2026 – Page 30 – Americana UK

Cover art for Eric Hgen album "Make Country Sad Again"

More People Really Should Know About: Eric Hagen

August 18, 2026 Graeme Tait 4

In his excellent review of the album Revival, published in these hallowed pages upon its release in 2023, my esteemed colleague Michael Macy compared the songs of Eric Hagen to those of the great American realist […]

Allison de Groot and Rich Ruth collaborative project to be released in October

August 18, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0

Allison de Groot is a clawhammer banjo player from Winnipeg, a Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo recipient and Americana Music Association Instrumentalist of the Year nominee, best known for her duo with fiddler Tatiana […]

Americana Stories – Terena Elizabeth Bell “As We Go Along”

August 18, 2026 Tim Martin 1

Our next Americana Story comes from Terena Elizabeth Bell. Her short fiction collection, Tell Me What You See, was named one of the “best books of the century (so far)” by New York Society Library and […]

Bonnie “Prince” Billy releases live album “Ghosts of American Psychonauts” in September

August 18, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0

And live dates confirmed for September and November too! Bonnie “Prince” Billy, the persona/stage-name of musician Will Oldham, will release a new live album titled Ghosts of American Psychonauts on September 18th. The 8-song set was […]

Riley Downing “Landfill Poetry”

August 18, 2026 Craig Fee 0

In his second solo album, and his first on John Prine’s Oh Boy Records, Downing draws natural parallels to Prine, echoing the late legend’s relatable storytelling and humble working-class roots. Landfill Poetry definitely strikes a chord […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Bob Dylan “Señor (Tales of Yankee Power)”

September 14, 2026 1

This surreal cut from Bob Dylan’s 1978 album Street-Legal can be interpreted in many ways. Dylan himself has offered many different explanations of the song’s intricate lyrics, often contradicting his earlier descriptions. Whatever the story, or […]

Track Premiere: Louise Bichan “The Standing Stones”

September 14, 2026 0

Standing Stones – enigmatic traces of the long past dwellers in these lands. People with their own culture, their own way of looking at the world – and even though they are long gone these remaining […]

Margo Cilker “Little White Cross”

September 14, 2026 0

An album which leads from a concept rooted in despair which ends as hopeful observations of life and its shifts. Margo Cilker says of her third album; “You could definitely call it a concept record.” Recorded […]

Year: 2026