September 2025 – Page 20

Bill Scorzari “Cant’ Break This Fall” – not about the Autumn

September 16, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

‘Cant’ Break This Fall‘ isn’t about the change of the seasons, nor is it a critique of Mark E. Smith’s perpetually changing band. And yet, it certainly has a feel to it that could be described […]

Video Premiere: Katy Guillen & The Drive “Goodbye Charlie”

September 16, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0

The latest release from Katy Guillen & The Drive has a compelling, slow groove and a sweetly absorbing melody that hooks you into the heartache and loss of ‘Goodbye Charlie’. The found-footage style of the video […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Billy Bragg & Wilco “California Stars”

September 15, 2025 Andy Short 0

Woody Guthrie famously wrote on his guitar, “This machine kills fascists”. The world could certainly do with a return from the great man. The lyrics to Steve Earle’s ‘Christmas In Washington’ ask Guthrie to “Tear your […]

Dar Williams “Hummingbird Highway”

September 15, 2025 FredArnold 0

‘One of America’s very best songwriters’ (The New Yorker) continues to deliver, with a high-quality and varied collection of songs. When you think of really top class female singer-songwriters named Williams, the name that does not […]

Ten to One: Robbie Fulks ages well on “Now Then”

September 15, 2025 Dean Nardi 1

With his “Now Then” album (Compass Records, 2025) out, AUK asked Robbie Fulks ten questions about one topic – songs… You would expect that country rockers are very good at making music about getting old while […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Hurray for the Riff Raff - Live Forever
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Old 97s - Too Far to Care
By Joe Nathan , 19 hours ago
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R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi
By Joe Nathan , 1 day ago
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Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac
By Joe Nathan , 2 days ago
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Wilco - summerteeth
By Joe Nathan , 2 days ago
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Matthew Sweet - 100% Fun
By Joe Nathan , 2 days ago
Calling fiction writers - we want to publish your stories
Americana UK is putting out a call for original short f...
By Tim Martin , 2 days ago
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Rolling Stones - Some Girls
By Joe Nathan , 3 days ago
RE: What are you watching at the moment?
Just watched the latest Louis Theroux vehicle on Netfli...
By Paul Villers , 3 days ago

Something for the weekend: Brown Horse “Wreck”

March 20, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week and we leave you dear reader with a new song from British slacker twang quartet Brown Horse, the third and final single from their upcoming album Total Dive […]

Danny George Wilson “Arcade”

March 20, 2026 1

Danny George Wilson delivers a reflective and beautifully crafted set of songs exploring loss, memory, and the difficult business of moving on. Danny George Wilson follows up the Danny & The Champions of the World album, […]

Thomas Dollbaum enlists MJ Lendeman and friends for his latest album

March 20, 2026 0

Tampa-born, New Orleans-based singer/songwriter Thomas Dollbaum has announced his new album Birds of Paradise, “a goodbye letter to lost loved ones and former selves,” which will come out on May 22 via Dear Life Records, and […]

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 […]

Interviews

Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

March 4, 2026 2

At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

Features

Cajun Corner – Bobby Charles “Bobby Charles”

April 23, 2021 2

Rick Bayles writes: “The second article in our new Cajun Corner series sees Martin Johnson talking about the debut album of one of the finest singers and writers of the Swamp Pop genre.” Bobby Charles, born Robert […]

Previews

Robert Finley lands in UK for first dates

November 22, 2018 0

American blues and soul singer, Robert Finley, is making his first visit to the UK next week. Known for his incredible back story, piercing voice and guitar playing skills, Finley received critical acclaim for the album […]

News

Paul Simon doesn’t feel groovy

May 26, 2017 0

Famously cantankerous master songsmith Paul Simon takes great pleasure in distancing himself from the songs that made him famous in the first place. The very songs which many people of judgement actually prefer. But of all […]

Month: September 2025

Bill Scorzari “Cant’ Break This Fall” – not about the Autumn

Video Premiere: Katy Guillen & The Drive “Goodbye Charlie”

For The Sake Of The Song: Billy Bragg & Wilco “California Stars”

Dar Williams “Hummingbird Highway”

Ten to One: Robbie Fulks ages well on “Now Then”

Something for the weekend: Brown Horse “Wreck”

Danny George Wilson “Arcade”

Thomas Dollbaum enlists MJ Lendeman and friends for his latest album

Classic Clips: Brown Horse “Wipers”, Newport 2024

Jim Lauderdale “Country Super Hits Volume 2”