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[ September 24, 2026 ] The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks Features
[ September 24, 2026 ] Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool” Album Reviews
[ September 24, 2026 ] Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart News
[ September 24, 2026 ] Izzie Walsh “Where Do We Go From Here?” Album Reviews
[ September 24, 2026 ] Americana Stories – Stephen Eyre “On the road” Features

RS lists the best country and americana albums of 2017

December 8, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Rolling Stone has published its annual list of the best country and americana albums of the last 12 months, and while we won’t spoil the whole list or what position anyone is in, it’s a great […]

The Levellers announce new acoustic record

December 7, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Celebrating their 30th anniversary next year, Brighton folk-punk band Levellers will be releasing “We The Collective” on March 9th via the band’s own label, On The Fiddle Recordings. Wanting to do something a bit different with their back […]

Jason Isbell song appears in new Gaga film

December 7, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

A musical you might actually want to watch, like the silver lining in a big dark cloud. Rolling Stone reports: “Eighty years after it was first put on film, and 41 years after a turbulent but […]

Jeff Tweedy premieres new song – Watch

December 7, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Stereogum is reporting that kast weekend, Jeff Tweedy performed an acoustic set of all his best know songs in Washington, DC “to celebrate NPR Music’s 10th anniversary that included everything from early Wilco cuts to Uncle Tupelo […]

First acts announced for Cambridge Folk Festival

December 7, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

Always a good idea once the tickets have gone on sale – as they did ten days ago! If you’re the cautious type who wants some idea what kind of festival Rhiannon Giddens will be curating […]

Dean Owenswith John Convertino and Joey Burns

The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks

September 24, 2026 0

It’s week 2 of the search for our writers’ Top 10 UK americana albums, and Jonathan Hincks will doubt add to the debate with his choice, as follows: With the hands of the Doomsday Clock edging […]

Album artwork for The Fool by Embla and the Karldotters

Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

September 24, 2026 0

Norwegian queer-country assertively and affectionately delivering. Embla Karidotter was the drummer for Norwegian indie band Razika for 13 years, before she chose to change direction and build on her love of country music with new band […]

Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

September 24, 2026 0

On the 16th of October, Béla Fleck is to release the recording of a stellar Nashville night as a live album called Live Heart. On January 8, 2022, he and a multigenerational gang of musical heavy […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]

Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1

As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0

Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

Album Reviews

Nikki O’Neill “Stories I Only Tell My Friends”

March 12, 2025 0

A good dollop of soul, some blues and a dose of twang stirred up in Chicago. Nikki O’Neill describes herself as an americana singer-songwriter who also plays guitar and likes R&B music and the great black […]

Album Reviews

John Alexander “Face The Wind”

September 28, 2023 0

Dark and gritty Glaswegian Americana. Scottish singer-songwriter John Alexander’s shows at the Edinburgh Fringe were entitled ‘Dustbowl Blues with a Glasgow kick’. It sums up the vein and texture of this album perfectly. It is a […]

Tracks

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

February 16, 2026 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 […]