News
AmericanaFest is (virtually) coming
We’re having a party ! Well, strictly speaking the Americana Music Association UK is having a party – but we’re going to be crashing in as much as we possibly can. It’s true that due to […]
Month: January 2021
Tracks
Sweetbreads “Wanderer” – Listen
Sweetbreads are a Brooklyn based band led by Melody Stolpp in collaboration with fellow musician Nick Watt with a rotating cast of support musicians. The line-up at present is completed by Owen Liza Winter on drums […]
Videos
Video: Kung Fu Hippies “Northwoods Boy”
Here is the first original single release of 2021 from the Minneapolis-based Kung Fu Hippies. Their homegrown brand of Americana rock is infectious, with a rhythmic acoustic strum and strong percussion and bass lines driving the […]
Features
AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Kimberly Bright
We’ve heard a lot about “light at the end of the tunnel” recently. For 20 years AUK has been vaccinating readers against the harmful effects of cheesy music by injecting a large dose of cool americana […]
VERSIONS
VERSIONS: “Pancho and Lefty”
Here we go again with another “VERSIONS” in which our writers accumulate, disseminate, articulate and are frequently late with their musings about songs and how they are presented. This time Rick Bayles (a man who knows […]