Americana UK

  • News
  • Reviews
    • Album Reviews
    • Live Reviews
    • Book Reviews
  • Features
    • Archive
      • Americana Bedrock
      • Americana Roots
      • AmericanA to Z
      • A Night to Remember
      • Dirty Dozens
      • Home Life
      • I Write the Songs
      • Lost Albums
      • Political Pops
      • Shuffle
      • Small Venue Heroes
      • Studio Life
      • The Other Side of Me
      • The Twang Factor
      • Top 10 Americana Albums Ever
      • Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century
      • Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists
      • Unsung Heroes
      • Van Life
      • Whatever Happened To…
      • What Should I Do…
      • WITATA
    • Anniversary Cheers
    • AUK Mini-Gigs
    • Can’t Live with it, Can’t Live without it
    • Classic Americana Albums
    • Classic Clips
    • Essentials
    • Fiction
    • For The Sake Of The Song
    • More People Really Should Know About
    • Obituaries
    • Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time
    • VERSIONS
  • Interviews
  • Videos
  • Tracks
  • Columns
    • Sounds from the Shed
    • Vox Continental
  • Podcast
  • Forum
  • Info
    • Contact Us!
    • Review submission FAQ
    • Support Americana UK
    • Want to write for Americana UK?
    • Daily Digest Sign-Up
    • Advertise on Americana UK
    • Privacy Policy
Our latest posts
  • [ May 26, 2026 ] Live Review: Cowboy Junkies, London Palladium, London – 11th May 2026 Live Reviews
  • [ May 26, 2026 ] Various Artists “Let’s Go Dancing: Stopped a Freight Train with a Grain of Sand” Album Reviews
  • [ May 26, 2026 ] Sounds from beyond the Shed 231 “Raging” Columns
  • [ May 26, 2026 ] Great Willow “Age Of Reason” – Bing bing, bong bong bong, bing bing Tracks
  • [ May 26, 2026 ] Video Premiere: The Sensational Country Blues Wonders! (Gary Van Miert) “A Mad Tea Party” Videos
Home2026

Year: 2026

AUK Mini-Gigs

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: David Wilcox

January 14, 2026 Dean Nardi 0
David Wilcox isn’t just a singer-songwriter; he is a storyteller, and whether it’s over minimalist acoustic guitar or folk-inflected country, the narrative maintains the spotlight. Wilcox doesn’t just sing; he has an unmistakable smoothness that gives […]
Album Reviews

Ivan Moult “Stood Out In The Storm”

January 14, 2026 Michael Macy 0
Music for the heart and the head celebrates the challenges of being human. Imagine you’re in a watering hole somewhere, the English Midlands or the U.S. Midwest. The bar is in a strip mall, but perfectly […]
John R Miller
Previews

Preview: John R Miller incoming with January 2026 tour dates

January 14, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0
West Virginia-raised songwriter John R. Miller is making his return to the UK for a run of headline shows, as well as an appearance at Celtic Connections in Glasgow. Miller’s music exudes a sense of world-weary […]
News

Americana UK is looking for album reviewers

January 14, 2026 Mark Whitfield 0
If your New Year’s resolution was “become a music journalist” or even just “be more hip”, then we’ve got good news for you. We’re currently on the lookout for people with a love of americana to […]
Promo-photo of Paul Armer & the Dawn Chorus supplied by Paul Armer
Reviews

AUK’s EP Round-Up – January 2026

January 14, 2026 Graeme Tait 2
Welcome back, dear readers, to the first ‘Monthly EPs Round-Up’ for 2026. Now, although we are already well into January, our selections this month comprise EPs released towards the end of last year that arrived on […]

Posts pagination

« 1 … 149 150 151 … 160 »

Recent Forum Posts

  • RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee

    By Ian C Rothery , 1 week ago

  • RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Ashley McBryde - Wild (vinyl)

    By Peter Thompson , 2 weeks ago

  • RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Liz stringer ‘ first time really feeling’Melbourne song...

    By fredhead , 2 weeks ago

  • RE: Versions!

    @paul-villers Those versions keep coming

    By Martin Johnson , 2 weeks ago

  • Paul Villers

    RE: What are you watching at the moment?

    Just binged "Legends" - a British drama on Netflix abou...

    By Paul Villers , 2 weeks ago

  • RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Radio Paradise's Mellow Mix whilst on a bit of a drive

    By Peter Thompson , 2 weeks ago

  • RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Amy Grant The 6th of January (Yasgur’s Farm): time for ...

    By Jonathan Hincks , 2 weeks ago

  • RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    The Lone Bellow - The Lone Bellow (vinyl)

    By Peter Thompson , 3 weeks ago

  • RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    XTC - A Coat of Many Cupboards (excerpts...it's a 4 CD ...

    By Peter Thompson , 3 weeks ago

our latest posts

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

Live Reviews
May 26, 2026 0
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”

Album Reviews
May 26, 2026 0

Sounds from beyond the Shed 231 “Raging”

Columns
May 26, 2026 0

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

Tracks
May 26, 2026 0

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

Videos
May 26, 2026 0
Live Reviews

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

May 26, 2026 0
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
Album Reviews

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

May 26, 2026 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 […]
Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed 231 “Raging”

May 26, 2026 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 […]

  • 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”
  • Something for the long weekend: Steve Earle “City of Immigrants”
  • Americana Stories – Coming soon, but there’s still time to submit your story
  • Mia Kelly “Big Time Rollercoaster Feeling”
  • Classic Clips: Ry Cooder “Little Sister” – Old Grey Whistle Test, London, 1982
  • Live Review: Kaitlin Butts + Meels, Band on the Wall, Manchester – 18th May 2026
Billy Bragg Bob Dylan Bruce Springsteen Chuck Prophet Courtney Marie Andrews Dean Owens Drive By Truckers Emmylou Harris Jason Isbell Johnny Cash John Prine Lucinda Williams Margo Price Neil Young Peter Bruntnell Robert Vincent Ryan Adams Steve Earle Sturgill Simpson The Band The Byrds The Delines Tom Petty Wilco Willie Nelson
  • Tim Martin: Thanks for your comments Scott. Sadly I think the chances of them coming to the UK are slim, I'd be…
  • Graeme Tait: Hi Adrian. Yeah, "Rachel's Song" is another great shout. More proof, if more was needed, that a top 10 was…
  • Scott Hays: Lowell was a unique talent. No one will disagree with that statement. He surrounded himself with truly gifted players (some…

Latest interviews

Album cover
Interviews

Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

May 20, 2026 0
There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

May 19, 2026 2
Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]
Interviews

Interview: John Oates can’t stop the music and is still making his dreams come true

May 18, 2026 1
At 77 years young, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame vocalist is as active as ever, having released two albums: 2024’s stripped-down, acoustic Reunion and 2025’s groovy Oates, in the past two years, while regularly […]

You may have missed…

Videos

Something for the weekend: Hurray for the Riff Raff “Colossus of Roads”

February 2, 2024 0
Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader – if you’re an AUK supporter our new playlist is out later today. We leave you in the meantime with a new song from a band […]
Interviews

Interview: Fine Lines’ Mark Radcliffe and Dave Boardman on playing iconic UK venues

November 1, 2022 0
Getting a relaxed swinging sound while channelling influences from Bob Wills to Gram Parsons. Fine Lines are probably the best americana band from Cheshire and they have also managed to land the support slot on Kiefer […]
Tracks

Elliott Brood “Dig a Little Hole” – Listen

September 7, 2017 0
Hamilton-based folk/alt-country trio Elliott Brood will release their new album “Ghost Gardens” on September 15, 2017 via Paper Bag Records, and they’ve released the second single to be taken from the album. Dig A Little Hole is a jaunty little number which […]

© Americana UK 2026, a website based in the People's Republic of Liverpool