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Video Premiere: John Salaway “Letting Go is the Hardest Part”

June 15, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0
It’s fabulous watching multi-instrumentalist John Salaway take on every role in the band in his new video for ‘Letting Go is the Hardest Part’.  With effortless-looking performances on guitar, piano and drums, Salaway showcases his many […]
Tracks

Son Volt feat. Laura Cantrell “Diamonds and Cigarettes” – Listen

June 14, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0
Son Volt recently announced the July 30th release of their tenth studio album ‘Electro Melodier’, and over the weekend they’ve released a lyric video for the track ‘Diamond and Cigarettes’ which in lovingly paying homage to […]
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Features

AUK’s Chain Gang: Dàimh “The Rough Bounds”

June 14, 2021 Alasdair Fotheringham 0
The connection here is as much about the music as it is the places where they were made as it is (sort of) the Scotch whisky. The writer of last week’s AUK Chain Gang song, ‘Dram […]
Album Reviews

Ted Russell Kamp “Solitaire”

June 14, 2021 Emily Dongray 0
Thirteenth time lucky: Ted Russell Kamp plays an ace. As detailed before by Americana UK, Ted Russell Kamp has a long career as a session bass player. Kamp has played on six albums by artists that […]
News

Walter Parks readies new album release

June 14, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
Whether you know him as Richie Havens’ long-time sideman – Walter Parks held that role for a decade – or as the irreverent purveyor of swamp-rock in his own band Swamp Cabbage, the one thing that […]

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Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

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Album cover artwork for Leeroy Stagger "Pilgrimage"

Leeroy Stagger “Pilgrimage”

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May 26, 2026 0

For the Sake of the Song: Sheryl Crow “Chances Are”

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Anniversary Cheers: The Handsome Family “Singing Bones”

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Preview: Gate To Southwell Festival 2026 in July features The Proclaimers and Richard Thompson

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Interviews

Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

May 26, 2026 3
Chicago-born and LA-based singer-songwriter Truman Sinclair will be a new name to many AUK readers, although the more observant of you will have noticed his song Joel Roberts topped my top tracks of 2025 list published […]
Album cover artwork for Leeroy Stagger "Pilgrimage"
Album Reviews

Leeroy Stagger “Pilgrimage”

May 26, 2026 0
A memorable change in direction in this celebration of rural Celtic communities. Leeroy Stagger, born and raised in rural Vancouver Island before moving to southern Alberta, is a prolific artist. Pilgrimage is his thirteenth studio album, […]
Features

For the Sake of the Song: Sheryl Crow “Chances Are”

May 26, 2026 1
This song is on Sheryl Crow’s Wildflower album, released in 2005 to lukewarm critical response. It was a low-key collection of songs – no All I Wanna Do or Soak Up the Sun among them – […]

  • Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”
  • Leeroy Stagger “Pilgrimage”
  • For the Sake of the Song: Sheryl Crow “Chances Are”
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  • Preview: Gate To Southwell Festival 2026 in July features The Proclaimers and Richard Thompson
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Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

May 26, 2026 3
Chicago-born and LA-based singer-songwriter Truman Sinclair will be a new name to many AUK readers, although the more observant of you will have noticed his song Joel Roberts topped my top tracks of 2025 list published […]
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Interviews

Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

May 20, 2026 0
There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

May 19, 2026 2
Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]

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Throughout this challenging year, Americana-UK has posted occasional ‘mini-gigs’ to connect artists with their audiences.  At a time when attending live music events was out of the question for many, these little shows, from artists’ living […]
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Jon Boden is of course a significant figure in the English folk scene – Spiers & Boden set a new benchmark for duo’s to meet, Bellowhead became a major label crossover band, and his legendary Folk […]
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Michael Chapman “True North” (Paradise Of Bachelors, 2019)

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In 1970 British folk legend Michael Chapman released his second album, ‘Fully Qualified Survivor’. Nearly half a century and almost as many albums later no better phrase could describe him. Now 78 and still on the […]

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