Americana UK

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 […]

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

July 17, 2026 1

We’ve been lucky enough here at Americana UK to have been aware of Anna Tivel and her astonishing songwriting pretty much from her emergence into the folk/singer-songwriter/americana combined genres. We haven’t been shy with our praise […]

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

July 17, 2026 0

When Dennis McNally published A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead in 2002, he had an almost impossible task. It needed to document a band whose history was already wrapped in layers […]

Bob Dylan announces 2026 UK tour

July 17, 2026 1

Or England tour to be precise. Tickets on sale from next Wednesday 22nd July. You may have heard of this artist we’ve mentioned on the site once or twice who goes by the name of Bob […]

Hell in a Handcart: What about the Babel Fish?

July 17, 2026 0

“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act“, George Orwell. The country, truth be told, is going to hell in a handcart. Everything is bad. Everything. Nobody can afford anything. Nobody […]

Classic Clips
Classic Clips: Anna Tivel “Rodeo Queens” – She’s Speaking
We’ve been lucky enough here at Americana UK to have been aware of Anna Tivel and her astonishing songwriting pretty much from her emergence into the folk/singer-songwriter/americana combined genres. We haven’t been shy with our [...]
Interviews
Interview: What Taylor Bickett is shooting for
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 [...]
Features
Americana Stories – Gary Marsden “Rialto and Rhiannon”
Gary Marsden was a finalist in Americana UK’s Twang Factor under his nom de musique of Cold Bones Lullabies. He has sent us a story based on another one of his songs, which you can [...]
Features
More People Really Should Know About: James Hodder
A couple of years ago I saw James Hodder perform in the basement room of Farringdon’s Betsey Trotwood, supporting Casey Neill and Jerry Joseph. This spatially challenged, cosy venue facilitates close proximity to the artists [...]
Features
For The Sake Of The Song: Roger McGuinn “Car Phone”
Roger McGuinn has been a musical staple for as long as I can claim to have been making my own choices about what I listen to, through the Byrds and various attempts to put together [...]

The latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Paul Sexton

July 17, 2026 2

This week’s podcast is as hot as the weather, featuring as it does an interview with seasoned music journo, author and broadcaster Paul Sexton from his home in Sutton after the recent publication of his latest […]

Convinced Friend “On Fire” – get the extinguishers

July 17, 2026 0

You may be wondering what a Convinced Friend is – and it’s a good question that Austin Wilson made some sense of on the debut self-titled album by the band he fronts: here were a set […]

Video: Stephen Wilson Jr. “Gary”

July 17, 2026 0

Compelling with just his guitar and low, understated storytelling voice, Stephen Wilson Jr. delivered a fine solo version of his single Gary at CMA Fest recently. The recording featured on the ABC primetime special ‘CMA Fest […]

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 […]

Extra tickets released for Americana 25 festival with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn – Liverpool in November

July 16, 2026 0

If you’ve tried to buy tickets for Americana 25, our celebration of 25 years of this website which comes to two stages across Liverpool’s Rough Trade venue and Quaker Meeting House later this year on Saturday November […]

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 [...]
Convinced Friend “On Fire” – get the extinguishers
July 17, 2026 0
You may be wondering what a Convinced Friend is – and it’s a good question that Austin Wilson made some sense of on the debut self-titled album by the band he fronts: here were a [...]
Video: Stephen Wilson Jr. “Gary”
July 17, 2026 0
Compelling with just his guitar and low, understated storytelling voice, Stephen Wilson Jr. delivered a fine solo version of his single Gary at CMA Fest recently. The recording featured on the ABC primetime special ‘CMA [...]
The Suitcase Junket “One More Mile” – take that step
July 16, 2026 0
One More Mile is the latest single from The Suitcase Junket, the recording name of poetic folkster Matt Lorenz. It’s a song that in a sense belies it’s upbeat tempo and optimistic feel – it’s [...]
Video: John Carter Cash “Pineapple John” – finding yourself in the sea’s reflection
July 16, 2026 0
Here’s a new animated video for John Carter Cash’s recent song, Pineapple John. This vibrant animation, filled with vivid colour, was developed from original artwork created by Adam Baker, whose illustrations transport us into the [...]

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