2024 – Page 323 – Americana UK

Track Premiere: Catherine Campbell “Orion”

March 8, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

And here we have the first play of the latest single from Catherine Campbell, an indie/folk singer-songwriter who was raised in Lexington, Kentucky and is now based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. On ‘Orion’ the soft-voiced singer considers […]

Video Premiere: Small Town Jones “Better Days”

March 8, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

We’re pleased to premiere the new video from Small Town Jones. ‘Better Days’ is upbeat and uplifting, elevated by a compelling, warm rhythm section, featuring Dave Smales’ smooth upright bass and drums from Mike Reed, who […]

Interview: Joe Pernice on the forthcoming Pernice Brothers album “Who Will You Believe”

March 7, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

Joe Pernice has been writing for a long time—most of his life, in fact—and has crafted a remarkable catalogue that often reinterprets and recasts classic American pop. “Who Will You Believe” may be his most moving […]

Laena Myers “LUV (Songs of Yesterday)”

March 7, 2024 Guy Lincoln 0

Musically promiscuous LA scenester finally delivers her own story. Laena Myers is an L.A. Session musician of renown, group member of purpose and authority and now, finally, a unique individual artist trading under her own name […]

Rain Parade announces deluxe reissue of debut LP and UK dates

March 7, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Rain Parade has announced a deluxe 2xLP reissue of their classic 1983 debut album, ‘Emergency Third Rail Power Trip’ on Label 51 with a release date of 26th April. The band was part of the late […]

Something for the weekend: Chicago “Just You ‘N’ Me”

June 26, 2026 2

Well that’s it from us for this week. It’s PAYDAY for many people and if you’re dreamimg of a future when you can actually go out the of house without a wall of unbearable heat hitting […]

Tift Merritt “Sugar”

June 26, 2026 0

Merritt returns with a beautifully sung meditation on love, work and the sweetness hidden in ordinary lives. After almost a decade away from releasing new albums, Tift Merritt returns with a collection of songs that feels […]

Classic Clips: Lynyrd Skynyrd “Call Me The Breeze” – Old Grey Whistle Test, London, 1975

June 26, 2026 0

Somewhere I have a cassette tape of this session, recorded from the TV using the tiny built-in audio mic on my radio cassette player; very low tech. The recording was further embellished with random sneezes from […]

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 […]

Interviews

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 […]

Interviews

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, […]

AmericanA to Z

AmericanA to Z: The Accident That Led Me To The World

December 20, 2016 0

TATLMTTW are exactly the kind of band that gave rise to the idea for this column , they made a couple of really good records and then disappeared. Firstly the self-titled release from 2005 that we […]

News

Cattle and Cane announce UK dates

August 7, 2017 0

Siblings Joe and Helen Hammill aka Cattle & Cane are heading out across the UK for an acoustic tour this September. They will be joined by their brother Fran on piano and guitarist Thom Fripp for the stripped-back dates, which include four shows with Jake Isaac as well as, amongst […]

Album Reviews

Mick Fury “1981-1996”

July 17, 2023 0

Fading dreams, disillusionment and a flicker of hope on Fury’s latest. Mick Fury’s new album ‘1981-1996’ begins with ‘The Perception’, a spoken word track with two presumably stereotypical right-wing blockheads pontificating over each other about millennial […]

Year: 2024

Track Premiere: Catherine Campbell “Orion”

Video Premiere: Small Town Jones “Better Days”

Interview: Joe Pernice on the forthcoming Pernice Brothers album “Who Will You Believe”

Laena Myers “LUV (Songs of Yesterday)”

Rain Parade announces deluxe reissue of debut LP and UK dates

Something for the weekend: Chicago “Just You ‘N’ Me”

Tift Merritt “Sugar”

Classic Clips: Lynyrd Skynyrd “Call Me The Breeze” – Old Grey Whistle Test, London, 1975

Hawk And Steel “Ain’t Never Moving On”

Latest AUK Podcast is a bumper edition featuring Other Brother Darryl & Danni Nicholls