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
  • [ February 24, 2026 ] The Lowest Pair “Always As Young As We’ll Ever Be” Album Reviews
  • [ February 24, 2026 ] AUK Mini-Gig: Wes Collins AUK Mini-Gigs
  • [ February 24, 2026 ] George Mann and Mick Coates “Ghosts of the Old West” Album Reviews
  • [ February 24, 2026 ] Dallas Good and Richard Reed Parry “Alone Alone” – it’s a growing thing Tracks
  • [ February 24, 2026 ] Video Premiere: Seven Crows “Boreal” Videos
HomeReviewsAlbum Reviews

Album Reviews

Album Reviews

Son Volt “Notes of Blue” (Transmit Sound, 2017)

January 23, 2017 Peter Churchill 0
Son Volt was one of the most instrumental and influential bands in launching the alt. country movement of the 1990s that ultimately became Americana. “Notes of Blue” is the twentieth album to which Jay Farrar, the […]
Album Reviews

The Backyard Devils “Honkytonk Heartbreaker” (Independent, 2016)

January 20, 2017 Peter Churchill 0
Sometimes a new piece of music drops in your lap and even before taking the CD out of the sleeve you have a really good idea of what to expect. Honkytonk Heartbreaker by Canadian band The […]
Album Reviews

Tokyo Rosenthal “This Minstrel Life” (Rock and Sock Records, 2017)

January 19, 2017 Muff Fitzgerald 0
How do baseball players stay in touch? They touch base every once in a while! I have to admit I know absolutely diddly about this fabled sport. But I know a man who does. Tokyo Rosenthal, […]
Album Reviews

Greta Gaines “Tumbleweed EP” (Big Air Records, 2017)

January 19, 2017 Muff Fitzgerald 0
Don’t Bogart That Joint will probably be one of her favourite tunes when Greta Gaines is asked to appear on Desert Island Discs; and a vaporiser most likely her luxury object. A lifetime campaigner for the […]
Album Reviews

Curse of Lono “Curse of Lono” EP (Submarine Cat Records, 2016)

January 19, 2017 Dave Clarke 0
When you see and hear Curse of Lono for the first time, you know that here is a band that is special. They are from London, formed by Felix Bechtolsheimer (ex Hey Negrita) in 2015, with […]

Posts pagination

« 1 … 923 924 925 … 955 »

Donate to Americana UK

If you enjoy what you're reading and don't want to support us on a monthly basis, you can help us keep this site free from looking like one of those awful REACH sites by making a one off donation towards our running costs. We all do this in our spare time! THANK YOU.

Recent Forum Posts

  • The Paper Kites

    I have this site to thank for switching on to The Paper...

    By Phil Jenks , 1 hour ago

  • Joe Nathan

    RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Toots & the Maytals - In the DarK

    By Joe Nathan , 1 day ago

  • Joe Nathan

    RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Drive-By Truckers - Gangstabilly

    By Joe Nathan , 2 days ago

  • RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Miles recorded a version of Crosby’s “Guinnevere”. &n...

    By Martin Johnson , 2 days ago

  • RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Megan Mornoney's third full length album Cloud Nine and...

    By Richard Parkinson , 2 days ago

  • Joe Nathan

    RE: My Top 10 Favorite Albums of 2025

    I’ve been working on an expanded version of this list t...

    By Joe Nathan , 2 days ago

  • Joe Nathan

    RE: My Top 10 Favorite Albums of 2025

      Thanks but I purposely never use words like be...

    By Joe Nathan , 2 days ago

  • Joe Nathan

    RE: My Top 10 Favorite Albums of 2025

    I loved their previous album. I obviously love this one...

    By Joe Nathan , 2 days ago

  • Joe Nathan

    RE: My Top 10 Favorite Albums of 2025

    A compilation CD put Michael Hurley on my radar in the ...

    By Joe Nathan , 2 days ago

our latest posts

The Lowest Pair “Always As Young As We’ll Ever Be”

Album Reviews
February 24, 2026 0

AUK Mini-Gig: Wes Collins

AUK Mini-Gigs
February 24, 2026 0

George Mann and Mick Coates “Ghosts of the Old West”

Album Reviews
February 24, 2026 0

Dallas Good and Richard Reed Parry “Alone Alone” – it’s a growing thing

Tracks
February 24, 2026 0

Video Premiere: Seven Crows “Boreal”

Videos
February 24, 2026 0

  • The Lowest Pair “Always As Young As We’ll Ever Be”
  • AUK Mini-Gig: Wes Collins
  • George Mann and Mick Coates “Ghosts of the Old West”
  • Dallas Good and Richard Reed Parry “Alone Alone” – it’s a growing thing
  • Video Premiere: Seven Crows “Boreal”
  • In a quiet Norwegian studio with Thomas & The Angry Hearts
  • The Delines “The Set Up”
  • Interview: Adam Levy on the Honeydogs celebrated return
  • Iron And Wine “Hen’s Teeth”
  • Loose add another star to their roster as Alela Diane announces a new album
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
  • Alan Peatfield: Love this. Looking forward to the album.
  • David Walker: "Slug Line" almost made it to my top ten, and IMO opinion it has qualities that are greater than some…
  • Peter Thompson: Hi Matt, Thanks for taking the time to comment. You make some good points and you make them well. I…

Latest interviews

Interviews

Interview: Adam Levy on the Honeydogs celebrated return

February 23, 2026 0
Experiencing a rebirth with Algebra for Broken Hearts, the St. Paul, Minnesota band’s twelfth album on Julian Records (2025), is crucial language, one voicing an undersung American existence. Like the novel, I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif […]
Interviews

Interview: Mean Mary answers six of one and half a dozen of the other

February 18, 2026 0
The banjo is a glorious instrument that can do a lot of ill in the wrong hands. It’s not easy to proudly, confidently pluck out some hot licks and really hard to play it with the […]
Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”

February 17, 2026 0
Alan Gregg is a native Kiwi transplanted to North London with a spotty resumé to his credit. Not intending to be impolite, but prospective employers might be taken aback, curious as to what he has been […]

You may have missed…

Album Reviews

Gavin Skelhorn “Merseycana” (Independent, 2020)

September 17, 2020 0
Nashville may be known as the Music City of the US, but arguably the title of the UK’s own city most famed for its musical heritage could go to Liverpool (the bonus fact that AUK is […]
Classic Americana Albums

Classic Americana Albums: Alison Krauss and Union Station “Paper Airplane”

December 22, 2021 0
One sign of a truly great artist is the ability to make an album of Grammy winning quality when already several years into a recording career, which itself included significant solo success, as well as with […]
Tracks

Robert Vincent “Conundrum” – Listen

January 7, 2020 0
Robert Vincent is two things for sure – prolific, thanks be, and one of the leading producers that Americana that is definitely UK.  ‘Conundrum‘ is the new single from Robert Vincent’s upcoming third album ‘In This […]

© Americana UK 2025, a website based in the People's Republic of Liverpool