months. During that time, I have simultaneously sympathised with my fellow writers at the magnitude of the challenge they have faced and marvelled at the array […]

More People Really Should Know About: Charm Of Finches

July 7, 2026 0

Approaching this feature is always really difficult; starting from a position of identifying someone that the wider world doesn’t know well enough and that their lives would be enriched by, if only they had a wider […]

Matt Jones and the Bobs “Matt Jones and the Bobs”

July 7, 2026 0

Songs of personal significance. Matt Jones and The Bobs formed way back in 2011 while they were studying at Radford University, all sharing a love of americana, roots, and classic rock. Their debut album Brother’s Hymn was […]

Tough Old Bird “Wednesday’s Child” – keeping it all quiet

July 7, 2026 0

If you like your folk-rock with a hint of jangle, then you’re going to like the new single from Tough Old Bird, who, we note, we last featured on Americana UK way back in 2019. Back […]

Month: January 2026

Lucky Came To Town “The River Knows My Name”

The latest Americana UK podcast is now live featuring Courtney Marie Andrews

The Corner Laughers “Rainbow Cardigan” – contains plausible dance moves

Video Premiere: KB Bayley “Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime”

The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Graeme Tait

More People Really Should Know About: Charm Of Finches

Matt Jones and the Bobs “Matt Jones and the Bobs”

Tough Old Bird “Wednesday’s Child” – keeping it all quiet

Video: Ryan Bingham “Let the Big Dog Eat” ft. The Texas Gentlemen

For the Sake of the Song: Danny O’Keefe “Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues”