2021 – Americana UK

A very happy Christmas to all our readers

December 23, 2021 Mark Whitfield 1

Well that’s it for us for this year, which probably feels like a good thing to most of us! Despite the ominous feeling to, well, everything, music was the proverbial slimline tonic which got us through […]

Americana UK’s Readers’ Poll 2021 – the results!

December 23, 2021 Mark Whitfield 8

So here we go, drum roll, break a leg, etc. We have counted up all your votes and are now ready to announce the winners of this year’s Americana UK Readers Poll. It’s been a funny […]

Jingle Bells Thursday – here it is, Merry Christmas

December 23, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

And so this is Christmas – and what have we done? Well, “we’ve” put together another selection of seasonal ditties with a sort of kind of Americana-ish slant. Always a bitter sweet moment – somewhat akin […]

Mark Whitfield, AUK Editor: My top 10 tracks of 2021

December 23, 2021 Mark Whitfield 1

Every year in recent times I seem to listen to fewer and fewer whole albums – it’s often a time issue, as creating the monthly supporters’ compilations along with trawling through dozens of submissions every week […]

David Gideon “Lonesome Desert Strum”

December 23, 2021 Gordon Sharpe 0

A wide-ranging set of songs with its feet firmly in the past but plenty to offer a modern audience. David Gideon’s upcoming record, ‘Lonesome Desert Strum’, is due for release on January 28th – that’s 2022! He is described […]

Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music

September 21, 2026 4

If a music writer opens ten press releases this month, they’ll spot something odd. They all sound like the same person wrote them. Not because the artists share a publicist, or because there’s a house style […]

Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”

September 21, 2026 0

A cycle of Appalachian folk songs from writer and activist Si Kahn, subtitled Songs for Strong Kentucky Women The subtitle for this album is “Si Kahn’s Songs for Strong Kentucky Women”. Si Kahn is one of […]

Ad for American Beauty album 5th December 1970

For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”