2026 – Page 167 – Americana UK

Latest AUK podcast now available featuring The Cowboy Junkies’ Micheal Timmins in conversation

April 24, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0

This week’s interview is with Cowboy Junkies mainman and founder, Michael Timmins, on the cusp of the release of Open To Beauty, the compilation of their best tracks of the 21st Century, and their UK Tour. […]

Book Review: Amy Rigby “Girl To Country: A Memoir”

April 24, 2026 Tim Martin 2

The second volume of Amy Rigby’s memoirs picks up the story where we left her in Girl To City. The earlier book was “set in a ramshackle twentieth century New York world of homemade clubs and […]

Taj Mahal “Wild About My Lovin'” –

April 24, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0

And so we reach the end of all star week here at the Tracks section of Americana UK – did we not mention that it’s all star week at Tracks? We figured you’d notice. Taj Mahal’s […]

Video Premiere: Jo Bartlett & Neil Haydock “Summer Rain”

April 24, 2026 Andrew Frolish 0

The gorgeous Summer Rain is the latest single from folk duo Jo Bartlett and Neil Haydock. There is the perfect confluence of three elements: wistful, yearning music; sensitive, narrative lyrics; and a visual, which is steeped […]

Hurray for the Riff Raff - Alynda Segarra 3rd May 2014

Essentials: The Top 10 Hurray For The Riff Raff Songs

April 23, 2026 Ian C Rothery 0

In a nod to Woody Guthrie, a 2014 American Songwriter magazine cover featured Hurray For The Riff Raff with the strapline, “Bound for Glory”. I’m not sure how the author of that article defined glory, yet […]

Kaz Murphy “Songs of Rebellion & Redemption”

September 17, 2026 0

Political activist takes aim at…. Guess who? Kaz Murphy’s fifth album finds him in sparky forms – taking on a multitude of targets and one racist, orange liar in particular. Straight from the start on the […]

Robert Plant’s Saving Grace EP “All That Glitters” Record Store Day treasure to be released digitally

September 17, 2026 0

Robert Plant’s Saving Grace: All That Glitters… is out digitally on October 9th on Nonsuch Records. The EP, previously released on vinyl for Record Store Day, follows Plant’s 2025 critically acclaimed album, Saving Grace; both feature […]

Vinny Peculiar “The Curse of You Know Who”

September 17, 2026 0

On his tenth album, the UK singer-songwriter gives his own, surprisingly fresh take on events both past and present. Americana isn’t exactly a genre known for its up-to-date commentary on things like pop culture and the […]

Year: 2026

Latest AUK podcast now available featuring The Cowboy Junkies’ Micheal Timmins in conversation

Book Review: Amy Rigby “Girl To Country: A Memoir”

Taj Mahal “Wild About My Lovin'” –

Video Premiere: Jo Bartlett & Neil Haydock “Summer Rain”

Essentials: The Top 10 Hurray For The Riff Raff Songs

Kaz Murphy “Songs of Rebellion & Redemption”

Robert Plant’s Saving Grace EP “All That Glitters” Record Store Day treasure to be released digitally

Vinny Peculiar “The Curse of You Know Who”

Freightliner “Canadian Cowboys” – blue jeaned dreams

Video: Fruition “Compass” – we all get lost, but we all can be found