2020 – Page 141 – Americana UK

Elvis Costello “Phonographic Memory” – Listen

September 1, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Elvis Costello is….oh, we all know who Elvis Costello is (god damn it!). What we have here is a new track – the B side to the recently released ‘We Are All Cowards Now‘. ‘Phonographic Memory‘ […]

Interview: Jaime Wyatt the new queen of outlaw country

September 1, 2020 Martin Johnson 0

Jaime Wyatt started writing songs when she was four years old, and despite having a record contract as a teenager, she was in her early thirties when she released her first self-financed debut album which won […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Joshua Hedley “This Time”

September 1, 2020 Mark Underwood 0

Last week’s Chain Gang included a somewhat circuitous discussion of songs and albums titled ‘The Mountain’, resulting in Benjamin Tod’s version of the Steve Earle song of the same name.

Mean Mary “Alone” (Woodrock Records, 2020)

September 1, 2020 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

The title of the new Mean Mary album says it all – ‘Alone’. It is Mary and her banjo. Or Mary and her guitar. OK, sometimes she combines the two into one instrument banjitar. Plain and […]

Ten environmentally-aware Americana songs

September 1, 2020 Rick Bayles 4

The importance of the diversity of our ecology, and of environmental sustainability, are constant watchwords these days and every news bulletin seems to bring another warning that we need to take better care of this planet […]

Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”

July 3, 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 tonight. Don’t forget about our 25 year anniversary event in November which takes place […]

Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026

July 3, 2026 0

Performances don’t get much more intimate when less than 50 people are in the front space of a record shop and the artist is playing unamplified, less than five feet away. In the autumn of 2025, […]

Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”

July 3, 2026 0

Americana royalty teams up with a cracking Texas band to produce a varied and highly enjoyable mix of country, soul and stomp. Ryan Bingham is a comparatively rare example of an americana artist who has broken […]

Year: 2020

Elvis Costello “Phonographic Memory” – Listen

Interview: Jaime Wyatt the new queen of outlaw country

AUK’s Chain Gang: Joshua Hedley “This Time”

Mean Mary “Alone” (Woodrock Records, 2020)

Ten environmentally-aware Americana songs

Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”

Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026

Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”

Americana Stories – Simon Lamont “Americana”

Our new supporters playlist is out later today – win a vinyl copy of Ashley McBryde’s new album