2021 – Page 323 – Americana UK

Cameron Knowler & Eli Winter “Parapraxis of a Dragonfly” – Listen

March 17, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

What, Wednesday afternoon again? And we know you’re thinking the same as us: “Man, I could do with something to just soothe this mid-week moment away to some kind of blissful coda.” Right. So what we […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 10

March 17, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 0

So we’re back and the kids are alright. The beauty of teaching teenagers is their innate ability to appear completely indifferent to giving a tuppenny toss about anything other than their tiny world view. So as […]

Album cover for Willie Nelson's That's Life

Willie Nelson “That’s Life”

March 17, 2021 Kimberly Bright 0

Nelson’s second Sinatra tribute is affectionate and authentic. ‘That’s Life’ is Willie Nelson’s second Frank Sinatra tribute album, following up on ‘My Way’ from 2018. The cover art is an atmospheric take on Sinatra’s moody 1955 […]

Classic Americana Albums: The Blasters “The Blasters”

March 17, 2021 Guy Lincoln 12

Today’s ‘classic album’ is ‘The Blasters‘ by The Blasters, a beacon of American music and a record that is as perfect an encapsulation of the collision between punk and roots as it is possible to imagine. […]

New Joana Serrat due June

March 17, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

Listen to the first single ‘Pictures’ from it below. Catalan singer-songwriter Joana Serrat has announced the release new album ‘Hardcore From The Heart’, which lands on June 11th via Loose Music. Serrat’s fifth album is the […]

Video Premiere: Elli de Mon “Strange Fruit”

September 24, 2026 0

Here is the latest single from Italian singer-songwriter, one-woman band, and writer Elli de Mon. Timeless and cinematic, Strange Fruit is deeply haunting and beautifully unsettling. The focus is entirely on de Mon’s impressive, resonant voice, […]

Promo photo for Jack Barksdale EP "Battleground"

AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – September 2026

September 23, 2026 1

It’s September already, and with it the first signs of Autumn’s “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”, inviting us to bid a fond farewell to another year of outdoor festivals culminating in last weekend’s ‘Long Road’ at […]

Artwork for Lisa Bouchelle album "Vandals Thieves and Lovers"

Lisa Bouchelle “Vandals, Thieves and Lovers”

September 23, 2026 0

Classy vocals from Lisa Bouchelle are front and centre of a fine country soul collection, featuring Amanda Shires, with some unexpected twists. It’s always a pleasure as a reviewer to discover a new top vocalist – […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]

Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1

As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0

Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

For The Sake Of The Song

For the Sake of the Song: Hard Working Americans “Stomp and Holler”

September 4, 2025 0

News from the Neal Casal Foundation back in June and the couple of tracks our editor chose over the summer got me reminiscing once again back to 2014, when Casal, as a founding member of the […]

Videos

Video: Tom Russell “Rio Grande”

June 30, 2017 1

From his new album, Play One More -The Songs Of Ian and Sylvia, out now, comes this fine cover of their classic, originally released in 1969 on the Great Speckled Bird album.

Tracks

Elexa Dawson “Mother” – Listen

November 23, 2021 0

Elexa Dawson is a singer from the Flint Hills of Kansas, and ‘Mother‘ is her new single taken from her 2019 album ‘Music is Medicine‘. It’s a song that is inspired, she explains, “by the earth […]

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