Americana UK

Jim Lauderdale putting out album 38: “Country Super Hits Volume 2”, touring with Emmylou Harris

February 25, 2026 0

Jim Lauderdale is not only one of the most celebrated songwriters in americana, but he may also be the most prolific. Since his major label debut in 1991, the recent Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee […]

Interview: Hal Cannon on cowboy poetry, songs and folklore

February 25, 2026 0

For Hal Cannon, life should be very simple – love the place you live, love the ones you know, if you’re needy, why not give, then see if you’re still low. Words to live by, extracted […]

Book Review: Jonathan Bernstein “What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome” The Authorised Biography of Justin Townes Earle

February 25, 2026 0

There is no happy ending to this book. There is scarcely a happy beginning; however, along the journey, Justin Townes Earle’s personality shines through. The effect he had on the people he met and worked with […]

Maverick Festival announces its 2026 lineup and it’s a doozy!

February 25, 2026 0

Marking the festival’s nineteenth year as the UK’s first & finest* Americana festival (*other opinions are available) The Maverick Festival is back – this year it will take place from Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th July […]

Forty Elephant Gang “Fever Dreams” – mythological subconscious illusions

February 25, 2026 0

Forty Elephant Gang are a five-piece from East London that blend elements of Folk, Americana and American Blues, and on their latest single Fever Dreams they delve deep into the subconscious world of bizarre imagery and […]

Classic Americana Albums
Classic Americana Albums: Bobbie Gentry “The Delta Sweete”
Another in our series of occasional Features looks at one of the great unsung albums of the 60s. After the fanfare of recording a #1 hit single in Ode to Billy Joe, in 1968 Bobbie [...]
Interviews
Interview: Hal Cannon on cowboy poetry, songs and folklore
For Hal Cannon, life should be very simple – love the place you live, love the ones you know, if you’re needy, why not give, then see if you’re still low. Words to live by, [...]
Features
More People Really Should Know About: Lowpines or Oli Deakin
Lowpines is the performing name of Oli Deakin, a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer currently based in Brooklyn, New York, but originally from Penrith at the edge of the Lake District in the UK. The [...]
AUK Mini-Gigs
AUK Mini-Gig: Wes Collins
Last spring, I asked Chapel Hill, North Carolina singer-songwriter extraordinaire, Wes Collins, to record a mini-gig session for Americana UK. Since you can view it below by pressing the reclining red triangle, he obviously came [...]
Features
In a quiet Norwegian studio with Thomas & The Angry Hearts
AUK Writer, John Lee, gets a rare opportunity to go behind the scenes and witness the creative process in close-up. When I was invited to spend time with Thomas & The Angry Hearts in the [...]

Video Premiere: Kevin Carducci “Open Up the Honky Tonks”

February 25, 2026 0

Kevin Carducci is a honky-tonk singer-songwriter who has written the perfect introduction to his talents; Open Up the Honky Tonks is a well-crafted, timeless number that showcases Carducci’s richly sonorous, pure-sounding classic country voice. Carducci describes […]

Forty Elephant Gang “Fever Dreams” – mythological subconscious illusions
February 25, 2026 0
Forty Elephant Gang are a five-piece from East London that blend elements of Folk, Americana and American Blues, and on their latest single Fever Dreams they delve deep into the subconscious world of bizarre imagery [...]
Video Premiere: Kevin Carducci “Open Up the Honky Tonks”
February 25, 2026 0
Kevin Carducci is a honky-tonk singer-songwriter who has written the perfect introduction to his talents; Open Up the Honky Tonks is a well-crafted, timeless number that showcases Carducci’s richly sonorous, pure-sounding classic country voice. Carducci [...]
Dallas Good and Richard Reed Parry “Alone Alone” – it’s a growing thing
February 24, 2026 0
You’ll recall that we let you know about Yep Roc releasing the last music Dallas Good worked on, an album called Were The Watchtowers, a collaboration with his long-term friend Richard Reed. The album will [...]
Video Premiere: Seven Crows “Boreal”
February 24, 2026 0
Seven Crows returns with the haunting beauty of Boreal, an ambient piece built in layers of looping violin sounds that unfold like sonic mist. Seven Crows is an instrumental project from the dramatic bow of [...]
Karen Dahlstrom “Last Of My Line” – it ends here
February 23, 2026 1
Karen Dahlstrom’s new song is poignant and musically striking in itself to be worth featuring here on Americana UK, even without the added attraction of Milk Carton Kid Kenneth Pattengale. But we bet you want [...]

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