2022 – Page 357 – Americana UK

Anaïs Mitchell “Anaïs Mitchell”

February 10, 2022 Helen Jones 0

A long awaited but anything but disappointing comeback with a delicate beauty and heartfelt lyrics that are lifted even more by a choice of clever collaborators. At the beginning of the pandemic, nine months pregnant Anaïs […]

Owen FitzGerald “A Deep Clean You Can Count On!”

February 10, 2022 Cam Fraser 0

Alt-folk flavoured existential meanderings of the best kind from Durham, North Carolina. Owen FitzGerald is yet another one of these hard-to-categorise musicians. I mean, what is anti-folk? You could say, ‘A deep clean you can count […]

Cowboy Junkies announce new album covering their favourite artists

February 10, 2022 Emily Dongray 1

Cowboy Junkies have announced their new album ‘Songs of Recollection‘ will be released on March 25th on Proper Records. This covers compilation is the latest in a career spanning 30 years since they formed in Toronto […]

Track Premiere: Bubbles Brown “Bless This Mess”

February 10, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Bubbles Brown (probably not the name his mother knew him by) is a multi-instrumentalist – banjo, guitar, harmonica – and also one half of the duo of the same name with Washboard Ben. We’ll leave it […]

Video Premiere: Ira Klein “Diamond Joe”

February 10, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

Check out the video premiere of ‘Diamond Joe’ from Boston-based Ira Klein. It’s always a privilege to see great performers recording and this video allows us into the intimate studio environment to see Klein at work […]

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

Anaïs Mitchell “Anaïs Mitchell”

Owen FitzGerald “A Deep Clean You Can Count On!”

Cowboy Junkies announce new album covering their favourite artists

Track Premiere: Bubbles Brown “Bless This Mess”

Video Premiere: Ira Klein “Diamond Joe”

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