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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It : Lyle Lovett

March 25, 2026 0

There are very few artists who are as consistently excellent across a whole career as Lyle Lovett. He marries sharp, witty observations with immaculate musicianship, starting with his eponymous debut record and going right up to […]

Vaiano’s Paisanos “Abrew’s Portuguese Jazz” – it’s not jazz…

March 25, 2026 0

Well, here we are, on the inelegantly and easily misconstrued hump day afternoon, wondering once more when, oh when, oh when will Americana UK bring us a new instrumental track to ease our cares and slide […]

Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

March 25, 2026 0

A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]

Renée Fleming and Béla Fleck to release traditional collaboration in May 2026

March 25, 2026 0

5x Grammy-winning soprano Renée Fleming and 19x Grammy-winning banjo supremo Béla Fleck announced The Fiddle and the Drum, a collaborative album celebrating Appalachian bluegrass and folk music to be released on 29th May 2026 via Thirty […]

Sam Grassie “Burning Of Auchindoun” – flames take you, and be damned

March 25, 2026 0

There is something exciting going on in the world of folk, at least it seems that way, as we seem to be going through one of those periods of renewal when a crop of astonishing musicians […]

Can't Live with it, Can't Live without it
Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It : Lyle Lovett
There are very few artists who are as consistently excellent across a whole career as Lyle Lovett. He marries sharp, witty observations with immaculate musicianship, starting with his eponymous debut record and going right up [...]
Interviews
Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff
A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, [...]
Features
For the Sake of the Song: Marah “Round Eye Blues”
Marah is at their best when singing about lonely urban streets where bums warm their hands around trash fires in rusty 50-gallon cans, transvestite prostitutes wrap their feather boas a little tighter against an unforgiving [...]
Classic Clips
Classic Clips: Brown Horse “Wipers”, Newport 2024
One of the success stories of the last couple of years have been Brown Horse. Since their first album Reservoir landed at the start of 2024 there has been a steady rise in their star, [...]
Features
The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Andy Davidson
This is the final AUK writers’ choice of Top Ten Americana Songs of All Time. Watch out for the countdown to the song voted Number 1, coming shortly. I finalised this feature knowing Moses had [...]

Video Premiere: Brock Davis “Nowhere Near Ready”

March 25, 2026 0

Here’s the video premiere of the heartfelt new single from Santa Cruz, California-based singer-songwriter Brock Davis. The notes tumble and roll from Davis’s guitar in a stream of melody while his reflective, intimate vocal flows over […]

Live Review: Beans On Toast + Ruth Lyon + Bassie Gracie, Hare & Hounds, Birmingham – 11th March 2026

March 24, 2026 0

The night opened with Bassie Gracie, a bold spoken word poet grounded in hope, proclaiming that making art can be the remedy to worry. This Celtic-and-proud waif delivered rhythmic anti-racism with barely veiled anger at the […]

Pat Carter and Luis de Cicco hit the road to promote new live album

March 24, 2026 0

Pat Carter, singer/songwriter of acclaimed alt-country band Rodeo FM, and his partner in crime, Luis de Cicco, head man of hill country blues combo Caboose, will hit the road again in April 2026, promoting their new […]

Tony Trischka And Billy Strings “Gentle On My Mind” – the ever calming balm of banjo

March 24, 2026 0

So the good news that I can bring you this morning – and are you ready to hear the good news? I truly believe you are. The good news is that we have, here at Americana […]

Video Premiere: Dean Owens “Face The Storm (The Buffalo)”

March 24, 2026 0

2025 was another extraordinary year for Scottish singer-songwriter Dean Owens. Last year started with a headline show at Celtic Connections in Glasgow to launch Owens’ acclaimed twelfth studio album, Spirit Ridge, before touring Australia with his […]

Vaiano’s Paisanos “Abrew’s Portuguese Jazz” – it’s not jazz…
March 25, 2026 0
Well, here we are, on the inelegantly and easily misconstrued hump day afternoon, wondering once more when, oh when, oh when will Americana UK bring us a new instrumental track to ease our cares and [...]
Sam Grassie “Burning Of Auchindoun” – flames take you, and be damned
March 25, 2026 0
There is something exciting going on in the world of folk, at least it seems that way, as we seem to be going through one of those periods of renewal when a crop of astonishing [...]
Video Premiere: Brock Davis “Nowhere Near Ready”
March 25, 2026 0
Here’s the video premiere of the heartfelt new single from Santa Cruz, California-based singer-songwriter Brock Davis. The notes tumble and roll from Davis’s guitar in a stream of melody while his reflective, intimate vocal flows [...]
Video Premiere: Dean Owens “Face The Storm (The Buffalo)”
March 24, 2026 0
2025 was another extraordinary year for Scottish singer-songwriter Dean Owens. Last year started with a headline show at Celtic Connections in Glasgow to launch Owens’ acclaimed twelfth studio album, Spirit Ridge, before touring Australia with [...]
Track Premiere: Bill Scorzari “Open Door”
March 23, 2026 0
It’s a pleasure to feature the latest single from gravel-voiced songwriter Bill Scorzari, who has his latest album, Sidereal Days (Day 2), ready to release on September 25th. Some ways off, but on today’s song, [...]

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