2022 – Page 210 – Americana UK

Ben Harper “We Need To Talk About It” – it’s past time to do so

June 20, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Taken from his new album ‘Bloodline Maintenance‘, due via his new deal with Chrysalis Records on Friday, July 22nd, Ben Harper cuts through with a new style on a song that speaks directly about an issue […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Mary Gauthier “I Drink”

June 20, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

Following Paul Gibson’s excellent choice last week, of Lincoln Le Fevre’s ‘Hope & Crown’, it seems only right that the next link in this chain is a song about drinking. So, I took a slow look […]

Above The Bit “Above The Bit”

June 20, 2022 Paul Russell 0

Fascinating Australian debut from duo with twelve dark historic stories. Any country’s history, often tragic and bleak, has often been the inspiration for great music and this is a really interesting debut from Australian duo Nigel […]

Live Review: Madison Violet, Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 10th June 2022

June 20, 2022 Graeme Tait 0

Madison Violet arrived for their first visit to Lincolnshire’s premier Americana venue, the Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey, right in the middle of their current UK tour which had started at the Shetland Festival and will […]

Artwork for The Damn Quails album "Clouding Up Your City"

The Damn Quails “Clouding Up Your City”

June 20, 2022 Ian Kennedy 0

New album from reunited ‘Okie’-folk band, built on live touring. Only the third album from The Damn Quails in over twenty years, but it benefits from the lessons learnt, and scars gathered, along the way. The band’s […]

Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”

July 3, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. If you’re an AUK supporter your new playlist will be with you at 5pm tonight. Don’t forget about our 25 year anniversary event in November which takes place […]

Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026

July 3, 2026 0

Performances don’t get much more intimate when less than 50 people are in the front space of a record shop and the artist is playing unamplified, less than five feet away. In the autumn of 2025, […]

Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”

July 3, 2026 0

Americana royalty teams up with a cracking Texas band to produce a varied and highly enjoyable mix of country, soul and stomp. Ryan Bingham is a comparatively rare example of an americana artist who has broken […]

Year: 2022

Ben Harper “We Need To Talk About It” – it’s past time to do so

AUK’s Chain Gang: Mary Gauthier “I Drink”

Above The Bit “Above The Bit”

Live Review: Madison Violet, Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 10th June 2022

The Damn Quails “Clouding Up Your City”

Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”

Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026

Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”

Americana Stories – Simon Lamont “Americana”

Our new supporters playlist is out later today – win a vinyl copy of Ashley McBryde’s new album