Americana UK

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Jonathan Smith

Features

September 28, 2023 0

Aargh! The best? How do you even do that? Answer: don’t fret, just pick ten who spring to mind, even if that means leaving out Bob Dylan, The Band, Jackson Browne, Bruce Springsteen, Steve Earle, Jason […]

Dylan LeBlanc “Coyote” – not to be trusted

Tracks

September 28, 2023 0

The new single from Dylan LeBlanc latest release is its title track – it’s a dusty tale of nefarious doings South of the border, as crime is once more seen as the route out of poverty. . […]

Gillian Welch classic to get reel-to-reel release

News

September 28, 2023 0

Gillian Welch’s 2011 album, the GRAMMY-nominated ‘The Harrow & The Harvest’ is going to be released for the first time ever on reel-to-reel tape via her own Acony Records. David Rawlings reveals about the release, “as […]

Classic Americana Albums: Dave Alvin “Ashgrove”

Classic Americana Albums

September 28, 2023 0

The works of Dave Alvin will need no introduction to most AUK readers, but I wanted to highlight this particular album. Released in 2004 it takes its name from the famed L.A. nightspot where Alvin and […]

Track Premiere: Taylor Pearlstein “Sandman”

Tracks

September 28, 2023 0

There’s a dreamy disorientating feel to today’s Track Premiere, perhaps because Taylor Pearlstein shares that she comes from the Seattle area, as she hails from the sleepy, Lynchian small-town mountains of the Snoqualmie Valley. And just […]

Features

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Jonathan Smith

Aargh! The best? How do you even do that? Answer: don’t fret, just pick ten who spring to mind, even if that means leaving out Bob Dylan, The Band, Jackson Browne, Bruce Springsteen, Steve Earle, [...]
Classic Americana Albums

Classic Americana Albums: Dave Alvin “Ashgrove”

The works of Dave Alvin will need no introduction to most AUK readers, but I wanted to highlight this particular album. Released in 2004 it takes its name from the famed L.A. nightspot where Alvin [...]
Interviews

Interview: Cruz Contreras on cosmic country and Idaho

Mixing lo-fi with classic sounds and a Steinway piano to create a unique sound. After 25 years playing music, latterly with his band the Black Lillies, Cruz Contreras has finally got around to releasing his [...]
Features

More People Should Really Know About: Otis Gibbs

By choosing singer-songwriter Otis Gibbs for this series, I don’t mean to downplay his accomplishments in any way. He certainly has a large fan base all over the world, but considering the really fine albums [...]
Features

VERSIONS: “White Freightliner Blues”

Unusually Townes Van Zandt’s ‘White Freightliner Blues’ first appeared on his ‘Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas’ album. So, in that same spirit I have chosen three live covers to feature on top of [...]

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Jonathan Smith

September 28, 2023 0

Aargh! The best? How do you even do that? Answer: don’t fret, just pick ten who spring to mind, even if that means leaving out Bob Dylan, The Band, Jackson Browne, Bruce Springsteen, Steve Earle, [...]
Yep Roc, 2004 Classic Americana Albums: Dave Alvin “Ashgrove”

September 28, 2023 0

The works of Dave Alvin will need no introduction to most AUK readers, but I wanted to highlight this particular album. Released in 2004 it takes its name from the famed L.A. nightspot where Alvin [...]
More People Should Really Know About: Otis Gibbs

September 26, 2023 0

By choosing singer-songwriter Otis Gibbs for this series, I don’t mean to downplay his accomplishments in any way. He certainly has a large fan base all over the world, but considering the really fine albums [...]
VERSIONS: “White Freightliner Blues”

September 26, 2023 0

Unusually Townes Van Zandt’s ‘White Freightliner Blues’ first appeared on his ‘Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas’ album. So, in that same spirit I have chosen three live covers to feature on top of [...]
Americana Vinyl Treasures : Splinter “The Place I Love” – Dark Horse Records, 1974

September 25, 2023 0

The seventies was such a rich decade for magnificent music that as a teenager listening to the radio gave me the opportunity to hear some sublime tracks. One of those was a modest 1974 hit [...]