March 2026 – Page 18 – Americana UK

Teddy Thompson returns with both album and tour vowing to “Never Be The Same”

March 18, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0

London-born, Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Teddy Thompson returns to the fray with Never Be The Same, due out May 15th via RPF Records/Royal Potato Family. This is his first collection of original material since 2020, and he does […]

Flutes & Low “Lay Fallow”

March 18, 2026 Darren Lumbroso 0

Sparse, beautiful folk-influenced music shaped by winter, tragedy, and nature. Flutes & Low comprises Ben Pichler and Cambria Haen, who met in Duluth, north-eastern Minnesota. They took their name from the Gerard Manley Hopkins poem “Inversnaid”, […]

NOCONA “How Do You Feel?” – pretty good, mostly, slight ache just there, but mustn’t grumble

March 18, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0

Are you, good readers of Americana UK, ready for some music that isn’t Americana? What? What? No, no, calm down, it’s not so bad. NOCONA, the band from Los Angeles, have spent 12 years denying that […]

Video: Foy Vance “We Almost Made It” – weary, confessional intimacy

March 18, 2026 Andrew Frolish 0

Foy Vance has released another striking single, We Almost Made It, which aches with vulnerability. Hushed and delicate, the song unfolds in bittersweet tones and a beautifully fluent melody over gently rolling drums. As ever, Vance’s […]

Demi Marriner at Brudenell Social Club, Leeds on 1st December 2024

More People Really Should Know About: Demi Marriner

March 17, 2026 Peter Thompson 2

The title of this piece is “More People Really Should Know About“, but I’d wager that more people have come across Demi Marriner and her work than realise, so perhaps the piece should be entitled More […]

Video Interview: Alex Amen on “Sun Of Amen” as he comes of age as a songwriter

July 21, 2026 0

Alex Amen is making waves as one of the new breed of songwriters to keep a very close eye on. Born in Texas, he has lived in communes on the West Coast, formed and played in […]

Artwork for Sailing Sones album "Slow Magic"

Sailing Stones “Slow Magic”

July 21, 2026 0

Absorbing collection of songs that subtly reveal the quiet joys of motherhood. The first sound that emerges from the new Sailing Stones album, Slow Magic, is the metronomic rhythm of a baby’s heartbeat with its gentle […]

More People Really Should Know About: Travis Shallow

July 21, 2026 0

If you’ve ever found yourself searching for music that offers comfort without pretending life is easy, then you should know Travis Shallow. He writes songs that acknowledge the darkness but never surrender to it, and he […]

Month: March 2026

Teddy Thompson returns with both album and tour vowing to “Never Be The Same”

Flutes & Low “Lay Fallow”

NOCONA “How Do You Feel?” – pretty good, mostly, slight ache just there, but mustn’t grumble

Video: Foy Vance “We Almost Made It” – weary, confessional intimacy

More People Really Should Know About: Demi Marriner

Video Interview: Alex Amen on “Sun Of Amen” as he comes of age as a songwriter

Sailing Stones “Slow Magic”

More People Really Should Know About: Travis Shallow

Live Review: Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons + Red Hash + Ella Spencer, Water Rats, London – 8th July 2026

Martin Carthy “Along the Road Forever – Live at the BBC”