2021 – Page 222 – Americana UK

Track Premiere: Chris J Norwood “I Need You (To Quit Breaking My Heart)”

June 17, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Taken from the upcoming album ‘I Am Not Cool‘ (out on State Fair Records on August 20th), this upbeat duet with Carrie Norwood finds the pair exchanging “Dear John” letters. It’s a sassy take on the […]

Video: Nathaniel Rateliff “Right On”

June 17, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

Here is the latest utterly absorbing live performance video from Nathaniel Rateliff. Originally recorded for Rateliff’s 2013 solo album ‘Falling Faster Than You Can Run’, ‘Right On’ is a foot-tapping live masterpiece. This version was performed […]

Classic Americana Albums: The Byrds “Ballad Of Easy Rider”

June 16, 2021 Martin Johnson 6

The Byrds’ place in the pantheon of rock greats is assured given their influence on folk rock, psychedelic rock and with ‘Sweetheart Of The Rodeo’ country rock and subsequently americana. However, this very brief summary ignores […]

Avett Brothers release first song from new musical – Listen

June 16, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

Rolling Stone have run a story about the new Avett Brothers musical, originally slated to debut in June 2020 called ‘Swept Away’ and they’ve now released a video for the title track from it which you […]

Dylan LeBlanc “Pastimes”

June 16, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Short collection of songs that mean something to Dylan LeBlanc – includes the “other Dylan” It has been a feature of the last year and a half that many musicians have released EPs and albums of cover […]

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

Track Premiere: Chris J Norwood “I Need You (To Quit Breaking My Heart)”

Video: Nathaniel Rateliff “Right On”

Classic Americana Albums: The Byrds “Ballad Of Easy Rider”

Avett Brothers release first song from new musical – Listen

Dylan LeBlanc “Pastimes”

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