2021 – Page 95 – Americana UK

Video: LOVE BY NUMB3RS “Colours”

October 4, 2021 Cam Fraser 0

Portland, Maine-based roots-rock exponents LOVE BY NUMB3RS brings together a collective wealth of experience to produce the exquisitely soulful ‘Colours‘. ‘Colours‘ is the title track from the upcoming EP from LOVE BY NUMB3RS and it powerfully […]

Artwork for Suzie Ungerleider album "My Name is Suzie Ungerleider"

Suzie Ungerleider “My Name is Suzie Ungerleider”

October 4, 2021 David Jarman 0

Artist formerly known as Oh Susanna produces fine set of self-penned songs in first release under her name. When Shakespeare wrote in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose/By any […]

Jason McNiff announces UK dates

October 4, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

One of our longtime favourites here at AUK (he won our album of the year back in 2003), UK based singer/songwriter Jason McNiff hits the road this Autumn in his first headlining UK tour – plus […]

Nathan Bell “Red, White and American Blues (It Couldn’t Happen Here)”

October 4, 2021 Helen Jones 0

An honest and well-written take on America is elevated by some outstanding featured artists. In 1935 American author Sinclair Lewis published a novel entitled ‘It Can’t Happen Here’ in which he described the rise of an […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: The Felice Brothers “Jazz On The Autobahn”

October 4, 2021 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

Our chain of americana has featured brothers’ bands on the last two occasions, so third time lucky as they say. Actually, who can form a tighter band than two (or more brothers)? Until the full brotherly […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Willie Nelson “Seven Spanish Angels”

August 10, 2026 1

Seven Spanish Angels is a song which encapsulates a full range of americana imagery – doomed love, defiance, outlaws, faith, mystery and death – all set in an undescribed location that calls up the settings for […]

Chris Pierce “Songs for the Heavy Hearted”

August 10, 2026 0

A moving, beautifully crafted collection of songs that refuses to surrender compassion in a fractured world. Chris Pierce has always possessed one of the finest voices in americana, capable of conveying tenderness, conviction and quiet resilience […]

Margo Cilker unveils her “Little White Cross” for October

August 10, 2026 0

Western folk singer-songwriter and AUK favourite Margo Cilker has announced her third album, Little White Cross, due out October 9 via Fossil Records, a label Cilker recently launched with fellow musician ISMAY. The upcoming 10-song set […]

Interviews

Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

August 7, 2026 0

At once nostalgic travelogue, introspective head-trip, and rootsy showcase, Madrid-born Juana Everett’s second album should be her breakthrough record. Past Lives in California swims headfirst through the murky waters of transit, both literal and metaphysical. Bring […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider

August 4, 2026 0

Nashville East resident Aaron Lee Tasjan has long been a favourite of Americana UK, and with 12 albums to his name, including his latest Get Over It, Underdog, and approaching 40, he is no longer the […]

Interviews

Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

July 29, 2026 0

American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]

Album Reviews

Liz Queler “Renascence”

March 19, 2021 0

An epic American poem set superbly to music. Someone once said that lyrics aren’t poems and poems aren’t lyrics – they’re completely different forms. But Liz Queler has gone against that and has set Edna St. […]

Album Reviews

Bess Atwell “Light Sleeper”

May 30, 2024 0

A high-quality release from Brighton-based singer-songwriter; these are beautiful songs, full of emotion. Bess Atwell is an extremely talented singer-songwriter from Brighton; on her third full-length release, ‘Light Sleeper‘, she elegantly covers a wide assortment of […]

Features

Whatever Happened to…The Duhks

April 20, 2021 2

It’s interesting what can kick you off thinking about a band you haven’t thought of in a long time. A few weeks ago, when I was writing about our intention to re-name the ‘Forgotten Artists’ series, […]

Year: 2021

Video: LOVE BY NUMB3RS “Colours”

Suzie Ungerleider “My Name is Suzie Ungerleider”

Jason McNiff announces UK dates

Nathan Bell “Red, White and American Blues (It Couldn’t Happen Here)”

AUK’s Chain Gang: The Felice Brothers “Jazz On The Autobahn”

For The Sake Of The Song: Willie Nelson “Seven Spanish Angels”

Chris Pierce “Songs for the Heavy Hearted”

Margo Cilker unveils her “Little White Cross” for October

Kacy Lee Anderson to release debut solo album

Lance Cowan “The Air That You Breathe”