2023 – Page 375 – Americana UK

Track Premiere: The Blue Highways “Out On The Line”

January 26, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

The Blue Highways are North London’s latest purveyors of alt-rock – it’s a family band based around the musical partnership of singer Callum Lury with his brothers lead guitarist Jack and drummer Theo. ‘Out On The Line‘ is […]

Video Premiere: The Bear and The Bison “Screen Fever”

January 26, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

Check out the new single from The Bear and The Bison, singer-songwriter Mark W. Lennon’s musical vehicle. ‘Screen Fever’ is catchy, upbeat country rock with twanging guitars and an insistent rhythm. Lennon’s laid-back local over the […]

Classic Americana Album: Kris Kristofferson “Kristofferson”

January 25, 2023 Graeme Tait 3

As the swinging sixties with its mantra of peace and love disintegrated into the splintered seventies of disillusion, suspicion, and violence, an ex U.S. Army Captain would become the most unlikely of saviours with the songs […]

Bobby Lee “Reds For A Blue Planet” – Cosmic-Drone-Americana

January 25, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Can we really have reached the end of January without an instrumental track feature? Seems so, and that doubtless explains why January has been such a drag – I mean, not even a few minutes to […]

artwork for Belle & Sebastian album "Late Developer"

Belle & Sebastian “Late Developers”

January 25, 2023 Graeme Tait 0

Glasgow mavericks deliver a second dose of feel-good factor pop music within nine months, still imbued with their usual lyrical sobriety. Barely nine months since the release of their last album ‘A Bit Of Previous’ and […]

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Kasey Chambers - The Captain
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Ratboys - Singin’ to an Empty Chair
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Third World - Journey to Addis
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Rosanne Cash - The River & the Thread (vinyl) Jes...
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Drive-By Truckers - Pizza Deliverance
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Guy Clark - Keepers
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Jerry Jeff Walker - Cowboy Boots and Bathin’ Suits
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Jimmy Buffett - A1A
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Chris Knight - Chris Knight
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Essentials: The Top 10 Songs from Season Three of “The Bear”

March 26, 2026 0

As we await the outcome of our search for the Best Americana Song Of All Time, Dean Nardi kicks off the return of our popular Essentials series with a light-hearted look at the songs that pepper […]

Brown Horse “Total Dive”

March 26, 2026 0

Another stellar offering from a band with a burgeoning reputation. Norfolk’s Brown Horse is a band that is nothing if not prolific. Total Dive is the band’s third album in as many years. That productivity probably […]

Brudi Brothers to release new EP and KEXP session

March 26, 2026 0

Mom and Pop Music artists The Brudi Brothers have announced the release of a new EP titled Dark & Stormy on April 17th. In celebration of the release, vaunted Seattle radio station KEXP has aired The […]

Interviews

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

March 25, 2026 0

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 […]

Tracks

Mighty Oaks “Mexico” – Listen

March 15, 2021 0

Mighty Oaks make no apology for their new song being uplifting and even somewhat escapist. Sometimes it’s just necessary to say “life is disappointing – forget it!” Or, as Mighty Oaks have it: “2020 brought out […]

Videos

Video: Larkin Poe “Bad Spell”

May 26, 2022 0

Leather jacket swagger from the Lovell sisters. This fierce blues rock barnburner from Larkin Poe conjures arena strutting 70’s rockers and the first wave of British blues in the 60’s. ‘Bad Spell’ is the first single […]

News

AUK’s Chain Gang: Ola Belle Reed “High on a Mountain”

August 17, 2020 2

Sometimes that which connects us musically can be described as loose at best. This week’s instalment in Chain Gang, while a tenuous connection to last week’s ‘Wreck on the Highway’ by Roy Acuff, instead reveals a […]

Year: 2023

Track Premiere: The Blue Highways “Out On The Line”

Video Premiere: The Bear and The Bison “Screen Fever”

Classic Americana Album: Kris Kristofferson “Kristofferson”

Bobby Lee “Reds For A Blue Planet” – Cosmic-Drone-Americana

Belle & Sebastian “Late Developers”

Essentials: The Top 10 Songs from Season Three of “The Bear”

Brown Horse “Total Dive”

Brudi Brothers to release new EP and KEXP session

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Satellite Inn

Revitalised Hanging Stars return with their sixth album and an extensive UK tour