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Video Premiere: Phil Hooley “Some Say”

March 7, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0
It’s a new song from Scarborough’s Phil Hooley, which means you’re guaranteed a gorgeously characterful vocal performance.  As ever, his weary and warm tones are captivating and draw your attention to his reflective words.  ‘Some Say’ […]
Album Reviews

Alan Fletcher “The Point”

March 6, 2023 Paul Kerr 0
Aussie soap star finds a perfect band to help him deliver his vision of Americana On a couple of levels it seems absurd for AUK to be reviewing an album recorded by a 65-year-old Australian actor, […]
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Karen Jonas “The Restless”

March 6, 2023 David Jarman 0
Virginia-based Jonas and her touring band bring a fine set of self-penned songs for her 6th album release. ‘The Restless’ is Karen Jonas’ sixth album release, following her well-received 2020 release ‘The Southwest Sky and Other […]
Tracks

Dusty Wright “Quinn The Eskimo” – is he here yet?

March 6, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
There are those who disagree with the statement that Dylan is one of the most significant songwriters of the 20th Century.  You can see where they are coming from – his five studio albums of his […]
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Video Premiere: Little Misty “Windmill (Live at The Treehouse Music Collective)”

March 6, 2023 Ed Donnelly 0
A snowstorm can’t stop Little Misty from delivering a beautiful live version of ‘Windmill’.  The Montreal based quintet filmed this session at the Treehouse Music Collective in the ski town of St-Adèle Quebec.  Gorgeous shots of […]

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Something for the weekend: Mary Chapin Carpenter & the Mountain Goats “Put the Message in the Box”

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Abigail Lapell announces new album “Shadow Child” out in May

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Americana 25 festival comes to Liverpool in November with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more!

March 27, 2026 7
We are mightily delighted to announce today full details for Americana 25, our celebration of 25 years of Americana UK which comes to two stages across Liverpool’s Rough Trade venue and Quaker Meeting House on Saturday […]
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Something for the weekend: Mary Chapin Carpenter & the Mountain Goats “Put the Message in the Box”

March 27, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week, an exciting day for us as we announce full details for our 25 year event which takes place in Liverpool later this year – you can find more […]
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Abigail Lapell announces new album “Shadow Child” out in May

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Award-winning Toronto singer-songwriter Abigail Lapell has announced her upcoming new album Shadow Child, an album about motherhood whose nine songs each represent a month of gestation, will be released May 8th via Outside Music. Lapell has […]

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  • Something for the weekend: Mary Chapin Carpenter & the Mountain Goats “Put the Message in the Box”
  • Abigail Lapell announces new album “Shadow Child” out in May
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Interviews

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

March 25, 2026 1
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”

March 12, 2026 0
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”

March 11, 2026 2
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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Clint West’s Americana Plus: Are You Ready for Some Country?

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Lately I’ve been broadcasting ‘Clint West’s Americana Plus’ from the new Studio 2 at the Lancashire School of Rock just north of Manchester.  However, the transfer from Studio 1 has not been without some teething problems. […]
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Lloyd and the Leftovers “Spin the Wheel”

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Intriguing debut release from Australiana indie-folkers. The debut album from Lloyd and the Leftovers (great band name, by the way) joins the recent wave of Australian-flavoured Americana. Hailing from Walyalup on the west coast, their sound […]
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Hushman “She Climbs The Munros” – not solely an appreciation of craggy mountainsides

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Self-described “Anglo-Celt” Hushman (AKA Ewan MacPherson) has worked with Indie-folk trio Salt House, Acid-Croft legends Shooglenifty and Nu-Nordic Quartet Fribo.  That may or may not mean much to you, dear avid folkie and Americana reader, but […]

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