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 11, 2026 ] Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder” Interviews
  • [ March 11, 2026 ] The Wave Pictures “Gained/Lost” Album Reviews
  • [ March 11, 2026 ] Lynn Miles “A Bouquet of Black Flowers” Album Reviews
  • [ March 11, 2026 ] Nashville outlaw India Ramey enters her Villain Era with new album in May 2026 News
  • [ March 11, 2026 ] Natalie del Carmen “Pastures” Album Reviews
HomeLiam O’ Maonlai

Liam O’ Maonlai

Live Reviews

Live Review: The Music of David Crosby, The Barbican, London, 3rd February 2025

February 20, 2025 Jonathan Aird 2
Two years, two weeks and a day – but hey, who’s counting? – since David Crosby died saw an ensemble gig at The Barbican to celebrate specifically his album ‘If I Could Only Remember My Name‘ […]
News

Transatlantic Sessions 20th anniversary tour revealed

November 18, 2022 Emily Dongray 0
The Transatlantic Sessions concert series celebrates its 20th-Anniversary next year with another diverse version of the format. A fresh cross-generational array of Scottish, Irish and North American-based special guests join the regular all-star instrumental line-up for […]

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

  • Joe Nathan

    RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Various Artists - Wanted! The Outlaws

    By Joe Nathan , 2 hours ago

  • Joe Nathan

    RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

      Alvvays - Alvvays

    By Joe Nathan , 3 hours ago

  • Joe Nathan

    RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Henry Paul Band - Feel the Heat

    By Joe Nathan , 5 hours ago

  • Paul Villers

    RE: Versions!

    This time a Dylan 'classic' although there are more tun...

    By Paul Villers , 7 hours ago

  • Joe Nathan

    RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

    By Joe Nathan , 7 hours ago

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

    John Richard Paul - Midwestern Modesty

    By Peter Thompson , 14 hours ago

  • RE: Pedro Sánchez

    It certainly couldn’t make things worse, Paul. I have a...

    By Martin Johnson , 15 hours ago

  • Paul Villers

    RE: Pedro Sánchez

    My tried and trusted tactic of shouting "FUCK OFF!" at ...

    By Paul Villers , 16 hours ago

  • Paul Villers

    Nothing is real (maybe)

    An interesting read if you can get through some of the ...

    By Paul Villers , 16 hours ago

our latest posts

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

Interviews
March 11, 2026 0
Artwork for the Wave Pictures album Gained/Lost

The Wave Pictures “Gained/Lost”

Album Reviews
March 11, 2026 2
artwork for Lynn Miles album "A Bouquet of Black Flowers"

Lynn Miles “A Bouquet of Black Flowers”

Album Reviews
March 11, 2026 2
India ramey

Nashville outlaw India Ramey enters her Villain Era with new album in May 2026

News
March 11, 2026 0

Natalie del Carmen “Pastures”

Album Reviews
March 11, 2026 2
Interviews

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

March 11, 2026 0
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 […]
Artwork for the Wave Pictures album Gained/Lost
Album Reviews

The Wave Pictures “Gained/Lost”

March 11, 2026 2
Ambitious, dream-soaked pop that reaches high but rarely quite lands. There’s something immediately intriguing about Gained/Lost. On paper, the ingredients are enticing: the literate jangle of The Smiths, the wide-eyed psych-pop glow of The Flaming Lips, […]
artwork for Lynn Miles album "A Bouquet of Black Flowers"
Album Reviews

Lynn Miles “A Bouquet of Black Flowers”

March 11, 2026 2
Pick of the bunch from Canadian troubadour in late career full bloom. Lynn Miles may not yet be among your ‘top ten Canadian songwriters’, but A Bouquet of Black Flowers may be about to change that. […]

  • Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”
  • The Wave Pictures “Gained/Lost”
  • Lynn Miles “A Bouquet of Black Flowers”
  • Nashville outlaw India Ramey enters her Villain Era with new album in May 2026
  • Natalie del Carmen “Pastures”
  • Logan Staats “Empty Hands” – nothing left to hold onto
  • Video: Sons of Town Hall “Sirens” – no more trouble now
  • The Song Remains: Augie Meyers (1940 – 2026)
  • More People Should Really Know About: Meg Hutchinson
  • Chicago Farmer & the Fieldnotes “Homeaid”
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
  • Mark Whitfield: Lovely to hear from you Tim although have to ask sorry which Tim, we have had a few over the…
  • Tim: Hello Mark, just dropped by for the first time in ages and very pleased to see Sound of Lies in…
  • FredArnold: I'm with you there, Alan. "Slightly Haunted" is one of my very favourite albums

Latest interviews

Interviews

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

March 11, 2026 0
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 […]
Interviews

Interview: Lady Nade on being involved in a Netflix drama, inspiration, identity and mental health in music

March 2, 2026 0
Runner-up in our readers’ poll for Best UK Artist in 2025, Lady Nade has steadily built a reputation as one of the most distinctive and emotionally resonant voices in UK roots music. Blending jazz, Americana, folk, […]

You may have missed…

Matt Owens the Grapes Bath
Live Reviews

Live Review: Matt Owens & The Delusional Vanity Project, The Grapes, Bath – 25th November 2022

December 1, 2022 0
Football has a lot to answer for. Not least a last-minute switch from the Chapel Arts Centre to a free, late gig at Matt Owens’ regular city centre haunt, The Grapes. AUK has been featuring “Small […]
Videos

Video: The Orange Circus Band “I Miss You”

October 29, 2019 0
Now here’s an excellent proper country ballad, all heartbreak and regret, from Kent’s Orange Circus Band.  It’s their new single and available to download from their website here and will also be on their forthcoming album […]
News

Phosphorescent new album and UK dates, October – Listen

July 31, 2018 0
Phosphorescent have announced details of a new album ‘C’est La Vie’ which will be released on October 5th in the UK via Dead Oceans. The album was produced by the band’s Matthew Houck and recorded at his […]

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