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Root River Jam “Showed Me That You Loved Me” – it’s a gift

January 19, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
Root River Jam are a band from Rochester Minnesota consisting of guitar, upright bass, drums and fiddle.  And there’s some great fiddle on ‘Showed Me That You Loved Me’ which is the lead song from the […]
Videos

Video: Jake Ian “The Bloodshot Sun”

January 19, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0
Here’s a memorable new song from Canadian singer-songwriter Jake Ian.  ‘The Bloodshot Sun’ features classic songcraft, a beautiful, fluent piano melody and Ian’s characterful vocal, which is gorgeously warm and intimate.  Towards the end, the music […]
Features

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Kimberly Bright

January 18, 2024 Kimberly Bright 4
After seven months of this series, it has been entertaining to see how many different artists have appeared on AUK writers’ lists instead of the same names repeatedly. By my count, it has been about 110 […]
Album Reviews

Hanks Company Band “Herb Deluxe”

January 18, 2024 Lyndon Bolton 0
Smoky blues rising from the swamp. On the strength of its rhythmic swampy blues and rasping vocals laden with soul this must be a record made in Louisiana sometime in the early 1970s. If the name […]
Previews

Preview: Playing on the Farm 2024 – Deadheads and good vibes

January 18, 2024 Mark Whitfield 1
We feature the Grateful Dead from time to time here on AUK, and if you’ve ever grooved to “Live Dead”, “American Beauty” or “Europe 72” then the Playing on the Farm Festival, at the wonderful Abbey […]

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Dave Sutherland “Just Like a Black and White Film”

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Lisa LeBlanc announces a new album and 2027 UK dates

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Album Reviews

Mary Gauthier “Reckoning”

September 22, 2026 2
One of our finest songwriters delivers an album for our times with consummate clarity and lyrical daring. Mary Gauthier was something of a late starter, delivering her first album when she was in her late thirties […]
News

Sylvie finally make a full length debut which arrives in November

September 22, 2026 1
Sylvie, the project of Los Angeles artist Ben Schwab, has announced their forthcoming album, New Season, available November 6th, 2026, via Ghostly International. Rina (feat. Alex Amen) is the single out now. Reflecting on a passing […]
Features

More People Really Should Know About: Carey Ott

September 22, 2026 0
Carey Ott is nothing if not prolific. He hails from Chicago, and he’s a multi-instrumentalist, a producer and engineer and a performer. He’s released seven albums to date as well as numerous singles. In my music […]

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  • Sylvie finally make a full length debut which arrives in November
  • More People Really Should Know About: Carey Ott
  • Dave Sutherland “Just Like a Black and White Film”
  • Lisa LeBlanc announces a new album and 2027 UK dates
  • Dogwood Tales “Every Star in Rockingham County”
  • Track Premiere: Gary Marks “Where We Started”
  • Video: Prinz Grizzley “A Mountain to Be Tamed (The Struggling)” – There’s a devil in me waiting
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Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”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 […]
Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0
Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

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Great Lake Swimmers ride the waves with new album, EP

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2018 marks the 15th anniversary of one of our favourite indie-folk/rock bands here at AUK, Great Lake Swimmers (not to be confused with the also great Great Lakes) and today they’ve announced a new album: ‘The Waves, […]
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Leeroy Stagger “Strange Path” (True North Records, 2019)

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‘Strange Path’, the new record from Canadian, alt-country singer-songwriter Leeroy Stagger, certainly lives up to its title – it’s an album that frequently veers off into unfamiliar territory – electro-glam-rock, anyone? – but, sadly, it also […]
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Charley Crockett announces new album “Dollar a Day”

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The ever prolific Charley Crockett will release his second album of 2025 “Dollar A Day” on August 8th via Island Records. Once again joined by creative kindred spirit co-producer Shooter Jennings, the new LP marks the […]

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