June 2023 – Page 3 – Americana UK

Exclusive AUK Black Deer Backstage Video: Annie Dressner

June 30, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

The Black Deer Festival 2023 is already a distant memory. As ever, it was an awesome combination of culture and community with some truly great musical experiences on stages large and small. I saw Allison Russell […]

AUK’s Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Tim Martin

June 29, 2023 Tim Martin 0

So, the brief is to pick 10, and only 10, artists that are in my view the greatest ever… Big ask. Having whittled my list down to about 40, and with an hour to go before […]

Track Premiere: Jonah Tolchin “Searching For My Soul”

June 29, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

One thing about Jonah Tolchin is that he’s not afraid to shake things up – his first releases could easily have seen him solidly pegged as a folky singer-songwriter, and then with 2022’s ‘Lava Lamp‘ he […]

Hannah Aldridge “Dream of America”

June 29, 2023 Andy Davidson 0

Latest from Aldridge veers towards electronic pop-noir with an overall dark and often melancholic vibe. Album number four has Aldridge songwriting through a cinematic lens. Released through Swedish alternative indie label Icons Creating Evil Art, it […]

James And The Giants “James And The Giants”

June 29, 2023 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

20 years and counting into his career, free folk veteran James Toth keeps on raising his game. “Eyes don’t ever sparkle and the moon is never blue And no one ever cried a river. Hearts are […]

Josh Ritter is coming this way in January – Happy New Year!

September 25, 2026 0

One of AUK’s favourite singer-songwriters, who is also an artist and best-selling author, Josh Ritter, will tour the UK and Ireland early next year, following his last album, I Believe In You, My Honeydew. The tour […]

The latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Israel Nash and Sid Griffin

September 25, 2026 0

We’ve reached the half-century and celebrate with a deluxe double issue featuring some scintillating chat with two icons of the genre. Israel Nash talks about his reimagining of Sweetheart of the Rodeo and his songwriting process, […]

Leon III “Invisible Ink” – heating the lemon juice

September 25, 2026 0

Ah, the sweet delights of Candy Cigarettes, those thin white sticks of some sweet concoction with the realistic glow of red at the tip; all packaged away in what was rather like a matchbox and came […]

Month: June 2023

Exclusive AUK Black Deer Backstage Video: Annie Dressner

AUK’s Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Tim Martin

Track Premiere: Jonah Tolchin “Searching For My Soul”

Hannah Aldridge “Dream of America”

James And The Giants “James And The Giants”

Josh Ritter is coming this way in January – Happy New Year!

The latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Israel Nash and Sid Griffin

Leon III “Invisible Ink” – heating the lemon juice

Video Premiere: The Cashville Trash Pandas “Worker’s Song (Handful of Earth)”

The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks