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Video: The Hanging Stars “Let Me Dream of You”

December 21, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0
The Hanging Stars finish the year with this epic-sounding song.  Full of thudding drums and sweeping guitar, ‘Let Me Dream of You’ soars, like a dream flying into the cosmos.  There are gorgeous four-part harmonies and […]
Features

Americana UK’s Top 20 Albums of 2023: Part One, 20-11

December 20, 2023 Mark Whitfield 1
Here at AUK Towers, like all loving families, we fight – a lot – over who has used the last of the milk, left the washing up in the sink, accidentally locked the cat in the […]
Features

More People Really Should Know About: Richard Shindell

December 20, 2023 Rick Thorn 2
‘13 Songs You May or May Not Have Heard Before’ is the wonderfully modest name of Richard Shindell’s best of album released in 2011. It beautifully demonstrates his attitude towards fame or the trappings of success. […]
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Andrew Weiss and Friends “Beverly Hills, Thanksgiving Day”

December 20, 2023 Lyndon Bolton 0
Deep thoughts with deft turns of phrase all to a warm West Coast sound. Amid the gloom under relentlessly grey skies as the year draws to a close a glimmer of sunshine appears from Long Island […]
Features

Pump Up The Volume – A Year of Tracks

December 20, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Well, another year steams away down the Americana UK Tracks, and it’s therefore time to do the annual compare and contrast in which we find just which songs you enjoyed each month dear readers, and compare […]

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Laurelyn Dossett “Believe Me” – here’s the truth looking you in the eye

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For The Sake Of The Song: Rod MacDonald “American Jerusalem”

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The Cousins Project “Child of the Hills”

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Laurelyn Dossett “Believe Me” – here’s the truth looking you in the eye

June 23, 2026 0
If you’re looking for a singer-songwriter whose words and voice sit well within a tradition of honest, straightforward country storytelling, then look no further because it is Laurelyn Dossett that you are looking for. You may […]
Videos

Video: Goldschatz “We Got Love”

June 23, 2026 0
Check out the new video from americana folk duo Goldschatz. Recorded on Körbergasse in Aachen during their 2026 German tour, this busking performance of We Got Love manages to be both public and intimate at the […]
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Sorcha Richardson set to release her third album in September

June 22, 2026 0
Dublin-born singer-songwriter Sorcha Richardson has returned with the announcement of her new album Draw The Outline, out 11th September via Faction Records. Alongside the album, Richardson has also shared the single Illinois Again. With just two […]

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  • Video: Goldschatz “We Got Love”
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  • For The Sake Of The Song: Rod MacDonald “American Jerusalem”
  • The Cousins Project “Child of the Hills”
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Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

June 18, 2026 0
Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]
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Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

June 17, 2026 0
In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]
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Interview: Dirk Powell on “Wake” and bridging modern and age-old roots music

June 11, 2026 2
Dirk Powell is a special kind of musician, someone who, through family connections, knows and understands both Appalachia and Cajun music, and is at the same time comfortable with modern music technology. He has won four […]

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Neil Young and Crazy Horse release track from new album – Listen

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Neil Young & Crazy Horse have released a track from their forthcoming new album ‘Colorado’, the first album together since 2012’s ‘Psychedelic Pill‘.  The album will be released via Reprise Records on October 25th.
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Video: AlascA – “Red Herring”

September 20, 2018 0
More evidence that Americana is something approaching a universal musical language comes from the Netherlands in the shape of AlascA and a live version of this excellent track from their latest album, Plea For Peace, out […]
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Chris Dover “It’s A Difficult World” – where’s my place?

July 7, 2022 0
Chris Dover was formerly the frontman for Hoodoo Operators, but in the last few years the Bradford based singer has forged a solo career based on weaving Delta Blues, British Folk and Country storytelling together as […]

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