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Video Premiere: The Orphan Brigade “Captain’s Song (Sorley Boy)”

September 27, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0
This wonderful and atmospheric music is from the Orphan Brigade’s new album “To The Edge Of The World“, which is out now.  It was written on a boat in Antrim and Sorley Boy is an infamous […]
Album Reviews

Sammy Kay “civil/WAR” (Independent, 2019)

September 27, 2019 Jim Finnie 0
Sammy Kay has picked a stonking opening track for his new album ‘civil/War’. Straight from the off the gravelly-voiced New Jersey singer-songwriter grabs your attention with the superb ‘Silver Dollar’ and quickly backs it up with […]
Album Reviews

Diesel Park West “Let it Melt” (Palo Santo Records, 2019)

September 27, 2019 Jeremy Searle 1
Leicester’s Diesel Park West are one of rock’s great survivors. Their debut album ‘Shakespeare Alabama’ was rightly acclaimed then and now as a minor classic and even gave them a small whiff of commercial success, but […]
Features

Pick of the Political Pops: The Bobby Fuller Four “I Fought The Law”

September 27, 2019 Paul Villers 0
Boris Johnson, holder of the highest political office in the land, is a liar and a lawbreaker. We’d quite like to come up with our usual smart-arse funny stuff but on this occasion we think we’ll […]
Album Reviews

Don Gallardo feat. Lilly Winwood “In the Name of Good Intentions” (JTM Music, 2019)

September 27, 2019 Peter Churchill 0
With his heart in the Americana sound, coming out of his long-time East Nashville residence, but with roots that are firmly in the soil of California, it should probably come as no surprise that Don Gallardo […]

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Americana 25 festival with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more comes to Liverpool in November – here’s how you can get your tickets

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Something for the long weekend: Michael Stipe & Andrew Watt “I Played the Fool”

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Our new supporters playlist comes out tomorrow – win a pair of tickets for the Folk by the Oak Festival!

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The Top Ten Americana Songs of All Time: 5th – Gillian Welch “Revelator” (2001)

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Essentials: The Top 10 Railroad Earth Songs

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Americana 25 festival with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more comes to Liverpool in November – here’s how you can get your tickets

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Last week we announced details of Americana 25, our celebration of 25 years of Americana UK, which comes to two stages across Liverpool’s Rough Trade venue and Quaker Meeting House later this year on Saturday November […]
Tracks

Something for the long weekend: Michael Stipe & Andrew Watt “I Played the Fool”

April 2, 2026 2
Well that’s it from us for this week as we head into the long weekend. If you’re an AUK supporter your playlist will still be with you for 5pm tomorrow and don’t forget tickets for our […]
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Our new supporters playlist comes out tomorrow – win a pair of tickets for the Folk by the Oak Festival!

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If you’re not subscribing to our monthly supporters newsletter you’ll be missing out on our exclusive supporters playlist of the best new Americana we’ve heard over the last month which this month includes new tracks by […]

  • Americana 25 festival with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more comes to Liverpool in November – here’s how you can get your tickets
  • Something for the long weekend: Michael Stipe & Andrew Watt “I Played the Fool”
  • Our new supporters playlist comes out tomorrow – win a pair of tickets for the Folk by the Oak Festival!
  • The Top Ten Americana Songs of All Time: 5th – Gillian Welch “Revelator” (2001)
  • Essentials: The Top 10 Railroad Earth Songs
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  • Joshua Ray Walker makes a welcome return with new album and tour dates
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Interviews

Interview: Michael Weston King on why “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

April 2, 2026 0
How the worst kind of family tragedy can lead to a career high British americana stalwart and music award winner Michael Weston King is releasing a new solo album, Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore. On the […]
Interviews

Interview: Foy Vance on his seven-album project culminating in “The Wake”

April 1, 2026 0
Few artists write with the kind of raw honesty and emotional depth that Foy Vance brings to his music. Across a career that has steadily unfolded over the last two decades, Vance has crafted songs that […]
Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Natalie Del Carmen “Pastures”

March 30, 2026 0
When it comes right down to it, the heart of americana music has always been about connecting listeners to real experiences and emotions, and Natalie Del Carmen is currently one of the best examples of what […]

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Ian Noe “River Fool”

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The second single from the album ‘River Fools and Mountain Saints’ (out on March 25th via Thirty Tigers),  ‘River Fool‘ tells the tale of a well-known character in Southfork, Kentucky, who could be found playing his […]
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Mark Knopfler releases digital deluxe version of “One Deep River”

August 14, 2024 0
A digital deluxe version of Mark Knopfler’s tenth album “One Deep River” has been released on 12th August 2024 on the British Grove label via EMI, making all 21 of the songs from the One Deep […]
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Tucker Zimmerman “Over Here In Europe”

August 10, 2023 0
A warm album made up of strong but intimate songs wrapped in imaginative arrangements. The Big Potato reissue of Tucker Zimmerman’s ‘Over Here In Europe’ represents the first time it has been reissued on vinyl (it […]

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