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Tear the fascists down: some thoughts on the last few days

August 6, 2024 Mark Whitfield 25

As some of you will know, AUK is something we all do in our spare time around the various lives we lead. Me – my day job is working for a university in Liverpool, the home […]

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Video Premiere: The Mighty Bosscats “Let it Go”

August 6, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

Here is the latest single from Richard Townend & The Mighty Bosscats.  On ‘Let it Go’, Townend’s vocal performance is particularly strong – full of weary character, his voice is soulful and gritty, perfect for Americana.  […]

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Americana On Air – Podcasts and Internet Radio updated for 2024!

August 5, 2024 Tim Martin 2

Back in 2020 we shared the top 10 Americana internet radio shows and podcasts. Since then, podcasting has exploded into a phenomenon that is eating away at the listenership for traditional linear radio. But with internet […]

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Chicago singer songwriter Emily Haden Lee launches debut album

August 5, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Working through submissions to AUK’s news email involves listening to a lot of music to determine whether or not it fits the editorial criteria for inclusion. and, americana being no different to any other genre, there […]

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Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters “The Ones That Stay”

August 5, 2024 Andrew Raw 1

Country music with beautifully heartfelt lyrics reflecting on the rhythms of life. This is Amanda Anne Platt and The Honeycutters’  seventh studio album after 2022’s double album ‘The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea’. It is […]

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Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”

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Alan Gregg is a native Kiwi transplanted to North London with a spotty resumé to his credit. Not intending to be impolite, but prospective employers might be taken aback, curious as to what he has been […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

February 12, 2026 1

If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

February 10, 2026 0

From the first, rhythmically strummed notes of Blue Mind, Tess Liautaud, the Ōtautahi-based Franco-American singer-songwriter who has immersed herself among the characters on the New Zealand roots music scene, creates a lush, twangy, rock and country-soul […]

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Video: The Holy Innocents “Submarine”

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A great new single from Americana UK faves Belfast’s Holy Innocents, light and deft and quite lovely.  Excellent video as well.

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Interview: Fortunate Ones

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Canadian duo Fortunate Ones return to their acoustic roots and look inward for lyrical inspiration. St. John’s is the most easterly city on the continent of North America; the capital of Newfoundland faces out towards the […]

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