2021 – Page 215 – Americana UK

Left Vessel “Your Winter” – Organic music for heart and soul

June 23, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Organic music? Some kind of hippie crap? No – not at all, it’s the use of found natural sounds that are woven into delicate folk tunes to give an enhanced audio experience. That’s what Nick Byron […]

Video Premiere: Amy Speace “Father’s Day”

June 23, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

Last weekend, fathers everywhere were celebrated by their loved ones. But few tributes would have been as beautiful as this song from the wonderfully talented Amy Speace. ‘Father’s Day’ is delicately played, with the piano and […]

Interview: Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams on “It Was The Music”

June 22, 2021 Martin Johnson 0

How jams at the back of Bob Dylan’s tour bus and Levon Helm’s Barn helped a personal relationship become a musical one. ‘It Was The Music’ is a 10 episode documentary series by director Mark Moskowitz […]

A Night to Remember: Mojo Nixon and the Toadliquors at The Ritz Music Hall, Indianapolis, May 17th 1991

June 22, 2021 Kimberly Bright 0

Mojo Nixon and the Toadliquors were one of the last acts to play the former Arlington Theater in Indianapolis, by then called the Ritz Music Hall or The Ritz, in May 1991 before it closed down […]

Gawain And The Green Knight “Birds And Wine” – Is this lust that you’re feeling?

June 22, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Gawain and the Green Knight we have already established make some memorable psych-folk. There’s a dreaminess to some of their songs – but they also have a boastful side. Assuming that ‘Birds and Wine‘ isn’t actually […]

Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”

July 3, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. If you’re an AUK supporter your new playlist will be with you at 5pm tonight. Don’t forget about our 25 year anniversary event in November which takes place […]

Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026

July 3, 2026 0

Performances don’t get much more intimate when less than 50 people are in the front space of a record shop and the artist is playing unamplified, less than five feet away. In the autumn of 2025, […]

Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”

July 3, 2026 0

Americana royalty teams up with a cracking Texas band to produce a varied and highly enjoyable mix of country, soul and stomp. Ryan Bingham is a comparatively rare example of an americana artist who has broken […]

Year: 2021

Left Vessel “Your Winter” – Organic music for heart and soul

Video Premiere: Amy Speace “Father’s Day”

Interview: Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams on “It Was The Music”

A Night to Remember: Mojo Nixon and the Toadliquors at The Ritz Music Hall, Indianapolis, May 17th 1991

Gawain And The Green Knight “Birds And Wine” – Is this lust that you’re feeling?

Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”

Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026

Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”

Americana Stories – Simon Lamont “Americana”

Our new supporters playlist is out later today – win a vinyl copy of Ashley McBryde’s new album