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Month: August 2022

Live Reviews

Live review: Rachael Sage + Fiona Harte – Green Note, Camden, London 17th August 2022

August 26, 2022 David Chalfen 0
With a back catalogue of  14 albums spanning across almost three decades, tonight’s act has no shortage of material and whilst her own press release labels her as alternative pop, to this reviewer’s ears her oeuvre […]
Book Reviews

Paperback Riders – Robert Palmer “Deep Blues”

August 26, 2022 Tim Martin 0
Having read the brilliant review of Mat Callahan’s ‘Songs of Slavery and Emancipation’ from Rick Bayles and Paul Kerr recently, it seemed like a good idea to look at one of the most vivid pictures of […]
News

Matt Owens announces third solo album, begins UK tour

August 26, 2022 Emily Dongray 0
Having kicked off the summer at his curated stages at Glastonbury and Americana Fest in Bath, singer-songwriter Matt Owens and his band The Delusional Vanity Project have announced the “Pretending That Nothing Has Changed At All” […]
Tracks

Track Premiere: Jeremy Nail “Behind The Headlights”

August 26, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
Americana UK are proud to share the title track of Jeremy Nail’s new – and fifth –  album, which is released today.  It sees the Austin based musician moving forward in the topics he wants to […]
Videos

Video: John Prine “Summer’s End”

August 26, 2022 Andrew Frolish 2
As the summer holidays draw to a close, ‘retro Friday’ takes us back – not too far – to John Prine’s instant classic ‘Summer’s End’.  John Prine needs no introduction to AUK readers and this song, […]

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Video: Alela Diane “Dusty Roses” (Attic Live Session)

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Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

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Album cover artwork for Leeroy Stagger "Pilgrimage"

Leeroy Stagger “Pilgrimage”

Album Reviews
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For the Sake of the Song: Sheryl Crow “Chances Are”

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Anniversary Cheers: The Handsome Family “Singing Bones”

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Video: Alela Diane “Dusty Roses” (Attic Live Session)

May 27, 2026 0
Dusty Roses is the latest single from Portland-based folk artist Alela Diane. The artfully-shot video was recorded in the attic of Diane’s Victorian home, built in 1892, and features co-producer Sam Weber (Madison Cunningham, Anna Tivel) […]
Interviews

Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

May 26, 2026 3
Chicago-born and LA-based singer-songwriter Truman Sinclair will be a new name to many AUK readers, although the more observant of you will have noticed his song Joel Roberts topped my top tracks of 2025 list published […]
Album cover artwork for Leeroy Stagger "Pilgrimage"
Album Reviews

Leeroy Stagger “Pilgrimage”

May 26, 2026 0
A memorable change in direction in this celebration of rural Celtic communities. Leeroy Stagger, born and raised in rural Vancouver Island before moving to southern Alberta, is a prolific artist. Pilgrimage is his thirteenth studio album, […]

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  • Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”
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  • For the Sake of the Song: Sheryl Crow “Chances Are”
  • Anniversary Cheers: The Handsome Family “Singing Bones”
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Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

May 26, 2026 3
Chicago-born and LA-based singer-songwriter Truman Sinclair will be a new name to many AUK readers, although the more observant of you will have noticed his song Joel Roberts topped my top tracks of 2025 list published […]
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Interviews

Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

May 20, 2026 0
There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]
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Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

May 19, 2026 2
Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]

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Track Premiere – Smith Allen “Pouring Rain”

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If you like your music drenched in pedal steel and with a singer with a warm vocal, then you’re going to like Smith Allen.  If you like your backup vocals performed by Miranda Lee Richards then […]
Album Reviews

Sergio Beercock “Wollow” (800A Records, 2017)

June 26, 2017 0
Sergio Beercock is a man with an eclectic background. Born to a Sicilian mother and an English father, in Kingston Upon Hull, he now lives in Sicily, where he produces his music while also writing for […]
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Charlie Parr announces UK dates for 2022

October 25, 2021 0
With his critically acclaimed new album ‘Last of the Better Days Ahead’ now available on LP as well as CD and digital formats, US folk legend Charlie Parr has announced a 2022 European Tour, including an […]

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