May 2026 – Page 8 – Americana UK

Live Review: Cowboy Junkies, London Palladium, London – 11th May 2026

May 26, 2026 Jonathan Aird 2

The Timmins family (and a close friend) band has reached the milestone of forty years as a band and forty years since their debut album, Whites Off Earth Now!!, and for their current tour, they have […]

Cover Art for Various Artists Album "Let's Go Dancing: Stopped a Freight Train with a Grain of Sand

Various Artists “Let’s Go Dancing: Stopped a Freight Train with a Grain of Sand”

May 26, 2026 Pete Hill 0

Latest in 100-Song Living Tribute Doesn’t Disappoint. Let’s Go Dancing started life as a 60th birthday surprise video for Drivin N Cryin frontman Kevin Kinney, made during lockdown. Since then, it has merged into a 100-song […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 231 “Raging”

May 26, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0

I think we all know that times are hard, in virtually all respects, but financially, things have been tough for a long while. Every time it looks like there might be some respite, along comes another […]

Great Willow “Age Of Reason” – Bing bing, bong bong bong, bing bing

May 26, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0

It has been a while, quite a while, since we last featured Great Willow (although we have heard more recently from James Combs, one half of the duo), so it’s really nice to have some new […]

Video Premiere: The Sensational Country Blues Wonders! (Gary Van Miert) “A Mad Tea Party”

May 26, 2026 Andrew Frolish 0

Disappear down the rabbit hole with the latest single from The Sensational Country Blues Wonders!, the musical project of New Jersey-based musician and performer Gary Van Miert. The video for The Mad Tea Party is a […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Dean Owens “Sally’s Song (I Dreamed Of Michael Marra)”

July 27, 2026 0

Dean Owens is, of course, no stranger to these pages. With twelve albums and numerous AUK awards behind him, a search on this site will provide pages of reviews, interviews and videos. Typing the name Michael […]

Mick Flannery “The House Must Win”

July 27, 2026 0

A labour of love, twenty years in the making from renowned Irish singer-songwriter. It is more than twenty years since Mick Flannery released his debut album Evening Train, but the tale it told of (as he puts […]

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 […]

Month: May 2026

Live Review: Cowboy Junkies, London Palladium, London – 11th May 2026

Various Artists “Let’s Go Dancing: Stopped a Freight Train with a Grain of Sand”

Sounds from beyond the Shed 231 “Raging”

Great Willow “Age Of Reason” – Bing bing, bong bong bong, bing bing

Video Premiere: The Sensational Country Blues Wonders! (Gary Van Miert) “A Mad Tea Party”

For The Sake Of The Song: Dean Owens “Sally’s Song (I Dreamed Of Michael Marra)”

Mick Flannery “The House Must Win”

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”