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New live streaming service Roots Live! launches

September 25, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0
Roots Live! is a new organisation which been created, in their own words: “by musicians for musicians as a response to the new demand for concert streaming in 2020. It became clear that live concerts, as […]
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Steep Canyon Rangers “Sunny Days” – Listen

September 25, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
Well, we bring Bluegrass Tracks Week to a close (you did, dear reader, notice that it was Bluegrass Tracks Week?  Good) with a new single from the upcoming album ‘Arm in Arm‘, out on Yep Roc […]
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Video: Sadler Vaden “Best Days”

September 25, 2020 Andrew Frolish 1
Sadler Vaden, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer and guitarist for the 400 Unit, follows his recent album, ‘Anybody Out There?’ with this gorgeous new single.  For the video, Vaden performs solo at Nashville’s Carter Vintage guitar shop, giving […]
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AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Mark Nenadic

September 24, 2020 Clint West 1
AUK’s quest to identify the top ten americana albums ever continues. Each week one of our writers chooses their own personal selections and when they have all contributed, a short-list will be drawn up, from which […]
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What should I do, Americana UK ?

September 24, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
We entered, as you’ll doubtless recall, on this quest to determine whether music has the answer to all our problems with a sense of optimism tempered with realism.  Today’s concern is one of those knotty problems […]

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Video: Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy “Life is Scary Horses” – an elegy for a future that might not remember us

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Check out the latest video from the acclaimed Bonnie “Prince” Billy, also known as musician Will Oldham. Life is Scary Horses is a re-invention of the song by Sally Timms and Jon Langford – indeed, Oldham […]
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AUK celebrates with an event in Liverpool city centre on Saturday November 28th. Well, unbelievably, it was a quarter of a century ago that Americana UK first came into existence as a one-man operation run from a […]
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There are very few artists who are as consistently excellent across a whole career as Lyle Lovett. He marries sharp, witty observations with immaculate musicianship, starting with his eponymous debut record and going right up to […]

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Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

March 25, 2026 0
A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]
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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0
Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

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While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

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Video: Jim Lauderdale “Cackalacky”

February 11, 2020 0
Here’s the brilliant new release from Grammy-winning Jim Lauderdale.  It’s fascinating to see these expert performers at work in the studio.  The song is taken from the upcoming bluegrass album, ‘When Carolina Comes Home Again’, due […]
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Video: Paul Kelly “Rita Wrote a Letter”

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Paul Kelly has announced a new album, “Seventy”, which comes out on November 7th, and the first track to be taken from it has been a while in the making – it’s a follow-up to an […]
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Preview: Danny and the Champs aim not to be strangers anywhere on huge tour

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Danny & the Champions of the World released their album “You Are Not A Stranger Here” late last year through Loose to widespread acclaim. Their seventh studio release and first since 2017’s “Brilliant Light,” the album […]

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