Americana UK

  • News
  • Reviews
    • Album Reviews
    • Live Reviews
    • Book Reviews
  • Features
    • Archive
      • Americana Bedrock
      • Americana Roots
      • AmericanA to Z
      • A Night to Remember
      • Dirty Dozens
      • Home Life
      • I Write the Songs
      • Lost Albums
      • Political Pops
      • Shuffle
      • Small Venue Heroes
      • Studio Life
      • The Other Side of Me
      • The Twang Factor
      • Top 10 Americana Albums Ever
      • Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century
      • Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists
      • Unsung Heroes
      • Van Life
      • Whatever Happened To…
      • What Should I Do…
      • WITATA
    • Anniversary Cheers
    • AUK Mini-Gigs
    • Can’t Live with it, Can’t Live without it
    • Classic Americana Albums
    • Classic Clips
    • Essentials
    • For The Sake Of The Song
    • More People Really Should Know About
    • Obituaries
    • Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time
    • VERSIONS
  • Interviews
  • Videos
  • Tracks
  • Columns
    • Sounds from the Shed
    • Vox Continental
  • Podcast
  • Forum
  • Info
    • Contact Us!
    • Review submission FAQ
    • Support Americana UK
    • Want to write for Americana UK?
    • Daily Digest Sign-Up
    • Advertise on Americana UK
    • Privacy Policy
Our latest posts
  • [ February 13, 2026 ] Something for the weekend: Charley Crockett “Kentucky Too Long” Videos
  • [ February 13, 2026 ] Sky Smeed “Live at Rock House” Album Reviews
  • [ February 13, 2026 ] Love – is it all there is? Tracks
  • [ February 13, 2026 ] Classic Clips: Tom Russell “The Last Time I Saw Hank” – Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City, 16th September 2017 Classic Clips
  • [ February 13, 2026 ] Book Review: Jay Nachman with Graham Parker and The Rumour “Graham Parker’s Howlin’ Wind” Book Reviews
Home2020

Year: 2020

Videos

Video: Larkin Poe “She’s a Self Made Man”

April 7, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Aggressive, bluesy and featuring fabulous guitar work, here is the latest video from Larkin Poe.  This is the first release from their forthcoming album, which is due out on 12th June.  The album, ‘Self Made Man’, […]

Features

10 Fountains of Wayne songs with an americana vibe

April 6, 2020 Mark Whitfield 8

Whenever I would tell someone that Fountains of Wayne were my favourite band, it would often be a met by a kind of bemused look, mainly because of that song. But as is often the case […]

AUK Mini-Gigs

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Jeff Karoub

April 6, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

It’s been great to see how artists of all genres have responded to these strange times with live streams, house concerts and collaborations over the internet.  Here at AUK, we have been regularly publishing ‘mini-gigs’ from […]

Tracks

Brian Fallon “Horses” – Listen

April 6, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

‘Horses‘ is a single taken from Brian Fallon’s new album ‘Local Honey‘ which was released a week ago on Lesser Known Records and Thirty Tigers.  It sees the New Jersey-based singer-songwriter in an optimistic mood “we […]

Album Reviews

Seth Anderson “We Could Be” (Snappy Little Numbers, 2020)

April 6, 2020 Gordon Sharpe 0

When you looked at the picture on the front of this album it makes you recall that there was a time when the cover art of a vinyl album could be attractive or distinctive enough to […]

Posts pagination

« 1 … 315 316 317 … 435 »

Donate to Americana UK

If you enjoy what you're reading and don't want to support us on a monthly basis, you can help us keep this site free from looking like one of those awful REACH sites by making a one off donation towards our running costs. We all do this in our spare time! THANK YOU.

Recent Forum Posts

  • RE: New Sturgill, oops, new Johnny Blues Skies I mean

    Loved his last album, find his other stuff bland

    By Andy Short , 9 hours ago

  • RE: What are you watching at the moment?

    Binge-watched Small Prophets and loved it. I'm generall...

    By Viv Fish , 11 hours ago

  • RE: What are you watching at the moment?

    I came to the Detectorists a bit late, but have watched...

    By Martin Johnson , 15 hours ago

  • RE: New Sturgill, oops, new Johnny Blues Skies I mean

    Love and hate is good I think, Paul. Much better than a...

    By Martin Johnson , 16 hours ago

  • Joe Nathan

    RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Various Artists - Strum & Thrum: The American Jangl...

    By Joe Nathan , 21 hours ago

  • Joe Nathan

    RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    The Smithereens - Especially For You

    By Joe Nathan , 1 day ago

  • Joe Nathan

    RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    The Del Fuegos - The Longest Day

    By Joe Nathan , 1 day ago

  • RE: What are you watching at the moment?

    Small Prophets, binge watch heaven. Who knew DUY shops ...

    By Andy Short , 2 days ago

  • RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Bloodshot Records - Pro live and anti love playlist for...

    By Andy Short , 2 days ago

our latest posts

Something for the weekend: Charley Crockett “Kentucky Too Long”

Videos
February 13, 2026 1

Sky Smeed “Live at Rock House”

Album Reviews
February 13, 2026 0

Love – is it all there is?

Tracks
February 13, 2026 0

Classic Clips: Tom Russell “The Last Time I Saw Hank” – Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City, 16th September 2017

Classic Clips
February 13, 2026 1

Book Review: Jay Nachman with Graham Parker and The Rumour “Graham Parker’s Howlin’ Wind”

Book Reviews
February 13, 2026 0

  • Something for the weekend: Charley Crockett “Kentucky Too Long”
  • Sky Smeed “Live at Rock House”
  • Love – is it all there is?
  • Classic Clips: Tom Russell “The Last Time I Saw Hank” – Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City, 16th September 2017
  • Book Review: Jay Nachman with Graham Parker and The Rumour “Graham Parker’s Howlin’ Wind”
  • Preview: Blues guitarist extraordinaire Samantha Fish heads to UK for dates
  • The latest AUK Podcast now live featuring not one but two interviews!
  • Track Premiere: Eric Brandt “Size Of Diamonds”
  • Video Premiere: Zoe FitzGerald Carter “Lying Voices” – the consequences of all that endless lying
  • Top Ten Americana Songs Of All Time: Keith Hargreaves
Billy Bragg Bob Dylan Bruce Springsteen Chuck Prophet Courtney Marie Andrews Dean Owens Drive By Truckers Emmylou Harris Jason Isbell Johnny Cash John Prine Lucinda Williams Margo Price Neil Young Peter Bruntnell Robert Vincent Ryan Adams Steve Earle Sturgill Simpson The Band The Byrds The Delines Tom Petty Wilco Willie Nelson
  • Mark Whitfield: Thanks for raising this Thomas, we do take this kind of thing seriously - you will see from most of…
  • Kenny: How's Tom doing? Heard he's been unwell.
  • Thomas Stephens: I'm no DEI fanatic by not having not one woman on the list is absurd? Where is Loretta Lynn, Lucinda…

Latest interviews

Interviews

Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

February 12, 2026 1

If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

Behind the Songs

Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

February 10, 2026 0

From the first, rhythmically strummed notes of Blue Mind, Tess Liautaud, the Ōtautahi-based Franco-American singer-songwriter who has immersed herself among the characters on the New Zealand roots music scene, creates a lush, twangy, rock and country-soul […]

Interviews

Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains

February 9, 2026 0

Jonathan Bernstein did not set out to sanctify Justin Townes Earle, nor to reduce him to a cautionary tale. With What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, Bernstein instead accomplishes something far more difficult: he restores dimensionality […]

You may have missed…

Previews

Preview: Daniel Antopolsky

June 18, 2019 0

Fifty years ago, Daniel Antopolsky found himself stranded in a motel with his good friend Townes Van Zandt. They each took the opportunity to write a song. That day, Van Zandt’s effort was ‘Pancho and Lefty’. […]

Live Reviews

Live Review: Jason Isbell, Union Chapel, London – 28th January 2024

January 30, 2024 13

In town for a bit of promotion and to attend the AMAUK awards,  Jason Isbell arrived at The Union Chapel surfing a very high wave of admiration and affection from his British audience. The queue was […]

Album Reviews

Paul Kelly “Christmas Train”

December 8, 2021 2

Australian Paul Kelly has recorded a view of Christmas for the world. The Christmas Album has a very mixed reputation in the UK, but in America, it is much more part of the cultural annual cycle, […]

© Americana UK 2025, a website based in the People's Republic of Liverpool