Features
“The spirit of Americana UK” – our writing team remembers Paul Kerr
It’s been a sad time for us here in the AUK community with the loss of two of our writers in such a short period of time, and the loss of our Live Reviews Editor for […]
Features
The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Fred Arnold
It’s the third in the new Feature, seeking out the best americana album by a UK artist, and Fred Arnold throws his hat in the ring this week What a challenge is this? – as a […]
Live Reviews
Live Review: The Annie Keating Band + The Dreaming Spires, Little Rabbit Barn, Ardleigh, Colchester – 2nd October 2026
In the truly welcoming and cosy surroundings of Little Rabbit Barn, a venue specialising in live gigs profiling Americana artists (largely) of the highest calibre, your writer had the pleasure of seeing an Annie Keating live […]
Features
Americana Stories – Stuart Anderson “The Doubts That Make Us Strong”
Stuart Anderson concludes our Americana Stories series with The Doubts That Make Us Strong. Stuart says: I’m a retired network engineer who was shown three guitar chords by a good friend at school, and who hasn’t […]
Tracks
Élise LeBlanc “Lavender Honey” – honkey-tonk romance
Ah, Lavender Honey, is there anything sweeter and yet so aromatic? Better than clover honey. Élise LeBlanc agrees, it seems, although…we are not 100% sure that we’re thinking of the same thing. Well, let’s rejoice in […]
Videos
Video Premiere: Wyatt Lowe “Deserts” – Let me lay down and rest
The new single from Wyatt Lowe is immediately captivating. Opening with heavenly steel lifted by light percussion, Desert bursts into life with more urgent and ranging guitar, moody sounds that locate us in the desert. This […]
Ah, Lavender Honey, is there anything sweeter and yet so aromatic? Better than clover honey. Élise LeBlanc agrees, it seems, although…we are not 100% sure that we’re thinking of the same thing. Well, let’s rejoice [...]- The new single from Wyatt Lowe is immediately captivating. Opening with heavenly steel lifted by light percussion, Desert bursts into life with more urgent and ranging guitar, moody sounds that locate us in the desert. [...]
- There’s not a lot we can say about Béla Fleck that isn’t just going to become a string of superlatives. His banjo mastery is exemplary, his musical curiosity is insatiable, his generosity to his fellow [...]
- Who’s That is the latest atmospheric single from The War On Drugs. Typically hypnotic and immersive, the song is full of complex sonic textures, layers of sound that shift and grow and swell. The intensity [...]
- What is Father John Misty singing about in the new song The X-Panded Universe, the latest single release since Mahashmashana was released in 2024. We’re assuming it is not the pulling of the X-Men into [...]
Peter Thompson:
Hi Fred, Thanks for giving this amazing record (and its 20th Anniversary) version, the review it deserves. As a 'deluxe'…
Mark Whitfield:
Thanks Tris
Petunia:
What an excellent review
