Uncut's The 200 Greatest Americana Albums
Friday, 3rd July 2026
Uncut Magazine have just published their ranking of the 200 greatest Americana albums and we are happy to say that Loose albums and artists feature heavily! 12 inclusions to be precise. The magazine is available at all good newstands now and online from Uncut's website.
Here are all of our records that are featured!
190. Courtney Marie Andrews – May Your Kindness Remain: “adds gospel organ and soul to her country-folk, and shows she has a gift for finding warmth amid the wreckage”
181. The Handsome Family – In The Air: “smart, twisted takes on country and folk”
145. Brown Horse – Total Dive: “there’s a ragged beauty that’s impossible to deny”
138. Greazy Alice – As Time Goes By: “they started as a New Orleans dive-bar band, but this alt-country debut is something more contemplative”
137. Joana Serrat – Hardcore From The Heart: “covers a similar sonic spectrum to Mazzy Star and The War On Drugs”
98. Blanche – If We Can’t Trust The Doctors: “disquieting folk-country and garage honky-tonk”
67. Giant Sand – Chore of Enchantment: “Howe Gelb’s idiosyncratic collective switches between ephemeral country, wonky jazz and bursts of punky clamour”
56. Margo Cilker – Valley of Heart’s Delight: “Cilker takes us back to her Santa Clara Valley roots on her exquisite follow-up to her debut Pohorylle”
41. Willard Grant Conspiracy – Regard The End: “astonishingly, what might have been a record of utter bleakness was somehow vividly uplifting and eventually life-affirming”
40. The Felice Brothers – The Felice Brothers: “hugely accomplished - these finally were songs about America today, its woes not bygone, but ongoing”
36. Sturgill Simpson – Metamodern Sounds In Country Music: “Simpson reveals himself to be a writer rooted in tradition, but refusing to be tamed by it”
23. The Handsome Family – Through The Trees: “every track sends a delicious shiver down the spine”