May 2026 – Page 3 – Americana UK

Video: My Girl The River “Heavy” – just because I can carry it, doesn’t mean it’s not

May 29, 2026 Andrew Frolish 1

With gorgeous vocals, heavenly backing and a beautiful melody, the new single from My Girl The River is a fabulously tuneful anthem for resilience. Heavy is about the burdens we all carry within us, often unseen, […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Kim Richey Songs

May 28, 2026 Peter Churchill 0

Kim Richey is one of those unsung heroes of americana who have been around for ages, releasing an album every few years without huge fanfare, but whose work within the industry, working with higher-profile musicians, has […]

Mike Richmond “Without An Audience”

May 28, 2026 FredArnold 0

40 years on and we have the debut solo album by musical legend Mike Richmond, co-founder of the lamented Love Tractor, leading lights of the Athens, GA music scene. This is a great month for fans […]

Rodney Crowell to release ‘lost album’ “Then Again” next month

May 28, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0

Rodney Crowell has announced the release of an album which many fans thought would never see the light of day, Then Again which arrives on 26th June 2026 via New West Records. The 10-track set was […]

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Alexandra King

May 28, 2026 Dean Nardi 0

Irish-American singer/songwriter Alexandra King is the featured performer on this video for Americana UK’s mini-gig series. Music has been central to King’s life from the beginning. Raised in a musical family, she first stepped onstage at […]

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

Video: My Girl The River “Heavy” – just because I can carry it, doesn’t mean it’s not

Essentials: The Top 10 Kim Richey Songs

Mike Richmond “Without An Audience”

Rodney Crowell to release ‘lost album’ “Then Again” next month

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Alexandra King

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