July 2021 – Page 2 – Americana UK

Trippers & Askers “Acorn”

July 30, 2021 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

Trippers & Askers comes up with a brilliant Americana/Spiritual Jazz combo that should certainly end up on the best of the year lists. We’ve seen/heard so many things incorporated into Americana. Some work perfectly, some flop […]

Hayes Carll returns with new album “You Get It All”

July 30, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

Listen to the first song from the record below. Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Hayes Carll has announced the release of his new album ‘You Get It All’ which lands in the UK on October 29th. Produced by Kenny […]

Track Premiere: Slow Rosary “Evangeline”

July 30, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Ah, that’s neat – we’ve bookended the week with songs with the same title (go check Monday, ‘cos it’s true). Same title, but a very different sound – Slow Rosary have more of a modern folk […]

Video: Shred Kelly “Roman Candle Eyes”

July 30, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

One of the stand-out albums of 2020 was the upbeat ‘Like a Rising Sun’ from folk-rock Canadian group Shred Kelly. Now, we have a video to accompany the upbeat ‘Roman Candle Eyes’, which was one of […]

Interview: James McMurtry discusses new album The Horses and The Hounds

July 29, 2021 Alasdair Fotheringham 1

How being ‘Kings of Middle of Nowhere’ helped inspire his latest album. When the time finally comes that we can look back on the pandemic, musical historians may well note that it proved fertile terrain for […]

Josh Ritter is coming this way in January – Happy New Year!

September 25, 2026 0

One of AUK’s favourite singer-songwriters, who is also an artist and best-selling author, Josh Ritter, will tour the UK and Ireland early next year, following his last album, I Believe In You, My Honeydew. The tour […]

The latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Israel Nash and Sid Griffin

September 25, 2026 0

We’ve reached the half-century and celebrate with a deluxe double issue featuring some scintillating chat with two icons of the genre. Israel Nash talks about his reimagining of Sweetheart of the Rodeo and his songwriting process, […]

Leon III “Invisible Ink” – heating the lemon juice

September 25, 2026 0

Ah, the sweet delights of Candy Cigarettes, those thin white sticks of some sweet concoction with the realistic glow of red at the tip; all packaged away in what was rather like a matchbox and came […]

Month: July 2021

Trippers & Askers “Acorn”

Hayes Carll returns with new album “You Get It All”

Track Premiere: Slow Rosary “Evangeline”

Video: Shred Kelly “Roman Candle Eyes”

Interview: James McMurtry discusses new album The Horses and The Hounds

Josh Ritter is coming this way in January – Happy New Year!

The latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Israel Nash and Sid Griffin

Leon III “Invisible Ink” – heating the lemon juice

Video Premiere: The Cashville Trash Pandas “Worker’s Song (Handful of Earth)”

The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks