2022 – Page 314 – Americana UK

Kate Rusby announces 30th-anniversary album and extensive tour

March 22, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Kate Rusby has announced her 30th-anniversary album ’30: Happy Returns‘ will be released on May 6th on Pure Records. Her 30-year career has seen Rusby release nineteen albums, net a Mercury Music Prize in 1999, and […]

Video Premiere: Janet Batch “Too Much for Me”

March 22, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

Janet Batch was raised on country radio and that classic country sound continues to inspire her. Her songs reflect this and they could easily have been released in the 1970s and 1980s in their tone and […]

Track Premiere: Roxi Copland “I Come From Crazy”

March 21, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Our second new song for the day comes from Roxi Copland who is refreshingly honest about herself, singing “if I’ve been drinking ain’t that much that I won’t do“. Rash behaviour all runs in the family […]

Interview: Canadian Geneviève Racette on “Satellite” and being a bilingual artist

March 21, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

How the pandemic and personal changes ensured that difficult third album wasn’t. Canada has been the birthplace of some notable artists who have helped inform americana over the years, maintaining a musical identity that is separate […]

Nelson Sobral “Second Arrow”

March 21, 2022 Paul Russell 1

Joyful collection of memorable songs from Toronto songwriter. If there’s one thing we all need at the moment is positivity and this wonderful album of singalong songs is breath of musical fresh air. Sobral has been […]

Book review: Willy Vlautin “The Left and the Lucky”

July 10, 2026 0

Willy Vlautin is well known as the chief songwriter of Richmond Fontaine and The Delines, trading in beautifully written vignettes of the people who have generally fallen between the cracks of the American dream. These dark […]

Emmylou Harris, Mumford and Sons and Jerry Douglas

Classic Clips: Mumford & Sons & Emmylou Harris ft. Jerry Douglas “The Road” – CMT Crossroads, The Factory, Franklin, Tennessee, 20th September 2012

July 10, 2026 0

The evening before San Francisco’s 2025 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival the Masonic Auditorium hosted a tribute concert to Emmylou Harris, the only artist to have graced the festival stages for each of its 25 years. During […]

Les Thomas “I Remember Everything”

July 10, 2026 0

Les Thomas sparks memories and hope with this self-produced gem. Les Thomas uses an 1840 painting by J.M.W Turner for the cover of his latest record. The Slave Ship depicts a dramatic seascape as the ship […]

Year: 2022

Kate Rusby announces 30th-anniversary album and extensive tour

Video Premiere: Janet Batch “Too Much for Me”

Track Premiere: Roxi Copland “I Come From Crazy”

Interview: Canadian Geneviève Racette on “Satellite” and being a bilingual artist

Nelson Sobral “Second Arrow”

Book review: Willy Vlautin “The Left and the Lucky”

Classic Clips: Mumford & Sons & Emmylou Harris ft. Jerry Douglas “The Road” – CMT Crossroads, The Factory, Franklin, Tennessee, 20th September 2012

Les Thomas “I Remember Everything”

Latest AUK Podcast now available featuring author and journalist Liz Thomson

Ellie Holcomb “What Would I Do Without You” – watcha say?