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[ September 24, 2026 ] The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks Features
[ September 24, 2026 ] Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool” Album Reviews
[ September 24, 2026 ] Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart News
[ September 24, 2026 ] Izzie Walsh “Where Do We Go From Here?” Album Reviews
[ September 24, 2026 ] Americana Stories – Stephen Eyre “On the road” Features

artwork for Ferran Orriols album "Darrere els horts / Behind The Orchard"

Ferran Orriols “Darrere Els Horts / Behind The Orchard”

May 9, 2025 Graeme Tait 0

Orriols’ sophomore album builds on the promise of his debut, musically defying borders and lyrically transcending language. Following on from his critically acclaimed debut album “PLATA (SILVER)”, released in 2023, Catalan singer-songwriter Ferran Orriols has returned […]

Our new supporters playlist comes out today – win tickets to see The Devil Makes Three live

May 9, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Our new playlist of the best new Americana we’ve heard over the last month is out later today exclusively for AUK supporters which includes new tracks by Brown Horse, Kassi Valazza, Dawn Brothers, Mike Delevante, The […]

Book Review: In-Law Country – Geoffrey Himes “How Emmylou Harris, Rosanne Cash, and Their Circle Fashioned a New Kind of Country Music, 1968-1985”

May 9, 2025 Tim Martin 2

Published in association with The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, this hefty (357 pages + notes) book examines what Himes calls “a musical movement of outsiders who, in time, became influential insiders.” As this […]

Classic Clips: Bobbie Gentry “Ode to Billie Joe” – BBC, 1968

May 9, 2025 John Lee 1

Classic clips might not get any more classic than this one. In the summer of 1967, a smoky Southern voice drifted out of transistor radios and into the American consciousness with a story that refused to […]

Julie Fowlis to play 20th anniversary shows in October and November

May 9, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

It’s twenty years since Gaelic singer, musician and composer Julie Fowlis released her debut album “mar a tha mo chridhe (as my heart is)“, and her music is still deeply rooted in the coastal edges and […]

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The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks

September 24, 2026 0

It’s week 2 of the search for our writers’ Top 10 UK americana albums, and Jonathan Hincks will doubt add to the debate with his choice, as follows: With the hands of the Doomsday Clock edging […]

Album artwork for The Fool by Embla and the Karldotters

Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

September 24, 2026 0

Norwegian queer-country assertively and affectionately delivering. Embla Karidotter was the drummer for Norwegian indie band Razika for 13 years, before she chose to change direction and build on her love of country music with new band […]

Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

September 24, 2026 0

On the 16th of October, Béla Fleck is to release the recording of a stellar Nashville night as a live album called Live Heart. On January 8, 2022, he and a multigenerational gang of musical heavy […]

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