August 2020 – Americana UK

Something for the (long) weekend: Chris Stapleton “Starting Over”

August 28, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Another week flies by and so we leave you this week dear reader with something to warm your cockles over the bank holiday weekend. Chris Staplegun won the Americana Association’s artist of the year award back […]

Diana Jones feat. Steve Earle, Richard Thompson & Peggy Seeger “We Believe You” – Listen

August 28, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Diana Jones has released a new single called ‘We Believe You’ taken from her forthcoming new album ‘Song To A Refugee’ which comes out on Proper Records on September 25th. The song features the help of Steve […]

Austin Lucas returns with new album “Alive In The Hot Zone!” – Listen

August 28, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Austin Lucas has announced the release of a new album ‘Alive In The Hot Zone!’ which lands on October 30th 2020 via Cornelius Chapel Records, along with the first single ‘Already Dead’. Written and recorded in […]

Video Premiere: Jesse Aycock “Tulsa County”

August 28, 2020 Andrew Frolish 1

We are delighted to feature the video premiere of ‘Tulsa County’ from Jesse Aycock, which is part of the ‘BACK TO PARADISE: A Tulsa Tribute to Okie Music’ project on Horton Records. The song, a Jesse […]

Various Artists “Back to Paradise: A Tulsa Tribute to Okie Music” (Horton Records, 2020)

August 28, 2020 Viv Fish 0

The migration of people of Oklahoma, ‘the Okies’, to California from the mid-’30s to the mid-’50s, stirred by the Dust Bowl era, is a huge part of American history captured in the award-winning Steinbeck novel ‘The […]

Something not really americana for the weekend: This is Lorelei “Oh No Now My”

August 7, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. If you’re an AUK supporter your new playlist will be with you at 5pm. We leave you dear reader with a new song from Nate Amos aka This […]

Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

August 7, 2026 0

At once nostalgic travelogue, introspective head-trip, and rootsy showcase, Madrid-born Juana Everett’s second album should be her breakthrough record. Past Lives in California swims headfirst through the murky waters of transit, both literal and metaphysical. Bring […]

Margo Price “Days of Unrest”

August 7, 2026 0

A powerful message that’s relayed with the kind of vigour and skill needed to make people sit up and listen. “In his oval room, in his rockin’ chair / He’s the president, but I don’t care […]

Month: August 2020

Something for the (long) weekend: Chris Stapleton “Starting Over”

Diana Jones feat. Steve Earle, Richard Thompson & Peggy Seeger “We Believe You” – Listen

Austin Lucas returns with new album “Alive In The Hot Zone!” – Listen

Video Premiere: Jesse Aycock “Tulsa County”

Various Artists “Back to Paradise: A Tulsa Tribute to Okie Music” (Horton Records, 2020)

Something not really americana for the weekend: This is Lorelei “Oh No Now My”

Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

Margo Price “Days of Unrest”

Classic Clips: The Mavericks “Born To Be Blue” – Live at American Songwriter Studios, 2012

The Wild High “Listen to The Wild High”