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The Americana UK Readers Poll 2020 – Vote for your favourite americana from the past year

November 30, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Well dear reader, here we are again and while normally we’d say things like “I can’t believe it’s been a year since the last poll, doesn’t time just fly” etc. mainly because we’re all about […]

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William Lawrence “Fool For You” – Listen

November 30, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

William Lawrence has his third solo album ‘Fool for You‘ set for release on Christmas Eve.  It’s an album that didn’t turn out as he’d expected – his usual approach is to record most of […]

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VERSIONS: “Dead Flowers”

November 30, 2020 Paul Villers 1

Here we are again with a new “VERSIONS” in which our writers examine the whys and wherefores of different artists treatment of the same tune. This time out Clint West puts ‘Dead Flowers’ under the […]

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Mules and Men “Roscommon County Line” (Independent, 2020)

November 30, 2020 Paul Campbell 0

Mules and Men are a four-piece band from Dublin who advertise themselves as playing progressive bluegrass.  Unfortunately, this does not mean concept albums about tortured medieval wizards performed by cape clad musicians on ice.  This […]

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Grammy 2020 Americana nominations announced

November 30, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

The nominations have been announced for the 63rd annual Grammy awards which are due to take place on January 31st 2021, and amongst the three thousand odd categories are of course Best Americana Album and […]

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Corner House “Caribou Party”

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February 25, 2021 0
A fresh take on earthy old-time string music and Celtic folk from Boston quartet Corner House Corner House are a young string band quartet based in New England, with Ethan Setiawan on mandolin and mandola, [...]
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XIXA “Genesis”

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February 24, 2021 0
A glorious trip through the dark underbelly of Tucson desert rock First off. Who on earth could resist a band who list as influences, ‘70s Spaghetti Westerns and ‘80s horror films, Edgar Allan Poe and [...]
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Chris Pierce “American Silence”

February 23, 2021 0
Passionate, well-constructed, generously-spirited protest music that can’t be ignored. There’s a quote attributed to Americana/folk musician Todd Snider out there where he says ‘I didn’t write this song to change people’s minds, I  wrote it [...]
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Jesse Brewster “The Lonely Pines”

February 22, 2021 1
A very assured outing by a roots music renaissance man who can do it all. To be adept at Americana in the full sense of what this genre is supposed to represent, you simply just [...]
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Alastair Ottesen “Pathless Land”

February 22, 2021 0
Skilfully written songs, stunning arrangements, all with a timeless feel. It can often feel as though timeless albums are a thing of the past, only to be produced in a rose-tinted bygone era, as if [...]

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Black Deer and Red Rooster are on for 2021!

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February 26, 2021 0

Some good news for americana festival goers this year, as both Red Rooster and Black Deer looked like taking a hiatus for a second year due to falling foul of the government’s recent lockdown relaxation […]

Bessie Deakin “Extended In Space” – Listen

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February 26, 2021 0

When Bessie Deakin sings “meet me at the Half Moon” she’s not being all cosmic – no, it’s the legendary Half Moon in Putney that she’s referencing.  And when she sings “come to the graveyard […]

Video Premiere: James Combs feat. April Mann “Strange Signs”

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February 26, 2021 0

Los Angeles-based James Combs has set himself the ambitious project of releasing a series of bi-monthly double singles with his long-time collaborators Matt Hergert (drums) and the multi-instrumentalist John Would, who also takes on production […]

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: The Shortlist

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Last week we completed our writers’ lists of their top 10 americana albums ever. Since then we have been busy tallying up the totals to produce a shortlist of 20 albums. Our writers will now […]

Introducing “Shuffle”

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February 25, 2021 2

Long-time AUK writer David Cowling returns with a new fortnightly column as he digs into his collection of leftfield americana. There are moments in my life when I have connected directly with a song or […]

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