May 2026 – Page 24 – Americana UK

Peter Case “At McCabe’s: My Life to Live”

May 11, 2026 Hugo Simoes 0

In At McCabe’s, veteran americana troubadour Peter Case delivers a live performance at the peak of his powers. Peter Case has had a long career with no shortage of exploration: from a background in folk, blues […]

The Krickets “If You Only Knew”

May 11, 2026 Ben Yelton 0

Technically excellent but emotionally bereft album from Gulf Coast female trio. Catching up on If You Only Knew, released by all-female trio The Krickets in October 2025, is like being battered with the world’s softest pillow. […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 230 “Travel – a necessary luxury”

May 11, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0

I’m back from 3 weeks of glorious touring around the Iberian Peninsula in the van. A total of 2,400 miles as we circled the entire country with a brief excursion into Portugal, and every single mile […]

Kris Drever “Doing This For Love” – anything, anything

May 11, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0

Kris Drever – known for both his solo work and as part of Lau – returns with his first solo record in six years, and this is the title track from it. It’s a song about […]

Video Premiere: Erik Stucky “Bag of Bones”

May 11, 2026 Andrew Frolish 0

The new single from Nashville-based Coloradan Erik Stucky is a compelling song, driven forward by Justin Vorp’s lightly insistent percussion and Steven Schumann’s pulsing bass. Full of unresolved tension, Bag of Bones hooks us in with […]

Robert Plant to receive Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award

July 27, 2026 0

The Americana Music Association has announced that singer, songwriter and musical trailblazer Robert Plant will receive the Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award during the 25th Annual Americana Honours & Awards, taking place on 16th September 2026, at […]

Cover art for Tucker Zimmerman album "Dream Me A Dream"

Tucker Zimmerman “Dream Me A Dream”

July 27, 2026 0

Posthumous studio album from literate Californian singer-songwriter turns dreams into songs, providing a fitting epitaph for one of life’s truly great maverick artists. The sub-zero temperatures that covered the bulk of the UK during the first […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 241 “Back in the swim”

July 27, 2026 0

Several years ago, while still teaching, my morning routine took me to the local swimming pool at six thirty every morning, where I would pull on some awful budgie smugglers and swim a kilometre at a […]

Month: May 2026

Peter Case “At McCabe’s: My Life to Live”

The Krickets “If You Only Knew”

Sounds from beyond the Shed 230 “Travel – a necessary luxury”

Kris Drever “Doing This For Love” – anything, anything

Video Premiere: Erik Stucky “Bag of Bones”

Robert Plant to receive Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award

Tucker Zimmerman “Dream Me A Dream”

Sounds from beyond the Shed 241 “Back in the swim”

Morton Valence “So Far Away” – all the distance inbetween

Video: James White & The Wild Fire “The Girl From Fort Worth” – peace on the other side