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The Nadas “Come Along For The Ride”

August 24, 2023 Andrew Raw 0
Enjoyable breezy, poppy americana. The Nadas were formed in the mid-nineties by friends Mike Butterworth and Jason Walsmith while studying at the Iowa State University which is to be found to the north of the state […]
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Jerry Leger announces new album “Donlands”

August 24, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0
Watch the video for the first track to be taken from it ‘Three Hours Ahead Of Midnight’. Canadian singer-songwriter Jerry Leger has announced the release of his new studio album ‘Donlands’ which lands on October 27th […]
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Hayfitz “What’s Wrong” – everything, just everything

August 24, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
On this distinctly lo-fi and somber song Hayfitz reveals a heart that is falling apart, and falling apart just where they’d rather it wasn’t: “Fuck there it goes / I’m crying right in front of you […]
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Video Premiere: Ags Connolly “Overwhelmed”

August 24, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0
Ags Connolly is rightly regarded as one of the best songwriters and voices on the UK country and Americana scene.  The award-winning artist, from the English countryside of Oxfordshire, produces quality storytelling songs with timeless melodies, […]
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Classic Americana Albums: Jim Ford “Harlan County”

August 23, 2023 Martin Johnson 0
A template for americana from the musical earthquake year of 1969. Anyone who has any form of interest in americana will also be fully aware of the challenges of coming to a consensus on what constitutes […]

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AUK celebrates with an event in Liverpool city centre on Saturday November 28th. Well, unbelievably, it was a quarter of a century ago that Americana UK first came into existence as a one-man operation run from a […]
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There are very few artists who are as consistently excellent across a whole career as Lyle Lovett. He marries sharp, witty observations with immaculate musicianship, starting with his eponymous debut record and going right up to […]
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AUK’s EP Round-Up – March 2026

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Here we are in March, and spring has well and truly sprung in this part of the northern hemisphere, after what had felt like endless weeks of grey days and continuous precipitation. So, what better way […]

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Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

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A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]
Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

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Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

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While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

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RS: “Country music stars are reluctant to speak up about Charlottesville”

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There’s a great piece in RS Country at the moment about mainstream country music’s deafening silence since the events in Charlottesville a couple of weeks back which has echoes of a piece they wrote earlier in the […]
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Grammy-award winners reimagine Woody Guthries’ ‘Dust Bowl Blues’

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A new concept album reimagining the classic Woody Guthrie album ‘Dust Bowl Blues‘ will be released on September 10th on Parlophone. The album includes tracks from a wide range of A list Americana artists such as […]
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Live Review: Madison Violet, Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 10th June 2022

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Madison Violet arrived for their first visit to Lincolnshire’s premier Americana venue, the Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey, right in the middle of their current UK tour which had started at the Shetland Festival and will […]

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