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
    • 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
  • [ March 20, 2026 ] Something for the weekend: Brown Horse “Wreck” Tracks
  • [ March 20, 2026 ] Danny George Wilson “Arcade” Album Reviews
  • [ March 20, 2026 ] Thomas Dollbaum enlists MJ Lendeman and friends for his latest album News
  • [ March 20, 2026 ] Classic Clips: Brown Horse “Wipers”, Newport 2024 Classic Clips
  • [ March 20, 2026 ] Jim Lauderdale “Country Super Hits Volume 2” Album Reviews
HomeNews

News

News

Pick of the Political Pops: Utah Phillips “There Is Power In A Union”

June 8, 2018 Paul Villers 0
Two snippets of information reached us this week: on one hand a certain rabidly right-wing foaming at the mouth hack is said to be walking away from is job of stirring up the elderly middle class […]
News

Ryan Adams gives shout out to Colarado media (again)

June 7, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0
This is rather endearing. Paste report this morning: “Rather than crafting new heartbreak ballads or covering hit Taylor Swift albums, Ryan Adams has lately turned his musical genius towards the muse that is the independent media of Colorado. […]
News

The Ballads of Child Migration to tour in November

June 6, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0
Probably the first and last time you’ll read the name “Barbara Dickson” on AUK. In November 2018, a collective of folk musicians and singers including John McCusker, Michael McGoldrick, Boo Hewerdine, O’Hooley & Tidow,  Chris While, […]
News

Giant Sand return to their Valley of Rain

June 5, 2018 Paul Kerr 0
35 years after releasing their debut album, ‘Valley of Rain’, Howe Gelb and his Tucson based tearaways Giant Sand have only gone and re recorded the whole shebang and following on a clutch of shows in […]
News

Nashville Meets London (again) at the end of next month

June 5, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0
This week at Waterloo Station you can find the sights and sounds of Tennessee, and if that’s not enough Tennesseean goodness for you then fear not because the Nashville Meets London Music Festival music festival returns […]

Posts pagination

« 1 … 354 355 356 … 502 »

Recent Forum Posts

  • Joe Nathan

    RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Hurray for the Riff Raff - Live Forever

    By Joe Nathan , 6 hours ago

  • Joe Nathan

    RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Old 97s - Too Far to Care

    By Joe Nathan , 19 hours ago

  • Joe Nathan

    RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi

    By Joe Nathan , 1 day ago

  • Joe Nathan

    RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac

    By Joe Nathan , 2 days ago

  • Joe Nathan

    RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Wilco - summerteeth

    By Joe Nathan , 2 days ago

  • Joe Nathan

    RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Matthew Sweet - 100% Fun

    By Joe Nathan , 2 days ago

  • Calling fiction writers - we want to publish your stories

    Americana UK is putting out a call for original short f...

    By Tim Martin , 2 days ago

  • Joe Nathan

    RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Rolling Stones - Some Girls

    By Joe Nathan , 3 days ago

  • Paul Villers

    RE: What are you watching at the moment?

    Just watched the latest Louis Theroux vehicle on Netfli...

    By Paul Villers , 3 days ago

our latest posts

Something for the weekend: Brown Horse “Wreck”

Tracks
March 20, 2026 0
Album cover

Danny George Wilson “Arcade”

Album Reviews
March 20, 2026 1

Thomas Dollbaum enlists MJ Lendeman and friends for his latest album

News
March 20, 2026 0

Classic Clips: Brown Horse “Wipers”, Newport 2024

Classic Clips
March 20, 2026 0
artwork for Jim Lauderdale's album Country Super Hits Volume 2

Jim Lauderdale “Country Super Hits Volume 2”

Album Reviews
March 20, 2026 0
Tracks

Something for the weekend: Brown Horse “Wreck”

March 20, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week and we leave you dear reader with a new song from British slacker twang quartet Brown Horse, the third and final single from their upcoming album Total Dive […]
Album cover
Album Reviews

Danny George Wilson “Arcade”

March 20, 2026 1
Danny George Wilson delivers a reflective and beautifully crafted set of songs exploring loss, memory, and the difficult business of moving on. Danny George Wilson follows up the Danny & The Champions of the World album, […]
News

Thomas Dollbaum enlists MJ Lendeman and friends for his latest album

March 20, 2026 0
Tampa-born, New Orleans-based singer/songwriter Thomas Dollbaum has announced his new album Birds of Paradise, “a goodbye letter to lost loved ones and former selves,” which will come out on May 22 via Dear Life Records, and […]

  • Something for the weekend: Brown Horse “Wreck”
  • Danny George Wilson “Arcade”
  • Thomas Dollbaum enlists MJ Lendeman and friends for his latest album
  • Classic Clips: Brown Horse “Wipers”, Newport 2024
  • Jim Lauderdale “Country Super Hits Volume 2”
  • Stephen Wilson Jr announces UK and European tour dates for autumn 2026
  • Latest AUK Podcast now available – Danny George Wilson talks about new album “Arcade”
  • Andy Hedges “Eight Bucks & Change” – counting up a life’s achievements
  • Video Premiere: Cuchulain “It’s Always Something”
  • The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Andy Davidson
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
  • Andrew Riggs: Great review to remind us that good music can still be found.
  • Martin Johnson: Thanks, Paul. Mind you, a lot of that. Was down to Mr Alvin who was very open.
  • Paul Kerr: Excellent interview Martin

Latest interviews

Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0
Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 2
While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]
Interviews

Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

March 4, 2026 2
At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

You may have missed…

Features

From one chord wonders to three chords and the truth: 10 artists who went from punk to country

July 30, 2020 1
I like to think that I’ve come to know Ramona well. Indeed I’d probably go so far as to say I’ve got a bit of a crush. Who wouldn’t carry at least a small torch for […]
Features

The Song Remains: Brendan Croker (1953-2023)

October 30, 2023 0
Tribute to the British Ry Cooder Really sad news that one of the titans of roots music, Leeds-based Brendan Croker, sadly passed away on 10th September.  He died after complications from leukaemia and his death prompted […]
Cover art for Brisley Schwarz album 'Tangled'
Album Reviews

Brinsley Schwarz “Tangled”

August 26, 2021 0
Massively enjoyable outing by 70’s underground legend Brinsley Schwarz. Brinsley Schwarz’s backstory is that they were a band that almost made the jump from the pub rock scene into the big time in the early and […]

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