2022 – Page 319 – Americana UK

Surge and the Swell “Offering”

March 17, 2022 Tim Martin 0

The songwriting and singing never drop below excellent on a solid debut album. After a couple of years of “lockdown albums” we seem to be moving beyond them to rather more optimistic songwriting. Surge and the […]

Jillian Rae “Doing My Best” – all that anyone can ask…

March 17, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Jillian Rae is a classically trained violinist who has turned country-esque fiddle player. This new song is the first of several singles she’ll be releasing this year and was originally written as part of a project […]

Video Premiere: LOVE BY NUMB3RS “Oak Tree”

March 17, 2022 Andrew Frolish 1

Check out the outstanding new video for ‘Oak Tree’ from Portland-based trio LOVE BY NUMB3RS. Both the song and video are genuinely atmospheric, with the rich imagery of the video mirroring the song’s expansive sound and […]

Midlake “For The Sake of Bethel Woods”

March 16, 2022 Jonathan Aird 2

Long awaited return is a class contribution to their oeuvre. It has been a long wait for new music from Midlake – nine long years since ‘Antiphon‘, long enough to make even the most hardened fan […]

Will Oldham and John Sayles – “Matewan”

March 16, 2022 Gordon Sharpe 0

A powerful tale of working life in the 1920’s Virginia coal mines. Americana goes to the movies, as Gordon Sharpe takes another of his occasional looks at films making good use of an Americana-based soundtrack… Film […]

Something for the weekend: Keyside “Cocodamol”

July 10, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. Don’t forget about our 25 year anniversary event in November which takes place across 2 stages in Liverpool at the end of November and features Chuck Prophet and […]

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 […]

Year: 2022

Surge and the Swell “Offering”

Jillian Rae “Doing My Best” – all that anyone can ask…

Video Premiere: LOVE BY NUMB3RS “Oak Tree”

Midlake “For The Sake of Bethel Woods”

Will Oldham and John Sayles – “Matewan”

Something for the weekend: Keyside “Cocodamol”

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