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Kasey Chambers – new album, new book, not a dickhead

August 2, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
The award-winning singer-songwriter Kasey Chambers has unveiled an interesting suite of new material – kicking off with the announcement of her book “Just Don’t Be A Dickhead” (Hardie Grant Books). The material has informed and inspired […]
News

Vive La France – A new Americana Festival makes its debut in September with a one day bash

August 2, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0
The Eldorado Americana Festival is a new event billed as dedicated to American music (folk, country, rock, blues, soul etc.). It has been devised and curated by Michel Pampelune, a leading advocate of Americana who has […]
Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed 151 “The Cricket”

August 2, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0
Went to the Test match last week in Birmingham. Had a brilliant time, however, my travelling companion had decided that it would be an ‘interesting’ experience if we joined the ranks of the Barmy Army in […]
Classic Clips

Classic Clips: Scott Hutchison “Keep Yourself Warm” Live at Bloc, Glasgow 2012

August 2, 2024 Andy Davidson 0
Our classic clip this week is a song from Frightened Rabbit’s magnificent 2008 album ‘The Midnight Organ Fight’. On May 8th 2018 Scott Hutchison posted on Twitter, “I’m away now. Thanks”. Here’s a wee added bonus […]
Columns

AUK’s Back Pages No.6

August 2, 2024 Paul Kerr 1
It’s the middle months of 2006 we revisit here. The shiny new website is pretty much unchanged as is the format of the CDs sent out to those Friends of Americana UK who subscribe. News wise […]

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Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”

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Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026

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Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”

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Americana Stories – Simon Lamont “Americana”

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Our new supporters playlist is out later today – win a vinyl copy of Ashley McBryde’s new album

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Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”

July 3, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week. If you’re an AUK supporter your new playlist will be with you at 5pm tonight. Don’t forget about our 25 year anniversary event in November which takes place […]
Leah Blevins
Live Reviews

Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026

July 3, 2026 0
Performances don’t get much more intimate when less than 50 people are in the front space of a record shop and the artist is playing unamplified, less than five feet away. In the autumn of 2025, […]
Album Reviews

Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”

July 3, 2026 0
Americana royalty teams up with a cracking Texas band to produce a varied and highly enjoyable mix of country, soul and stomp. Ryan Bingham is a comparatively rare example of an americana artist who has broken […]

  • Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”
  • Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026
  • Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”
  • Americana Stories – Simon Lamont “Americana”
  • Our new supporters playlist is out later today – win a vinyl copy of Ashley McBryde’s new album
  • Classic Clips: Joni Mitchell “Coyote”, Gordon Lightfoot’s home, 1975
  • Fruit Bats “The Landfill”
  • Hell in a Handcart – making a profit for “The Man”
  • Elizabeth Cook announces new album and narrative film
  • Latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Jim Walker of Brighthelmstone Promotions
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Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

July 2, 2026 0
It is sometimes forgotten that Gram Parsons did not enjoy commercial success as a solo artist during his short life, and that it was Emmylou Harris who took his sound to a wider audience with the […]
Interviews

Interview: Jeff Finlin – the hero who journeys among us

July 1, 2026 0
In 2023, an AUK writer displayed exquisite taste by naming Jeff Finlin as one of the top ten greatest americana artists of all time. Congrats to Jeff, as well as, after all, he did record the […]
Interviews

Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

June 24, 2026 1
As an animal lover and caretaker of horses, dogs and cats, the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Patershuk certainly caught my attention. Dog Tiger Horses on Red Hen Records (2025) is green as grass, country-folk […]

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Americana One Two Three

March 14, 2024 2
Another slice of our series investigating the collision of those natural partners number theory and Americana. The last time we looked at songs which allowed us to progress along the number line from eleven to twenty […]
Tracks

The Minus 5 “Let The Rope Hold, Cassie Lee” – carry that thread forward

May 16, 2025 0
We recently told you about the new album from The Minus 5 – and here’s a track from that very upcoming release.  It’s a song that shows Scott McCaughey’s influences – and if you don’t catch […]
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Book Reviews

Book Review: Warren Zanes “Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska”

March 20, 2024 0
When a tortured artist sat in a bedroom recording demos on a cassette tape… and came out with a lo-fi masterpiece. The epilogue to this book has Warren Zanes being contacted by Bruce Springsteen to ask […]

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