August 2026 – Page 3 – Americana UK

Video: Elanor Moss “Fixer” – a doorway into healing

August 21, 2026 Andrew Frolish 0

The instrumental opening to Fixer is already breathtakingly beautiful. And then Elanor Moss begins to sing. Once again, Moss’s voice is clear and pure and transporting; timeless and elegant, her vocal performance is utterly absorbing. Musical […]

EGREM recording studio Havana - Buena Vista Social Club

Anniversary Cheers: “Buena Vista Social Club” celebrates 30 years

August 20, 2026 FredArnold 0

World Circuit Records, celebrating 40 years, reissues world music’s most iconic album for its 30th birthday. When world music shot out of the blocks into the consciousness of a fascinated listening audience, one album, for various […]

Preview: The Long Road Festival of Country, Americana and Roots, 27th-30th August Stanford Hall Leicestershire

August 20, 2026 David Jarman 2

The Long Road Festival, at Stanford Hall, Leicestershire, remains a favourite festival for americana fans – combining country, Americana and roots music. Running this year from Thursday 27th to Sunday 30th August, the festival lineup combines […]

Moon Attendant “Dum Evol”

August 20, 2026 John Lee 0

A strange and often beguiling journey through psychedelic pop, fractured relationships and the lessons we learn the hard way. There is something immediately intriguing about Dum Evol. Brighton’s Moon Attendant have created an album that feels […]

Book Review: Jeff Apter “King of Hearts, Roy Orbison”

August 20, 2026 Rick Bayles 0

This book is down-to-earth and unflashy. It adopts a simple narrative style and delivers its facts in a no-nonsense, easily accessible way. All of that seems exactly right for the biography of a musician who always […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 250 “Edinburgh”

August 24, 2026 0

Spent last weekend in Edinburgh, where Mrs H was singing with her gospel choir. It was a joyous and raucous weekend full of laughs and drinks, stairs and steps, and some fabulous shows. It goes without […]

Kelly Hunt “All The King’s Horses” – Love makes fools of us all

August 24, 2026 0

Following hard on the heels of the news of the new album, Kelly Hunt has released the single All The King’s Horses which brings a nursery rhyme eye to the intricacies of love. And at the […]

Video: Medium Build “Home Depot” – commiserations with the women stuck in the orbits of these men

August 24, 2026 0

Home Depot is the latest single from Medium Build, also known as singer-songwriter Nick Carpenter. The song tells the story of a character named Steve, who can’t express emotion without having his tools to hand – […]

Month: August 2026

Video: Elanor Moss “Fixer” – a doorway into healing

Preview: The Long Road Festival of Country, Americana and Roots, 27th-30th August Stanford Hall Leicestershire

Moon Attendant “Dum Evol”

Book Review: Jeff Apter “King of Hearts, Roy Orbison”

Sounds from beyond the Shed 250 “Edinburgh”

Kelly Hunt “All The King’s Horses” – Love makes fools of us all

Video: Medium Build “Home Depot” – commiserations with the women stuck in the orbits of these men

Something for the weekend: Teenage Fanclub “There Was You”

Alicia Blue “Country Desire”