April 2026 – Page 31 – Americana UK

More People Really Should Know About: The Green Pajamas

April 7, 2026 Tim Martin 0

The recent, and rather good, compilation This Can’t Be Today – American Psychedelia & The Paisley Underground 1977-1988 reminded me about a band who have operated way off the radar for their whole 40-year career. The […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 225 “A Break”

April 7, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0

This will be the last article for a while if all goes to plan and I actually get to go on my hols to sunny Spain. Picked a great year to decide to drive all the […]

Jesper Lindell doubles down on on his US pilgrimage with a second album out in June

April 7, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0

Hot on the heels of the recently released 3614 Jackson Highway, Swedish singer/songwriter Jesper Lindell has released his cover of Otis Clay’s Tryin’ to Live My Life Without You from his forthcoming album Royal, which is […]

Haylie Davis “Horns Of Time” – the wizard blew his horn

April 7, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0

We said of Haylie Davis, “Charming echoes of effortlessly cool 70s folk“, and whilst that was when Haylie Davis was Haylie Hostetter and recording as Lady Apple Tree, we stand by that assessment, and offer as […]

Video: Natalie Wildgoose “River Days” – I don’t want to go

April 7, 2026 Andrew Frolish 0

With its grainy footage, the latest video from Natalie Wildgoose feels like a memory revisited, and the song’s lo-fi sound is like a musical remembering. The reflective River Days begins with tumbling piano notes, just like […]

More People Really Should Know About: David Borné

June 30, 2026 0

On Singing Machine, Microphone, the final track on David Borné’s 2023 debut Genesis, he sings of the unbridled, innocent joy of making music during childhood for nothing but the pure love of it. It’s a soaring […]

Ian Prowse “No Names”

June 30, 2026 0

Impassioned energy and emotionally charged politics from Merseyside luminary. Ian Prowse has been making music for more than thirty years, first with indie band Pele, then forming the band Amsterdam in 1999, and now releasing albums […]

New tour dates for Brian Fallon, Pokey Lafarge and The Roseline

June 30, 2026 0

Occasionally, we provide a compendium of recently announced live shows, so here are three sets of tour dates that came our way in the last few days. Gaslight Anthem main man, Brian Fallon, who recently led […]

Interviews

Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

June 24, 2026 1

As an animal lover and caretaker of horses, dogs and cats, the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Patershuk certainly caught my attention. Dog Tiger Horses on Red Hen Records (2025) is green as grass, country-folk […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

June 18, 2026 0

Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]

Interviews

Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

June 17, 2026 0

In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]

Tracks

Alejandro Escovedo “Algo Azul” – escuchar!

June 25, 2021 0

‘Algo Azul‘ is taken from Escovedo’s album ‘La Cruzada; which is released on August 27th, via Yep Roc. It might sound somewhat familiar – it’s the Spanish language edition of the 2018 album ‘The Crossing‘, it […]

Columns

AUK Back Pages No.7

August 29, 2024 0

We round off 2006, incidentally the fifth year of AUK, an anniversary we forgot to mention in Back Pages No. 5 which looked back at the first four months of 2006 although it was noted in […]

Album Reviews

Lukas Nelson + POTR “Sticks And Stones”

July 5, 2023 0

Lukas Nelson explores the universal human experiences of love, celebration, longing, and humour. There is certainly something for everybody in this album. Country obviously but rockabilly, pop and even gospel. All the songs have been written […]

Month: April 2026

More People Really Should Know About: The Green Pajamas

Sounds from beyond the Shed 225 “A Break”

Jesper Lindell doubles down on on his US pilgrimage with a second album out in June

Haylie Davis “Horns Of Time” – the wizard blew his horn

Video: Natalie Wildgoose “River Days” – I don’t want to go

More People Really Should Know About: David Borné

Ian Prowse “No Names”

New tour dates for Brian Fallon, Pokey Lafarge and The Roseline

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Dillon Warnek

Preview: Rose’s Pawn Shop selling great gigs for the next couple of weeks