May 2026 – Page 27 – Americana UK

Bob Wagner “Richest Man On Earth” – doesn’t turn out so well

May 8, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0

Bob Wagner has some perfect advice for us all on this updating on the murder ballad form, as Richest Man On Earth opens with a killing – but it’s not what you’re thinking. No violence was […]

Video: Ringo Starr “Long Long Road”

May 8, 2026 Andrew Frolish 0

Directed by Francesca Gregorini, Ringo Starr’s latest video is a memorable and brilliantly shot exploration of his musical life. Opening with gorgeous images of the Yellow Submarine, the video for Long Long Road travels into the […]

Alela Diane “Who’s Keeping Time?”

May 7, 2026 Andrew Raw 1

Collaboration brings a beautiful folk album with words of love. This is Alela Diane’s seventh album, and the story behind it starts with the death at the age of eighty-three of her great friend Michael Hurley. […]

Essentials: The Top 10 David Lowery Songs

May 7, 2026 Paul Russell 2

David Lowery is an icon of americana who has been making music for over forty years and has never lost his passion for all things rootsy, rocky and melodic. His first band was Sitting Ducks which […]

Josiah and the Bonnevilles “As Is”

May 7, 2026 Helen Jones 0

A slight shift in musical style makes for a refreshing sound that relays strong stories. Josiah Leming, the man who goes by the stage moniker of Josiah and the Bonnevilles, has been honing his craft since […]

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

Bob Wagner “Richest Man On Earth” – doesn’t turn out so well

Video: Ringo Starr “Long Long Road”

Alela Diane “Who’s Keeping Time?”

Essentials: The Top 10 David Lowery Songs

Josiah and the Bonnevilles “As Is”

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