2022 – Page 218 – Americana UK

Black Deer Video: The Orange Circus Band “Flame in Your Heart”

June 14, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

It’s day two of our Black Deer week and if ever there was a band made for the British festival summer, it’s The Orange Circus Band. As if to reinforce those festival credentials, the video for […]

Dr John “Sleeping Dogs Best Left Alone” – Great sounds from great man’s last album

June 13, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Another song from the late and much lamented Dr John (one of the few of whom it can be truly said “there’ll never be another one like him”), taken from the last studio album he completed […]

Live Review: VanWyck, Meervaart Theater, Amsterdam, May 22, 2022

June 13, 2022 Brian Hancill 1

The scene is a small theatre by a large lake in the southwestern suburbs of Amsterdam. A local singer-songwriter is playing her new album with a three-piece band. The album has been well reviewed – 10 […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Lincoln le Fevre “Hope & Crown”

June 13, 2022 Paul Gibson 0

Last time on Chain Gang, Alasdair Fotheringham left us with “Forgotten Coast” by the excellent James McMurtry. “Forgotten Coast” was a standout track on 2015’s “Complicated Game”, which was succeeded last year by McMurtry’s most recent […]

Jason McNiff “Tonight We Ride”

June 13, 2022 Peter Churchill 0

Album of covers from talented guitar folkie. In 2018 Jason McNiff relocated to Hastings where he quickly established his folk ‘Sundowner’ events, regular sessions hosted by the man featuring a range of guest acts. As Covid […]

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

Black Deer Video: The Orange Circus Band “Flame in Your Heart”

Dr John “Sleeping Dogs Best Left Alone” – Great sounds from great man’s last album

Live Review: VanWyck, Meervaart Theater, Amsterdam, May 22, 2022

AUK’s Chain Gang: Lincoln le Fevre “Hope & Crown”

Jason McNiff “Tonight We Ride”

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