July 2025 – Page 9 – Americana UK

Anna Tivel “White Goose” – lost, lost, never to return

July 25, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

‘White Goose‘ is a meditation on things that are gone and is shot through with regret. Mistakes and regrets and not only for the tangible things “the ghost of everything we loved and everything we didn’t […]

Video: Hayes Carll “We’re Only Human”

July 25, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0

The aching, piano-driven new song from Hayes Carll reflects on the universal human experience. He sings of love and loss, tragedies and mistakes, fear and hope, blame and shame; it’s all here, all that makes the […]

Not Dead Yet – Woody Guthrie’s last recordings emerge 75 years later

July 24, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 1

Yes, you read that headline correctly. Seventy-five years late, twenty-two previously unreleased tracks from 1951-1952 home tapes, including 13 songs never recorded elsewhere, and rare ‘This Land is Your Land’ verses have been rediscovered and are to […]

Grain Thief “House Of The Dog”

July 24, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

A musically fun, if sometimes lyrically dark, fifth full-length from Boston string band Grain Thief. One of the benefits of reviewing albums for AUK is getting to hear artists that would almost certainly have gone unnoticed […]

Album Reviews

Folk Roundup – Clementine Lovell, Ezmay Grace, Faun Fables, Natalie Padilla, Odette Michell

July 24, 2025 Andy Short 0

For this month’s folk round-up, we give AUK’s very own folk hero, Jonathan Aird, a well-earned month off. Looking at this fine selection of five new albums, he has missed a good one. We have a […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Justin Hinds & the Dominos - Early Recordings
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Kasey Chambers - The Captain
By Joe Nathan , 10 hours ago
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Ratboys - Singin’ to an Empty Chair
By Joe Nathan , 23 hours ago
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Third World - Journey to Addis
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Rosanne Cash - The River & the Thread (vinyl) Jes...
By Peter Thompson , 2 days ago
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Drive-By Truckers - Pizza Deliverance
By Joe Nathan , 2 days ago
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Guy Clark - Keepers
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Jerry Jeff Walker - Cowboy Boots and Bathin’ Suits
By Joe Nathan , 3 days ago
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Jimmy Buffett - A1A
By Joe Nathan , 3 days ago

Essentials: The Top 10 Songs from Season Three of “The Bear”

March 26, 2026 0

As we await the outcome of our search for the Best Americana Song Of All Time, Dean Nardi kicks off the return of our popular Essentials series with a light-hearted look at the songs that pepper […]

Brown Horse “Total Dive”

March 26, 2026 0

Another stellar offering from a band with a burgeoning reputation. Norfolk’s Brown Horse is a band that is nothing if not prolific. Total Dive is the band’s third album in as many years. That productivity probably […]

Brudi Brothers to release new EP and KEXP session

March 26, 2026 0

Mom and Pop Music artists The Brudi Brothers have announced the release of a new EP titled Dark & Stormy on April 17th. In celebration of the release, vaunted Seattle radio station KEXP has aired The […]

Interviews

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

March 25, 2026 0

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 […]

Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0

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 […]

Interviews

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 […]

News

Cory Branan debuts “Another Nightmare in America” from new album – Listen

March 8, 2017 0

Cory Branan will release his new album ADIOS next month and he’s previewing another track from it. Alt Press reports: “”Another Nightmare In America” touches on social injustices and police brutality. It features talent from punk icon […]

Videos

Video Premiere: O.H. Moon “Pie and Tea”

December 15, 2022 1

On her new single, Texan songwriter O.H. Moon blends a little country guitar with a touch of jazzy piano and the result is the gorgeously tuneful ‘Pie and Tea’. Gentle, soothing rhythms sway and shift through […]

Videos

Video: Shana Cleveland “A Ghost”

March 9, 2023 0

The recent single from Shana Cleveland, ‘A Ghost’, is a strikingly beautiful piece of songwriting. The gentle pulse, warm guitar, ethereal Mellotron and her angelic voice combine to create something almost magical and hauntingly absorbing. The […]

Month: July 2025

Anna Tivel “White Goose” – lost, lost, never to return

Video: Hayes Carll “We’re Only Human”

Not Dead Yet – Woody Guthrie’s last recordings emerge 75 years later

Grain Thief “House Of The Dog”

Folk Roundup – Clementine Lovell, Ezmay Grace, Faun Fables, Natalie Padilla, Odette Michell

Essentials: The Top 10 Songs from Season Three of “The Bear”

Brown Horse “Total Dive”

Brudi Brothers to release new EP and KEXP session

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Satellite Inn

Revitalised Hanging Stars return with their sixth album and an extensive UK tour