2026 – Page 43 – Americana UK

More People Really Should Know About: Leaf Rapids

June 16, 2026 Bryan Bance 2

In the tradition of bands naming themselves after specific places or landmarks, Winnipeg-based Leaf Rapids are named for a remote town in northwest Manitoba. Not necessarily easy to locate on a map, anyone would be hard-pressed […]

Breakfield “Breakfield”

June 16, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0

Reimagined Nashville four-piece set out their stall for their new era. Once upon a time, there was a band called Boy Named Banjo who released two albums independently before signing to Mercury Nashville and putting out […]

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Joyann Parker

June 16, 2026 Dean Nardi 0

Joyann Parker refuses to be boxed into one specific genre. Her latest album, Lifelines (Hopeless Romantic Records, 2026), fuses soul, rock, blues and americana, sounding both timeless and urgent. The album forms a deeply human collection of songs built […]

Adam Gaffney Product of Another Sad Song cover art

Adam Gaffney and the Balladeers “Product of Another Sad Song”

June 16, 2026 Jonathan Smith 0

Honky tonk country vibes and a personal journey. Describing himself as an alt-country artist, St Louis native Adam Gaffney has actually created an album that is full of real country songs, sounding like they’ve come straight […]

Live Review: Desire Reimagined, Dingwalls, London – 3rd June 2026

June 16, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0

What a prospect on a night brooding with potential for rain, but also with the potential to hear one of Dylan’s most iconic albums played all the way through and in the right order. This celebration […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Americana Tracks by the least likely suspects

July 23, 2026 2

Before you shout at me remember this is supposed to be fun…. I have opened up and bared my soul on a couple of occasions about my past as a teenage rocker in the 1970s, with […]

Ed Askew “The Final Painting”

July 23, 2026 0

Profound, moving and beautiful reveries on posthumous release from ‘Outsider Folk’ poet. Ed Askew was a New York artist, poet, songwriter and genuine underground legend. Having first broken through with his self-titled album in 1968 (subsequently […]

artwork for Conway Savage album "Too Dark To See"

Conway Savage “Too Dark To See”

July 23, 2026 0

Posthumous tribute to impressive solo career of former Bad Seeds member. For Nick Cave’s many devoted followers, this anthology of the solo work of Conway Savage is likely to be a must-have addition to their collection. […]

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