2022 – Page 346 – Americana UK

Video Premiere: The Hanging Stars “Black Light Night”

February 22, 2022 Andrew Frolish 1

Check out the captivating video for ‘Black Light Night’, the latest single from London’s The Hanging Stars. Swirling instrumental layers wrap around Richard Olson’s dreamily hypnotic voice as we take a sonic journey into the cosmos. […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Terry Allen “Amarillo Highway”

February 21, 2022 Clint West 1

Having spent the last two weeks in Australia courtesy of The Triffids and Kasey Chambers, I’ve decided to steer the ship back into more familiar americana waters. Indeed nowhere could be more familiar to lovers of […]

Dexy “Sleeping Through Summer”

February 21, 2022 Ewan Lury 1

Dexy’s album works to expand the ever-changing Americana genre but achieves mixed results. Dexy’s latest album, ‘Sleeping Through Summer’, takes you back to the days of bar-room punk music inspired by early 70s Rolling Stones and […]

Kyle Morgan “Younger At Most Everything”

February 21, 2022 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

On “Younger At Most Everything”, Kyle Morgan is able to successfully cover the broad landscape of Americana music. Covering the full terrain of such a wide musical spectrum that is Americana is quite a daunting task […]

Judy Collins “Spellbound”

February 21, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Wondrous release from Folk Icon. Judy Collins is nothing short of a legend, with a recording career that spans seven decades from her first album release in 1961. A masterful picker of traditional songs and with […]

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: The Hanging Stars “Black Light Night”

AUK’s Chain Gang: Terry Allen “Amarillo Highway”

Dexy “Sleeping Through Summer”

Kyle Morgan “Younger At Most Everything”

Judy Collins “Spellbound”

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