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Video: The Doohickeys “Santa Needs a Beer”

December 23, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0
So this is it – my final video post of the year before AUK puts its collective feet up for Christmas. It had to be a new festive song, so here is Los Angeles-based duo The […]
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Americana UK’s album of 2025 is The Delines “Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom”

December 22, 2025 Mark Whitfield 1
It might have seemed that this choice was on the cards all along, Americana UK has hardly hidden its collective love for The Delines under a bushel – but then look at the rest of the […]
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Americana UK’s Top 20 albums of 2025: 10-2

December 22, 2025 Mark Whitfield 4
On Friday we began our countdown of our favourite albums of the year as collectively chosen by AUK’s writing team. We continue our countdown today from 10-2, and at 2pm we’ll be announcing our album of […]
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For the sake of the song: Corinne West “Trouble No More”

December 22, 2025 FredArnold 0
For someone so talented, it is a mystery that the truly excellent Corinne West has largely flown under the radar, and this despite getting rave reviews for her albums, a sublime mix of folk, country, and […]
Album Reviews

Boy & Bear “Tripping Over Time”

December 22, 2025 Helen Jones 0
Indie rock with a new wave edge finds a band that’s invigorated on their sixth release. Time felt a little different for Australian indie band Boy & Bear when they were working on their sixth studio […]

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On World Book Day 2026, our call for short fiction: Americana stories…

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AUK would like to invite fiction writers to submit short stories inspired by the world of Americana music for publication on Americana UK. Whether it’s a tale sparked by a particular song, a character shaped by […]
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Album Reviews

Paul Foglino “Monday Street”

March 5, 2026 0
An album of simplicity, sincerity and songs of reflection. For this album, Foglino has produced twelve songs which seem to provide a reflective look back at life, the power of music and the need to protest. […]
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Track Premiere: Turn Turn Turn “Antietam”

March 5, 2026 0
Turn Turn Turn are an Americana trio of singer-songwriters based in Minneapolis, MN, and Eau Claire, WI, featuring Savannah Smith (vocals, guitar), Barb Brynstad (vocals, bass), and Adam Levy (vocals, guitar), and are known particularly for […]

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

March 4, 2026 1
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 […]
Interviews

Interview: Lady Nade on being involved in a Netflix drama, inspiration, identity and mental health in music

March 2, 2026 0
Runner-up in our readers’ poll for Best UK Artist in 2025, Lady Nade has steadily built a reputation as one of the most distinctive and emotionally resonant voices in UK roots music. Blending jazz, Americana, folk, […]
Interviews

Interview: Willie Nile keeps the light on for great American rock’n’roll

February 26, 2026 0
I do a lot of my listening to music while out walking in the mornings, with or without a dog. The day after Willie Nile’s The Great American Light arrived in the mailbox, I popped the […]

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Alasdair Roberts “The Bonny Moorhen” – that’s the bird for me…

May 18, 2023 0
Alasdair Roberts has what is simply one of the finest of folk voices, an unaffected delivery which is totally in the service of whatever song he is singing.  And ‘The Bonny Moorhen‘ from his latest album […]
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Video: Miss Tess “The Moon is an Ashtray”

February 11, 2020 0
This is a beautiful, imaginative video to complement a timeless song from Miss Tess.  It’s directed by Tom Krueger, who has created videos for many great artists, including David Bowie, U2 and Springsteen.  The video even […]
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Nick County “A Colorful Corner of Northeastern Pennsylvania”

July 19, 2021 0
Perceptive writing lays bare emotional turmoil. For his third release Nick County has added a sprawl of indie, pop, folk to the country and rock of his previous records. At first, these various currents are quite […]

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