AUK Back Pages No. 22
It’s the last four months of AUK’s tenth year as the premier online resource for all matters Americana. To mark the occasion there was a tenth birthday bash held in its heartland of Liverpool with a […]
It’s the last four months of AUK’s tenth year as the premier online resource for all matters Americana. To mark the occasion there was a tenth birthday bash held in its heartland of Liverpool with a […]
Dextrous of hand and sunny of disposition, Charlie Worsham, is a musician’s musician. In 2022 he was the Academy of Country Music’s Acoustic Guitar Player of the Year followed a year later by his nomination as […]
Vanessa Lively is a bilingual songwriter and non-profit founder – starting in 2017 a music-based non-profit in Austin called Home Street Music. The program holds music circles with people who have experienced chronic homelessness. In addition to […]
Here is the outstanding new single from Tacoma, Washington songwriter Kye Alfred Hillig. ‘Our Remaining Pig’ is steeped in atmosphere, with beautifully arranged instrumental layers, including flourishes of keys over fuzzy bass, building tension throughout. Hillig’s […]
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last 48 hours you’ll have seen the extensive coverage of this year’s GRAMMYS which featured the usual array of costumes, curveballs and a healthy-dose of ICE bashing […]
When one says award-winning artist about a singer, Elles Bailey would certainly fall into this category, having been named to an impressive list, including: UK Americana Live Act of the Year, UK Blues Artist of the […]
It has always been a source of joy and wonder when you come across an excellent artist who should be better known. In some cases, you wait for that moment to arrive, and in others you […]
Robert Scheffler once held a day job as a research editor and writer for Esquire Magazine, but there came a time to leave his position and get back to where it all began, writing songs and […]
It’s been a while since we heard from Dutch singer-songwriter P.J.M Bond, who’s Hemingway inspired debut album “In Our Time” so impressed back in early 2024 as did his earlier EPs. In the past we’ve made […]
Readers, this is a real treat. AUK-favourites, The Avett Brothers, have released a video for ‘Matrimony’, recorded all the way back in 2005. This never-before-seen footage was long thought lost and transports us to the band’s […]
Back in the mists of time (1989) and after waiting longer than most, I finally got around to buying a CD player and, having done so, went out and acquired a couple of albums I fancied […]
For anyone interested in americana, The Byrds matter. We’ve covered biographies of Gram Parsons and Gene Clark in our Paperback Riders strand, and (spoiler alert) we’ll be looking at Johnny Rogan’s band bio ‘Timeless Flight’ soon. […]
The Lodge at the Deaf Institute is the smaller of two rooms at Manchester’s long-established venue. In the not-too-recent past, it was a café and a bar – the likes of Jonathan Richman and Hayes Carll […]
We are now into year 3 of our celebration of the best books we reviewed in the previous year. To learn why we have named it for our still missed colleague you can read AUK editor […]
Travelling from the UK to Norway for a single gig might appear to border on the eccentric, but some nights justify a journey. As it turned out, a cold (for the English), mild (for the Norwegians) […]
The Sugarmill in Hanley, Stoke on Trent has long been a staple of the indie and rock touring circuit, ever since its conversion from a scouting hall back in the distant past, but these days tends […]
It’s the last four months of AUK’s tenth year as the premier online resource for all matters Americana. To mark the occasion there was a tenth birthday bash held in its heartland of Liverpool with a […]
Dextrous of hand and sunny of disposition, Charlie Worsham, is a musician’s musician. In 2022 he was the Academy of Country Music’s Acoustic Guitar Player of the Year followed a year later by his nomination as […]
When one says award-winning artist about a singer, Elles Bailey would certainly fall into this category, having been named to an impressive list, including: UK Americana Live Act of the Year, UK Blues Artist of the […]
It has always been a source of joy and wonder when you come across an excellent artist who should be better known. In some cases, you wait for that moment to arrive, and in others you […]
Robert Scheffler once held a day job as a research editor and writer for Esquire Magazine, but there came a time to leave his position and get back to where it all began, writing songs and […]
Back in the mists of time (1989) and after waiting longer than most, I finally got around to buying a CD player and, having done so, went out and acquired a couple of albums I fancied […]
On the 31st December 2025, MTV UK played their final music video. In MTV Music’s case, that video was ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’ by The Buggles, which was, fittingly, also the first ever music video […]
You’ll doubtless let a sigh of relief pass your lips, dear readers, when you hear that I am not going to tell you what a heart-wrenching difficulty this entry into “The Greatest Americana Songs of All […]
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