2021 – Page 233 – Americana UK

Video Premiere: Becky Kapell “Is Your Love Gone?”

June 8, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

When Becky Kapell’s father made a passing comment, it sparked in her imagination a tale of love slipping away and all of the vulnerability, uncertainty and jealousy that those fading feelings bring. His words, “I found […]

Interview: Shannon McNally on why Waylon’s legacy needed a refresh

June 7, 2021 Martin Johnson 0

Why Waylon is funky and deserves to be appreciated by 30 year old girls and the pleasure of working with Terry Allen New York born Shannon McNally has had a 20-year career in roots American music […]

Joana Serrat “Hardcore from the Heart”

June 7, 2021 Peter Tomkins 0

Dense, personal and strangely anthemic fifth album from Catalonian singer. ‘Hardcore From The Heart‘ is an album steeped in contradictions. Joana Serrat writes beautifully fragile and diaphanous songs then surrounds them in arrangements of muscular force […]

Rickie Lee Jones Last Chance Texaco book cover

Book Review – Rickie Lee Jones “Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubadour”

June 7, 2021 Paul Kerr 0

An engaging account of a troubled kid whose dreams kind of came true. Despite her numerous albums and two Grammys, Rickie Lee Jones is remembered by many in the main for her brief relationship with Tom […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Eddie Reader “Dram Behind the Curtain”

June 7, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

Last week Jon Aird managed to link the concept of stars with Flatt & Scruggs’ song ‘Iron Curtain‘ – this week it was either Iron Maiden or Eminem’s ‘Curtain Call’ album but since even our own […]

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

Video Premiere: Becky Kapell “Is Your Love Gone?”

Interview: Shannon McNally on why Waylon’s legacy needed a refresh

Joana Serrat “Hardcore from the Heart”

Book Review – Rickie Lee Jones “Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubadour”

AUK’s Chain Gang: Eddie Reader “Dram Behind the Curtain”

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