2020 – Page 156 – Americana UK

Terra Lightfoot “Paper Thin Walls” – Listen

August 17, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

‘Paper Thin Walls’ is the new single from Terra Lightfoot’s upcoming studio album ‘Consider the Speed’ which will hit the streets on October 16th, on Sonic Unyon Records. It’s the first new studio recordings from Lightfoot […]

Video Premiere: Billy Raffoul “What Makes a Man”

August 17, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Here is the video premiere of the excellent new single from Billy Raffoul. He launches immediately into a harmonica blast and a forceful acoustic strum for this plea against systemic racism, “You should have gotten three […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Ola Belle Reed “High on a Mountain”

August 17, 2020 Tim Newby 2

Sometimes that which connects us musically can be described as loose at best. This week’s instalment in Chain Gang, while a tenuous connection to last week’s ‘Wreck on the Highway’ by Roy Acuff, instead reveals a […]

Little Sparta “Lost Boat Party EP” (Grey Gallery Records, 2020)

August 17, 2020 Sean Hannam 0

British alt-folk trio Little Sparta have reunited with Sally Timms, the Chicago-based singer from post-punk outfit The Mekons, for this four-track EP. The first time they collaborated was on the ‘Best Intentions’ single, in 2008, although […]

Track Premiere: VanWyck “Your Favourite Tune”

August 17, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Today’s song premiere comes from Amsterdam, with VanWyck’s first single from her upcoming album ‘God is in the Detour‘. It is an album that has come to be through the pandemic, with the time to pull […]

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

Terra Lightfoot “Paper Thin Walls” – Listen

Video Premiere: Billy Raffoul “What Makes a Man”

AUK’s Chain Gang: Ola Belle Reed “High on a Mountain”

Little Sparta “Lost Boat Party EP” (Grey Gallery Records, 2020)

Track Premiere: VanWyck “Your Favourite Tune”

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