August 2026 – Page 4 – Americana UK

Video: Rayland Baxter “The Fool” – that monster can tear us apart

August 20, 2026 Andrew Frolish 0

Rayland Baxter’s latest single explores what it is like to fall in love too quickly and then deal with the vulnerability, emotional upheaval, and uncertainty afterwards. In The Fool, Baxter takes all these ideas and delivers […]

Interview: Issy Ferris and Archie Sylvester on why “It’s A Joy To Be Alive”

August 19, 2026 Martin Johnson 0

One thing everyone quickly learns as they get older is that time waits for no one, and that life continues its unstoppable flow forward. Americana UK has followed Ferris & Sylvester’s career since their first album, […]

artwork for Michael McDermott album "Flowers From The Graveyard"

Michael McDermott “Flowers From The Graveyard”

August 19, 2026 Chas Lacey 1

Anthemic songs of hard times and hope amidst the 99%. Now well into his sixth decade, Michael McDermott keeps on producing records of quality from his home city of Chicago. The eagerly awaited Flowers From The […]

Film of “Hadestown: The Musical” gets limited release in October

August 19, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0

Hadestown, the musical co-written by Anais Mitchell and Rachel Chavkin, has earned many accolades, including eight Tony Awards in 2019, including Best Musical, and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Album. But if you […]

Sequoia “So Long”

August 19, 2026 Darren Lumbroso 0

Honest, world-weary songs of love, grief, and longing. This is Sequoia’s (aka Sequoia Feinson) second album. After a peripatetic youth, he eventually settled in rural Virginia, where he spent many of his formative years. A subsequent […]

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 – […]

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

August 21, 2026 1

Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a new song from Teenage Fanclub who will release their new album Do Not Dare To Dream on 9th October via […]

Alicia Blue “Country Desire”

August 21, 2026 0

A confident debut that shows the Nashville-based singer-songwriter has a vigour that sets her apart from the crowd. For singer-songwriter Alicia Blue, Waylon Jennings isn’t so much an influence as someone she calls “a creative angel […]

Month: August 2026