2017 – Page 140 – Americana UK

Jon Langford announces new album

July 26, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Jon Langford has announced details of his new record which comes out on September 22nd on the Bloodshot label. The record was recorded on November 8th, the day after the 2016 election where the Welsh-bred, Chicago-based […]

Offa Rex “The Queen of Hearts” (Nonesuch, 2017)

July 26, 2017 Rick Bayles 0

This is a really fascinating album. A collaboration between classic English Folk Singer and instrumentalist, Olivia Chaney and American Indie Rockers, The Decemberists, this is a recording filled with fine musicianship and vocal work that seems […]

Hiss Golden Messenger announces new album

July 26, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Some nice news this morning from Consequence of Sound on an AUK favourite. Awesome cover art too. They report: “Last October, North Carolina folk artist M.C. Taylor released his latest album as Hiss Golden Messenger, Heart Like a […]

Track Premiere: Tom Irwin “Baby’s Britches” – Listen

July 26, 2017 Mark Whitfield 1

Tom Irwin is a 50-something, guitar playing guy, called “a modern day troubadour” by Wilco’s John Stirratt. He’s spent a lifetime making a living making music in the Midwest with occasional forays into the rest of the […]

Video: Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit “Hope The High Road”

July 26, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

Jason Isbell will be back in the UK in October and ahead of those dates this is a new live video for Hope The High Road, taken from his The Nashville Sound album released earlier this […]

Interview: Jeff Finlin – the hero who journeys among us

July 1, 2026 0

In 2023, an AUK writer displayed exquisite taste by naming Jeff Finlin as one of the top ten greatest americana artists of all time. Congrats to Jeff, as well as, after all, he did record the […]

All-star tribute to the Delmore Brothers to be released in October

July 1, 2026 0

The music of Alton and Rabon Delmore continues to influence generations of singers and songwriters across multiple genres. From their first appearance as the Delmore Brothers at the 1926 Athens Fiddlers Convention, their intricate harmonies took […]

Lynn Blakey “Dreams are Lovers: A Retrospective”

July 1, 2026 0

Unfashionable but influential collaborative indie singer-songwriter enjoys a career-spanning retrospective following her untimely death earlier this year. Lynn Blakey was not a name that gained a great deal of traction commercially but she was an influential […]

Year: 2017

Jon Langford announces new album

Offa Rex “The Queen of Hearts” (Nonesuch, 2017)

Hiss Golden Messenger announces new album

Track Premiere: Tom Irwin “Baby’s Britches” – Listen

Video: Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit “Hope The High Road”

Interview: Jeff Finlin – the hero who journeys among us

All-star tribute to the Delmore Brothers to be released in October

Lynn Blakey “Dreams are Lovers: A Retrospective”

Live Review: Maisy Owen with BJ Cole + Joe Harvey-Whyte, Theatreship, London – 23rd June 2026

Jim James takes off his Morning Jacket and gets all “Wowed Out” on his latest solo album