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Album Reviews

Listening Party “Been A Long Time Comin'”

September 5, 2023 Rick Thorn 0
A generous slice of Mid-Western Country Americana. The start of this thoughtful album sounds exactly as if you are sitting down to watch a Western movie with its very clean picking guitar and haunting harmonica. The […]
Tracks

Track Premiere: Rod Picott “Next Man In Line”

September 5, 2023 Jonathan Aird 1
Americana UK has the enormous pleasure of premiering ‘Next Man in Line‘, a new song from Rod Picott taken from his upcoming new album ‘Starlight Tour‘ – his 12th album in a 23 years plus musical […]
Videos

Video Premiere: The Chapin Sisters “All Through the Night”

September 5, 2023 Andrew Frolish 1
The single from The Chapin Sisters is just gorgeous.  Firstly, it’s absorbing musically, particularly the vocal harmonies and captivating melody, but ‘All Through the Night’ also represents the fundamental beauty of loving, caring relationships and the […]
Features

Collecting music is a serious business – Stories from a CD shop

September 4, 2023 Tim Martin 3
In summer 2020, like a lot of people I was scratching around looking for a way to make a living. A socially distanced conversation on Clevedon sea front led to me becoming the proud owner of […]
Tracks

Rachel Sumner “Radium Girls (Curie Eleison)” – all for a glowing watch face

September 4, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Rachel Sumner has been garnering some acclaim through a number of prize nominations, amongst other things – the past three years alone has seen: Kerrville New Folk Finalist; Great River Folk Festival Finalist; Chris Austin Songwriting […]

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Classic Clips: Chris Hillman “Turn! Turn! Turn!” – Live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, 2017

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Some sad news to end the week with: Americana UK loses two of our best, Paul Kerr and Martin Johnson

October 2, 2026 1
We’re sorry to end this week with some sad news for regular readers which some of you will know already via social media. It’s been a very tough last few days for us as a team […]
AUK Mini-Gigs

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Kyp Harness

October 2, 2026 0
Kyp Harness makes music on his own terms and has been doing it for 35 years. He is prolific, having put out 20 independent albums of storytelling and melody, with his latest (Lovely) released in April […]
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Album Reviews

Mistaken for Wayne “Whitefish”

October 2, 2026 0
Musical pursuits in the heart of rural Canadian life. Not only outside the music industry but within its margins (much less frequently at its very core), there are those for whom music is one of several […]

  • Some sad news to end the week with: Americana UK loses two of our best, Paul Kerr and Martin Johnson
  • Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Kyp Harness
  • Mistaken for Wayne “Whitefish”
  • Jake Bugg announces a fortnight of intimate record store appearances
  • Classic Clips: Chris Hillman “Turn! Turn! Turn!” – Live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, 2017
  • The Oystermen “Darn Tootin”
  • Our new supporters playlist is out today – win a pair of tickets to 2027’s Cambridge Folk Festival
  • Live Review: Joe Martin + Maggie May Treanor, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 26th September 2026
  • The latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Boulder Fields and Mary Gauthier
  • Michael Hurley “The Werewolf Song” – howls at the moon
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Interview: Fischer-Z’s John Watts reminisces on 50 years of making heartfelt music

October 1, 2026 0
The songs of John Watts, whether in his band Fischer-Z, in his other bands or as a solo artist, aren’t technically Americana, but everything in their construction and recording has the feel of exactly what Americana […]
Interviews

Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

September 29, 2026 2
Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]
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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final track on Maya de Vitry’s 2026 release, but […]

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Something for the weekend: Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell “Hawk for the Dove” – Live on Fallon

February 17, 2023 1
That’s it from us for this week and we leave you dear reader with a new clip of Amanda Shires who performed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon earlier in the week – she played […]
Features

Forgotten Artists – The Delevantes

July 8, 2020 2
Bob and Mike Delevante arrived on the scene in the early ‘90s and immediately set ears buzzing. Combining Everly Brothers-style harmonies with Springsteen-esque songs of working-class lives, they attracted the support of industry luminaries such as […]
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Tim Easton “fiREHORSE”

March 4, 2026 2
Almost thirty years into his solo career, Easton’s 14th studio album finds him burning as bright as ever. This Chinese year, 2026, brings forth the year of the Fire Horse, for the first time in sixty […]

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