The Delines

Americana UK’s album of 2025 is The Delines “Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom”

December 22, 2025 Mark Whitfield 1

It might have seemed that this choice was on the cards all along, Americana UK has hardly hidden its collective love for The Delines under a bushel – but then look at the rest of the […]

Feliz Navidad – Americana UK’s new podcast episode is live featuring the one and only Willy Vlautin!

December 19, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 2

It’s a Christmas special as Keith chats to Willy Vlautin about the new Delines album due in 2026, as well as touring, Christmas parties, and finding inspiration. It’s… ahem… a cracker! The interview is bookended by […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 214 “Mea Culpa”

December 15, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

So, a couple of weeks ago, I was banging on about how at this time of year there was a proliferation of lists – best of the year, etc. Well, in the spirit of the prevailing […]

Oh no, I don’t recall, I can’t remember anything at all – Jon Aird’s 2025 year in review

December 12, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

What a year 2025 has been, musically speaking. There’s been a lot outside of music that has been…hmm, disappointing – one way or another. No one was really expecting the dawn of a new socialist utopia, […]

Podcast number 10 now featuring South Korean band Wednesdayoff is now live!

December 5, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

A packed show this week as Keith interviews South Korean band Wednesdayoff, as well as Editor in Chief Mark Whitfield. There are tracks from Luke Tuchscherer, James Hodder, Richard Thompson, David Ford, Michael Weston King, and […]

Something for the weekend: Son Volt “If I Could”

July 17, 2026 1

Well that’s it from us for this week and we leave you dear reader with a new song from alt-country heroes/pioneers/stalwarts/choose your own noun Son Volt whose latest album Sound Signal Serenades was physically released on […]

Artwork for Bell White album "A sign in the weather"

Bella White “A Sign In The Weather”

July 17, 2026 0

A strong third album from the rootsy Canadian “Appalachian” artist from New Orleans showing raw emotion and a degree of post-breakup positivity. As you listen to each song on Bella White’s new studio album you feel […]

Jawdropped have a “Secret To Spare” and October dates

July 17, 2026 0

Jawdropped, a four-piece from Los Angeles, have announced their debut album, Secret To Spare, due 18th September via Transgressive Records / Canvasback. The band has also released the first single, Split Lip, along with a video […]

Interviews

Interview: What Taylor Bickett is shooting for

July 16, 2026 0

Nothing I Can’t Undo is such a deeply earnest, empathetic and personal album that captures exactly what a solo debut is supposed to be by introducing us, in full, to Taylor Bickett, a 20-something singer/songwriter from […]

Interviews

Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0

Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]

Interviews

Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 1

Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]

Album Reviews

Ellis Paul “55”

May 30, 2023 0

Ellis Paul continues to impress with the personal and political. When he started his own record label and subsequently released his 2019 album ‘The Storyteller’s Suitcase’ Ellis Paul made clear his intention to write only about […]

Videos

Video Premiere: Jonathan Warren and The Billy Goats “Talk About My Doubt”

May 13, 2024 0

Check out the new single from Boise-based Jonathan Warren and The Billy Goats. The band describe their sound as, “…progressive, psychobilly folk-grass,” which sums up their blend of styles and adventurous approach. ‘Talk About My Doubt’ […]

Features

AmericanaA to Z – Waylon Jennings

April 21, 2020 0

When I knew I was going to be covering the letter W in the latest round of the A-Z of Americana I considered a number of options – Lucinda Williams, Willie Nelson, Wilco… but I ended […]

Americana UK’s album of 2025 is The Delines “Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom”

Feliz Navidad – Americana UK’s new podcast episode is live featuring the one and only Willy Vlautin!

Sounds from beyond the Shed 214 “Mea Culpa”

Oh no, I don’t recall, I can’t remember anything at all – Jon Aird’s 2025 year in review

Podcast number 10 now featuring South Korean band Wednesdayoff is now live!

Something for the weekend: Son Volt “If I Could”

Bella White “A Sign In The Weather”

Jawdropped have a “Secret To Spare” and October dates

Classic Clips: Anna Tivel “Rodeo Queens” – She’s Speaking

Paperback Riders: Dennis McNally “A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead”