Steady Habits

Live Review: Maggie May Treanor + Steady Habits, Betsey Trotwood, London – 1st March 2026

March 9, 2026 Ben Yelton 2

A first visit to the tiny Betsey Trotwood – a charming old-school pub a short, scenic walk from King’s Cross – felt like the perfect setting for an intimate evening of americana. Somehow, they have fitted […]

Americana UK’s Top 20 albums of 2025: the rest of the best

December 18, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

We will be publishing our albums of the year from tomorrow starting with numbers 20-11, as chosen by AUK’s writing team. But which albums almost made the list? Here are those which didn’t quite reach the […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 201 “The Garden”

September 26, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

Writing these articles takes place within the titular shed, and I consequently spend much time gazing out of the window at the ever-changing foliage in front of me. It’s not a huge garden, essentially a strip […]

Steady Habits “Deviate”

September 11, 2025 Peter Churchill 3

Outstanding debut from Oxford-based band destined to make a great impact. “Deviate” may be the debut album from Oxford-based indie Americana band Steady Habits, but it comes on the back of a burgeoning reputation based on […]

Video: Steady Habits “Stay”

June 9, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0

Here’s the latest single from alt-country band Steady Habits. With a forceful beat, bright guitar and a touch of harmonica, ‘Stay’ is an immediate, catchy song that will have you humming along. New England’s Sean Duggan’s […]

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Dead Goat to release self titled debut amid talk of an Irish supergroup

March 23, 2026 0

Dead Goat has announced the release of their first album, which is self-titled and comes out this Friday (26th March) via AV8 Records. Who are they, you ask? Well, individually, they are each accomplished artists in […]

Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”

March 23, 2026 0

Superb fourth from Canadian song thrush. Mud Blood Bone is Cat Clyde’s fourth album and arrives just over four years since its predecessor, Down Rounder. In between times, Clyde released a live album, Live At Rare […]

For the Sake of the Song: Marah “Round Eye Blues”

March 23, 2026 0

Marah is at their best when singing about lonely urban streets where bums warm their hands around trash fires in rusty 50-gallon cans, transvestite prostitutes wrap their feather boas a little tighter against an unforgiving 4:00 […]

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 […]

Features

The Song Remains: Chris Darrow 1944-2020

March 2, 2020 4

Chris Darrow’s death on 15th January from complications following a stoke received coverage across the American music press reflecting his involvement with some of the most influential artist of the ‘60s and early ‘70s. Recognised by […]

Tracks

Adam Shoenfeld “Breadcrumbs of Hope” – bombarding the bad with the good

November 1, 2023 0

The ACM-nominated guitarist behind almost fifty US #1 hit songs, Nashville’s Adam Shoenfeld, is back with an optimistic new solo track, ‘Breadcrumbs of Hope’. On the release of his first new music since last year’s 10-track […]

Live Reviews

Marcus King Band, Electric Ballroom, Camden, 25th February 2020

March 17, 2020 0

It’s been two years since The Marcus King Band last played London and this time they’re promoting King’s solo release ‘El Dorado’. Produced by Dan Auerbach, it represents a change in direction from earlier releases, being […]

Live Review: Maggie May Treanor + Steady Habits, Betsey Trotwood, London – 1st March 2026

Americana UK’s Top 20 albums of 2025: the rest of the best

Sounds from beyond the Shed 201 “The Garden”

Steady Habits “Deviate”

Video: Steady Habits “Stay”

Dead Goat to release self titled debut amid talk of an Irish supergroup

Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”

For the Sake of the Song: Marah “Round Eye Blues”

Elgin and the Marbles “The Sun Never Sets”

Jack Studer “Falling Forward”