2022 – Page 328 – Americana UK

Video Premiere: Michael Weston King “Sugar”

March 10, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

Sometimes you hear a song that just strikes you as gorgeous immediately – love at first listen. Michael Weston King’s new single ‘Sugar’ is one such song. The guitars are fluttering, bright and shimmer with melody. […]

Classic Americana Albums: Rosanne Cash “Interiors”

March 9, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

Honest and heart-breaking, Rosanne Cash’s ‘Interiors’ remains a powerful record of unravelling love. 1990 was a tumultuous time of change for Rosanne Cash and this is reflected by the deeply personal ‘Interiors’, one of her finest […]

Video: Elles Bailey “Riding Out the Storm”

March 9, 2022 Ed Donnelly 0

Some people learn to sing, some people are born to sing. And while Elles Bailey may credit a bout of pneumonia for the grit and gravel in her voice, there is no doubt she was born […]

Sounds from the Shed – Week 48: How do you explain

March 9, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0

How do you explain …. One of the things that has been thrown to the wolves in recent years with the drive towards results driven statistics is the sense of a holistic education wherein teachers use […]

Max Allard “Odes / Codes”

March 9, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

An album showing, once more, just what the banjo can do. When Bela Fleck says he has found “a new mature and poetic voice on the 5 string banjo. Beautiful compositions and a very nice touch” then […]

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

Video Premiere: Michael Weston King “Sugar”

Classic Americana Albums: Rosanne Cash “Interiors”

Video: Elles Bailey “Riding Out the Storm”

Sounds from the Shed – Week 48: How do you explain

Max Allard “Odes / Codes”

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