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Whatever Happened to…The Balham Alligators

November 15, 2021 Rick Bayles 11
Whenever British-made Americana music is discussed you can, pretty much, assume that, sooner or later, the name Geraint Watkins will come up. Born in the village of Abertridwr, South Wales in 1951 the multi-instrumentalist would go […]
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Album Reviews

Frank Richard “Rough Enough”

November 15, 2021 Alasdair Fotheringham 2
Long overdue addition to top-grade Americana, but well worth the wait. When a US singer-songwriter with enough mileage on his clock to have been arrested at an anti-Vietnam demonstration and received his first guitar lesson from […]
News

Rising star Lady Nade announces ‘Willing’ tour

November 15, 2021 Emily Dongray 0
Close to a year after her AMAUK award nomination, Lady Nade is taking ‘Willing‘ on the road to a wider audience. The album, which we reviewed here, made waves all summer. The album is her third, […]
AUK's Chain Gang

AUK’s Chain Gang: Lucinda Williams “Right In Time”

November 15, 2021 Peter Tomkins 0
Let’s counterbalance pain with pleasure. Americana UK’s Chain Gang seems to have disappeared down a rabbit hole of drug addiction and pain, so I have attempted to pull it right out and place it back on […]
Album Reviews

Various Artists “Highway Butterfly: The Songs Of Neal Casal”

November 15, 2021 Paul Kerr 0
A wonderful and lovingly compiled tribute to the late Neal Casal. Neal Casal’s death, by his own hand, in 2019, reverberated throughout the musical community which Americana UK inhabits. Never a household name, never lauded with […]

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Levi Foster “Appalachian Funk Tree”

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Margo Cilker “Molly & Me” – and the devil’s right hand

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Video: Bird “The Lady Who Reads The Cards” – a strange but beautiful spiritual encounter

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Sarah McQuaid takes to the road again in the UK in November

September 23, 2026 0
With her new recording and rehearsal studio nearing completion, Sarah McQuaid is once again heading out on the road, this time for a 9-week, 36-show coast-to-coast US tour beginning on the 11th of September, and a […]
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Album Reviews

Levi Foster “Appalachian Funk Tree”

September 23, 2026 0
Levi Foster takes his yarn-spinning country tunes to the heart of Hollywood. After two EPs and the success of his critically-acclaimed first album, We Made Fire, the Nashville-based singer-songwriter who draws his inspiration from the likes […]
Tracks

Margo Cilker “Molly & Me” – and the devil’s right hand

September 23, 2026 0
Molly & Me is the latest single from the upcoming album from Margo Cilker, Little White Cross, which is out on October 9th via Fossil Records. Molly & Me starts out as a story about a teenage friendship […]

  • Sarah McQuaid takes to the road again in the UK in November
  • Levi Foster “Appalachian Funk Tree”
  • Margo Cilker “Molly & Me” – and the devil’s right hand
  • Video: Bird “The Lady Who Reads The Cards” – a strange but beautiful spiritual encounter
  • Mary Gauthier “Reckoning”
  • Sylvie finally make a full length debut which arrives in November
  • More People Really Should Know About: Carey Ott
  • Dave Sutherland “Just Like a Black and White Film”
  • Lisa LeBlanc announces a new album and 2027 UK dates
  • Dogwood Tales “Every Star in Rockingham County”
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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. […]

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Introducing ‘Readers’ Picks’ – a new feature where readers choose the music

April 26, 2021 0
We want your suggestions for great tracks, video clips, hidden gems or personal favourites. ‘Readers’ Picks’ invites you to send us your suggestions for a piece of music that you love and that you think others […]
Tracks

Track premiere: Paul Tabachneck “New America” – Listen

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Brooklyn singer songwriter Paul Tabachneck has been writing in his own words “relationshippy” music for a while now, but world events have turned his head to another subject.  He told us: “One reason I always gave short […]
Live Reviews

Sunny Ozell, The Islington, London, 4th September 2019

September 13, 2019 0
After various forays to the UK, Ms. Ozell is currently undertaking a short tour, this time as the headliner, with a full band in tow, ahead of the launch of her new album, ‘Overnight Lows’, due […]

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