2026 – Page 83 – Americana UK

Valerie Smith “Maggie’s Journal”

February 16, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0

Valerie Smith goes on a bluegrass family history journey. Valerie Smith has spent a dozen years working on this project, which was birthed from a chance discovery of a handwritten journal in a cheap notebook by […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 221 “Bubbling Under”

February 16, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0

Occasionally, our Editor Mark, here at AUK, sends out requests for writers to join the team. This is how I ended up writing this column; I answered a call to arms back in 2004. So what […]

Magoo “Can’t You Hear That Train” – woo-woo, chuff-chuff

February 16, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0

Here’s a quandary to contemplate – if Magoo are a progressive bluegrass band, and they do seem to be such, how come the train they sing about on Can’t You Hear That Train is producing a […]

Video Premiere: Ian Roland “Virtually Free” – Driving in harder, horizontal rain

February 16, 2026 Andrew Frolish 0

Be absorbed by the video premiere of UK singer-songwriter Ian Roland’s first single of 2026, ‘Virtually Free’. At the heart of the song are the rich, warm tones of Roland’s twelve-string guitar. Roland’s band contribute excellent […]

Something for the weekend: Charley Crockett “Kentucky Too Long”

February 13, 2026 Mark Whitfield 1

Well, that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you with new music – again, the man is like a singles conveyor belt – from critically acclaimed country iconoclast Charley Crockett. In his brand new […]