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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Best of the Rest

February 1, 2024 Clint West 3
It’s done, the articles have been written, the numbers crunched and AUK writers are slowly regaining their sanity. Twenty-four of our finest offered their assessment and came up with over 120 different artists. Points were awarded […]
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JJ Shiplett “Oleander” – A Meditation on living a balanced life

February 1, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0
Meditative and moving, ‘Oleander’ is the new single from JJ Shiplett.  A plaintive guitar melody carries through the tune as Shiplett’s vocals become more and more emotional.  The rhythm section of Jeremy Friesen and Jay Stewart […]
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Live Review: The Milk Carton Kids + Jenny Owen Youngs, The Barbican, London – 19th January 2024

February 1, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
Five years to the day, Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale returned to The Barbican’s main hall, with their latest album ‘Only See the Moon’ which has garnered the kind of reviews that The Milk Carton Kids […]
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Preview: Chris Shiflett and Willy Cobb arrive for UK dates next month

February 1, 2024 Mark Whitfield 2
Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett has announced Willy Cobb as support on his forthcoming headline tour in March, which concludes with a show at London’s Electric Ballroom on the 27th. Tickets are available here. Cobb says, […]
Album Reviews

The Miserable Rich “Overcome”

February 1, 2024 Rick Thorn 0
A collection of thought-provoking songs with hidden depths. The PR accompanying ‘Overcome’ states ‘The Miserable Rich return after a decade-long hiatus with their fourth album, born of trauma but also a testament to the joy of […]

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Video: Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy “Life is Scary Horses” – an elegy for a future that might not remember us

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Check out the latest video from the acclaimed Bonnie “Prince” Billy, also known as musician Will Oldham. Life is Scary Horses is a re-invention of the song by Sally Timms and Jon Langford – indeed, Oldham […]
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AUK celebrates with an event in Liverpool city centre on Saturday November 28th. Well, unbelievably, it was a quarter of a century ago that Americana UK first came into existence as a one-man operation run from a […]
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There are very few artists who are as consistently excellent across a whole career as Lyle Lovett. He marries sharp, witty observations with immaculate musicianship, starting with his eponymous debut record and going right up to […]

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

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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 […]
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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

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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 […]
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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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Video Premiere: Michael Weston King “La Bamba In The Rain”

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We’re privileged to premiere the latest video from Michael Weston King, one of the UK’s finest songwriters. The moving La Bamba In The Rain was one of last year’s standout tracks, full of emotion and thought-provoking […]
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H.B. Nielsen “FROM/HOME”

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Folk/prog echoes from Sweden via USA from H.B. Nielsen. H.B. Nielsen boasts an unusual back story–with a journey taking him from his native Sweden to the USA and back, where he forged a career as a […]
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Jack the Radio “Creatures” (Independent, 2020)

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As a band Jack the Radio do what it says on the tin–their new 14 track release ‘Creatures‘ is radio-ready, ideal accompaniment to a road trip with the radio blasting out. With roots firmly in southern […]

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