Americana UK

Rodney Crowell to release ‘lost album’ “Then Again” next month

May 28, 2026 0

Rodney Crowell has announced the release of an album which many fans thought would never see the light of day, Then Again which arrives on 26th June 2026 via New West Records. The 10-track set was […]

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Alexandra King

May 28, 2026 0

Irish-American singer/songwriter Alexandra King is the featured performer on this video for Americana UK’s mini-gig series. Music has been central to King’s life from the beginning. Raised in a musical family, she first stepped onstage at […]

Live Review: Clover County, Rough Trade East and London Highways Festival, 14th-16th May 2026

May 28, 2026 0

Clover County is a much-travelled but now Athens, Georgia-based singer-songwriter, who, following good reviews for her debut full-length album, Finer Things, travelled to the East side of the Atlantic and has been touring with Jack van […]

Vox Continental: May 2026

May 28, 2026 0

This month we have new music, new voices and a new layout. Keeping it Continental! We start this month’s column with a new album from Swedish country singer, Joulin Younis. It’s unusual to hear such a […]

Amanda Shires announces June UK gigs with Jack Browning in support

May 28, 2026 0

Multi-instrumentalist Amanda Shires has announced a European tour for June 2026. The tour includes stops in the UK for performances at St. Luke’s in Glasgow and at the Tabernacle in London, and it follows the release […]

Essentials
Essentials: The Top 10 Kim Richey Songs
Kim Richey is one of those unsung heroes of americana who have been around for ages, releasing an album every few years without huge fanfare, but whose work within the industry, working with higher-profile musicians, [...]
AUK Mini-Gigs
Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Alexandra King
Irish-American singer/songwriter Alexandra King is the featured performer on this video for Americana UK’s mini-gig series. Music has been central to King’s life from the beginning. Raised in a musical family, she first stepped onstage [...]
Can't Live with it, Can't Live without it
Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Joni Mitchell
David Jarman’s recent visit to Woodstock in his AUK ‘For The Sake Of The Song’ feature may well have whetted the appetite of Joni Mitchell fans (here), of which I have been one for over [...]
Interviews
Interview: Beau Jennings – In Tribute to Will Rogers and the Verdigris
If History was your favourite class in school, raise your digital hand. Only two? Come on, the subject is not that dull. Now pay attention. Today, we are going to learn about a river called [...]
Anniversary Cheers
Anniversary Cheers: Don Williams “Epilogue – The Cellar Tapes”
Recordings from more than 40 years ago are unearthed by country music icon’s son, cleaned up and remastered. Well, I do hope AUK readers will forgive this foray into mainstream country music, but we are [...]

Video: CR & The White Lights “Tinted Windows” – calm in the midst of a difficult time

May 28, 2026 0

Be absorbed by the outstanding new single from New Jersey band CR & The White Lights. Tinted Windows introduces the band with blistering guitar work; the blend of bright Telecaster and powerful, vibrating notes of the […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Joni Mitchell

May 27, 2026 1

David Jarman’s recent visit to Woodstock in his AUK ‘For The Sake Of The Song’ feature may well have whetted the appetite of Joni Mitchell fans (here), of which I have been one for over half […]

Video: The Attention Seekers “It Doesn’t Happen Every Day”

May 27, 2026 0

The Attention Seekers from Newcastle don’t have a band name which does them justice given we are very happy to seek their attention! And they have a new song out now about which songwriter Alan Fish […]

Live Review: Great Lake Swimmers + Portland, 100 Club, London – 10th May 2026

May 27, 2026 0

A warm enough to not need a jacket evening, and a stroll down a surprisingly empty Oxford Street on a still early Sunday evening, which ended at the 100 Club entrance, which, again, surprisingly, was not […]

Interview: Beau Jennings – In Tribute to Will Rogers and the Verdigris

May 27, 2026 0

If History was your favourite class in school, raise your digital hand. Only two? Come on, the subject is not that dull. Now pay attention. Today, we are going to learn about a river called the […]

Video: CR & The White Lights “Tinted Windows” – calm in the midst of a difficult time
May 28, 2026 0
Be absorbed by the outstanding new single from New Jersey band CR & The White Lights. Tinted Windows introduces the band with blistering guitar work; the blend of bright Telecaster and powerful, vibrating notes of [...]
Video: The Attention Seekers “It Doesn’t Happen Every Day”
May 27, 2026 0
The Attention Seekers from Newcastle don’t have a band name which does them justice given we are very happy to seek their attention! And they have a new song out now about which songwriter Alan [...]
Video: Alela Diane “Dusty Roses” (Attic Live Session)
May 27, 2026 0
Dusty Roses is the latest single from Portland-based folk artist Alela Diane. The artfully-shot video was recorded in the attic of Diane’s Victorian home, built in 1892, and features co-producer Sam Weber (Madison Cunningham, Anna [...]
Great Willow “Age Of Reason” – Bing bing, bong bong bong, bing bing
May 26, 2026 0
It has been a while, quite a while, since we last featured Great Willow (although we have heard more recently from James Combs, one half of the duo), so it’s really nice to have some [...]
Video Premiere: The Sensational Country Blues Wonders! (Gary Van Miert) “A Mad Tea Party”
May 26, 2026 0
Disappear down the rabbit hole with the latest single from The Sensational Country Blues Wonders!, the musical project of New Jersey-based musician and performer Gary Van Miert. The video for The Mad Tea Party is [...]

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