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Videos

Video premiere: High Coast “Troubles and Lies”

March 26, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

We’ve featured High Coast before here on AUK, so it’s a pleasure to premiere their new video on Americana UK today – a good Friday even if it’s not Good Friday. High Coast in its various […]

Americana Roots

Americana Roots: George Jackson

March 26, 2021 Tim Newby 0

Americana Roots highlights the freshest and most original Americana and bluegrass from across the pond in the US.  It covers everything from brand-new, just out of the box bands, to cult favourites, to established acts who […]

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Album Reviews

The Armadillo Paradox “Out of Gas in Oil Country”

March 26, 2021 Sean Hannam 1

Clever, wry and often annoying country-indie-folk-pop from Austin, Texas – like Barenaked Ladies gone bluegrass. In an unexpected and unlikely collaboration, bluegrass artist Sol Chase and former hip-hop artist/storyteller Jared Huskey have joined forces and made […]

Columns

Cajun Corner – Book Review: Ann Allen Savoy “Cajun Music: A Reflection of a People”

March 26, 2021 Rick Bayles 1

Following the interest that my recent lists of Cajun, Zydeco and Swamp Pop/Rock tracks brought we’re launching a new, occasional series to focus on the music of the Louisiana bayous. What better way to launch this […]

Tracks

Keb Mo’ & Old Crow Medicine Show “Medicine Man” – Listen

March 26, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Keb Mo’ and Old Crow Medicine Show crack that difficult “end of the pandemic” vibe on this new song.  See, as they are quick to point out “we’re all just waiting on the medicine, man”.  ‘Cos, […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

February 12, 2026 0

If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

Behind the Songs

Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

February 10, 2026 0

From the first, rhythmically strummed notes of Blue Mind, Tess Liautaud, the Ōtautahi-based Franco-American singer-songwriter who has immersed herself among the characters on the New Zealand roots music scene, creates a lush, twangy, rock and country-soul […]

Interviews

Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains

February 9, 2026 0

Jonathan Bernstein did not set out to sanctify Justin Townes Earle, nor to reduce him to a cautionary tale. With What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, Bernstein instead accomplishes something far more difficult: he restores dimensionality […]

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Tracks

Track Premiere: Barrel Flash “Between The Lines”

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We’re starting a new year of Tracks with a premiere from Barrel Flash who are a Minneapolis/St. Paul-based trio consisting of Julia Brown on vocals and piano, Ross Johnson on vocals, acoustic/electric guitar, harmonica and Priscilla […]

Reviews

Bluegrass Briefs –The Cleverlys, Nora Brown, Andy Lowe, East Nash Grass, Buster Sledge, Jim Lauderdale

October 2, 2023 0

The best Americana albums are often a blend of a variety of roots music styles, and sometimes draw in influences from well beyond our little corner of the musical forest. And Bluegrass as we’ve seen in […]

Live Reviews

Live Review: Karen Jonas, Newbald Village Hall, North Newbald, Yorkshire, 6th October 2024

October 17, 2024 0

With the ongoing roadworks on the A63, I chose to take the scenic route to this evening’s venue, taking in the beautiful undulating landscape of East Yorkshire, with dusk’s fading embers spreading a pale light as […]

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