2021 – Page 392 – Americana UK

Interview: Passenger on writing in lockdown, his new album and how 2020 changed him

January 7, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

Not content with headlining Black Deer 2018 and having a number one album on the UK americana charts in the same year, Passenger aka Mike Rosenberg also has the 24th most viewed YouTube video of all […]

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Peter Tomkins

January 7, 2021 Clint West 1

A happy new year to everyone as we head into the home straight with our quest to identify the top 10 americana albums ever. Only a handful of writers remain to offer their suggestions before we […]

No Coward Soul “The Boondox”

January 7, 2021 Jim Finnie 2

A fine sophomore album that simply gets better with repeated plays It’s not often that a London based Americana outfit release an album that is full of tales from the more remote parts of Alaska, but […]

Forgotten Artists – The Notting Hillbillies

January 7, 2021 Rick Bayles 0

It’s another FORGOTTEN ARTISTS article but one that might make a few more people sit up and take notice, because this band, of course, features something of a national musical treasure in the form of guitarist […]

Martin Farrell Jr. “Coffee And Laundry”

January 7, 2021 Alan Fitter 0

Self-produced album could have done with a producer ‘Coffee and Laundry’ is as the American’s say, Martin Farrell Jr’s sophomore (as the English say, second) album. Farrell has not only written all the songs and produced […]

Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music

September 21, 2026 4

If a music writer opens ten press releases this month, they’ll spot something odd. They all sound like the same person wrote them. Not because the artists share a publicist, or because there’s a house style […]

Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”

September 21, 2026 0

A cycle of Appalachian folk songs from writer and activist Si Kahn, subtitled Songs for Strong Kentucky Women The subtitle for this album is “Si Kahn’s Songs for Strong Kentucky Women”. Si Kahn is one of […]

Ad for American Beauty album 5th December 1970

For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”